More detail about the 1000 swing workout...and video!

I took video of this past Saturdays swing pacing workout, but I didn't set up the camera right and chopped off my head! But here's part of it anyway, and more little more explaination of how to read my way of "workout shorthand"

For pacing workouts, most times, I write the rep count in 15 second intervals. So, if I write 10x10, what I mean is ten 15 second intervals at ten reps per interval. NOT 10 one hand swings x 10 sets. 11 x 10, means 11 reps per 15 seconds x ten 15 sec intervals, NOT 11 one hand swings x 10 sets. 12 x 10 means 12 reps per 15 seconds, x ten 15 sec. intervals, not 12 one hand swings x 10 sets.



Although as long as you complete the 11, 12, 13, etc, reps in each 15 seond interval, you can do all one hand swings, it doesn't matter. That's why (in parentheses) I wrote the swing combinations I used in each paced set, and the video
shows some examples.



The more one hand swings you do without switching the more difficult it is to speed up the pace. this is why I never chose to use a swing combination like 5/5, or 10/10 for the speed swings. 11 reps per 15 sec interval is not that much faster, until you get closer to the end, but at 12 reps per 15 secs (48 RPM, reps per minute), the torque created by your body as you try and stop the bell from swinging too high with the asymetrical swing, in my opinion, is not useful enough to use as a training method. It's the power while increasing heartrate, not torque that I want to create.