Two things of late:
Started running hardcore again…and dear god, the weight on my squats has dropped!! I was at 185 and am down to 135 on a GOOD day. Is this temporary? Will I readjust? Or am I just not going to be able to squat like I used to if I’m running heavy?
An in a quest for one armed pushups: anybody have any tips for trying to start these/build up to them?
Each event requires different neurological adaptations.
Running requires that your body recruit few muscle fibers simultaneously in order to preserve energy and have a backup which allows it to alternate work between different fibers.
Heavy lifting requires that your body be able to recruit as many fibers as possible simultaneously.
If you spend a considerable ammount of time developing one of these adaptations, you’ll lose the other to an extent.
It’s the ‘use it or lose it’ syndrome. Your body has a lot of potential but not the ability to display all of it at the same time.
I would like to BUMP the one-arm pushup question…I don’t mean to hijack the thread, but since the first time I saw Rocky I’ve wanted to do these suckers…
1-arm pushups put a tremendous ammount of pressure in your triceps and require much greater stabilization from your shoulders.
Personally I feel most of the stress on the medial of head of my triceps, which may indicate that developing this head will carry over effectively towards one-arm pushups.
I second Zeb’s recommendations. Even one-armed wall pushups will stress your triceps very effectively if you’re not strong enough to do them on the floor yet.