Sunday, October 5, 2025

strength training

the reason that male farmers were so strong 
in the old days 
is because they did heavy work for a short while 
and then light work for a long while 
and then heavy work for a short while again 

for example 
a farmer used a shovel to dig up soil 
and put that soil in a wheelbarrow 
which is hard work 
and then the farmer walked far with the wheelbarrow 
and dumped the soil somewhere else 
which is light work 

so the farmer's muscles and body 
did hard work for a short while 
which made him stronger 
and then light work for a long while 
which rested his muscles and body 

but I did not have those historical facts 
in my mind 
when I developed my own strength training programme 
many years ago 

my strength programme was 

do as many pull ups as possible 
rest a few minutes 
and then do as many dips as possible 
then rest for 30 minutes 

and then do as many pull ups as possible 
rest a few minutes 
and then do as many dips as possible 
then rest for 30 minutes 

and repeat all day for many hours 
until the body is not able to do any more pull ups and dips 

and do that strength programme 
every second day 
no matter if it's week days or weekends 

which enabled me to become stronger 
until I could do 30 pull ups and 30 dips 
with bad technique 
because I don't care about my technique 
for body lifting exercises 

I only care about my technique 
if it's something that can break the body 
like squats and deadlifts 

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