I don’t usually carry my phone with me to the gym either, but I will this time. My gym also has a clock with a seconds hand. I also have a stopwatch kicking around my house somewhere. Perhaps someone you know does too, and would let you borrow it.
I’m not trying to be a smartass, but we live in a world full of clocks. The solution is close I’m sure.
Personally, I just bring my phone. As long as you’re mindful, it is not at all difficult. There are morons all over the gym actually talking on their phone and texting between sets, it is no big deal to keep your phone stashed in a sweatshirt pocket, or atop your gym bag, etc.
I like the 30 minute cap. And now Pwnisher gave me a baseline to work towards! Good stuff guys, can’t wait to get rolling on this. I’ve done 18 reps in a minute in competition on a deadlift bar, no straps. No idea if I’ll go with the axle or a regular bar for this challenge. If I use a regular bar, I’ll keep the straps off.
I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves - we all should do this challenge first, let’s say you can try as many times as you like, final score must be submitted by May 1 - but I have another idea that would increase “accessibility” while also making it tough for big/strong dudes in a hurry.
315 pounds as the weight
Set starts every minute on the minute
1 rep
2 reps
3 reps
…
Until you can no longer complete the prescribed reps within the time limit.
Like I said: 405 EMOM 30-minute challenge first.
Scores for this must be submitted by May 1.
After that, perhaps we can post up the 315-for-additive-reps challenge named above as a summer challenge (scores posted May-June or something).
I wanted give this a run today to see if I can handle the volume but about 16 minutes in I was reminded that I’m fat and weak! 16 reps emom w/ 355lbs (conventional). Rep 17 stalled below my knees so I shut it down there. This was the first time I’ve ever tried something like this and I enjoyed it! Definitely going to try this again but I don’t think I’m in any danger of winning! Hahaha
Hope it’s alright if I just drop this here, so I will know where I started. Cuz I’m retarted like that. You know, just in case I accidentally make some improvement.
I got 11 with 405. Took a video but I don’t have any video accounts and nobody wants to watch that. Somebody has to come in last.
My first time doing anything EMOM. It was weird, I had absolutely no trouble with my heart rate or conditioning like with 20 rep squats or supersets. The muscles just fatigued. I know I had 6 for sure. I wanted 15. But form broke down on 11. See the whiteboard in my friend’s basement for “proof”. He did EMOM with more reps.
That’s a hell of a job for someone who was skeptical about whether they should even bother!
That’s exactly what I figure will happen with an EMOM singles challenge. Doesn’t get you with HR getting too high; it just slowly grinds you down. Brute strength matters, so does the focus to stay locked in for that many singles with a heavy-ish weight. If you want to beat yourself up with some crazy high heart rate workout, do CrossFit.
(Just kidding - I mostly like & respect CrossFit, and I train at a CrossFit gym).