Everyday Systems

Hey all, I started SG around October last year. I have a ten pound hammer, and I tie a fleece around the end of the shovelglove to protect my meaty bits.

These days I am doing the following (x 2):

50/50 shovel
30/30 butter churn
20/20 bell hammer
20/20 noisy neighbors
15/15 hoist sack
10/10 lever flips

I am still using iTunes and a playlist instead of a timer. I usually have between three or five songs on a "shovelglove" playlist. I stop when the playlist is finished.

I'm in my mid thirties. I usually work out with the following schedule:

two days on, one day off, one day on, one day off (repeat)

That usually keeps me from over training my body. I don't stop for the weekend, I just keep using that pattern over and over again. Sometimes I do:

two days on, one day off, one day on, two days off

... if I'm feeling old and crabby.

I haven't done the SG for nine months straight. I have taken a week off here and there for "old guy" syndrome. So if I feel any sign of a "bad sore", I stop; and rest for a few days. Also sometimes I'm just lazy with no structural rationale behind it.

So the result have been pretty good. I used to climb, and I am tall and skinny already. My body adjusts well to the work out. The back of my arms are no longer jiggly. I like that. Something is adding some density to my chest. Not tons, hardly visible. But it is there.

Other than climbing (which isn't really a workout but hey, whatever), this is the longest I have sustained any sort of "workout-like" activity since university.

Unless long bouts with my laptop count as "workout-like".

Good luck.

Thanks for the detailed update!

Your 2 on/1 off pattern makes a lot of sense, too. It's almost as clear as N-day vs S-day, but probably better for muscle recovery (I'm still worried enough to value the extra clarity more, but everyone's got different issues). Stopping when you're feeling "bad sore" is legitimate shovelglove. I do it, too. It hasn't happened much since I started, but I think that's partly because I was so good about doing it up front.

I have to add "noisy neighbors" to the movements page pronto... that's just too good a name.

Reinhard

How do you do "noisy neighbors"?

I liked your schedule of on/off days. Maybe if I tried that, I'd stick with it longer. I'm in my mid-fifties and it sounds pretty good!

Thanks for the update - and congratulations for keeping with it.

I like the idea of your 2 on, one off system. I must say that come Thursday the old corpus is feeling a little sorry for itself and the rest time would probably do me good.

However, in my case the clarity of "Mon-Fri == Shovelglove, Sat-Sun == stay in bed" is a winner for me. I'm too unimaginative in the mornings to cope with anything more complex...

Anyway, here's to your next nine months!