The comp happened in February, and I understand 24 kg bells were used. As I am more involved in the Long Cycle I was wondering what sort of results older guys show in competitions like these. Here is the table, and the results are interesting.
The columns are: name, year of birth, bodyweight, country represented and the number of reps (it seems that for some reason the results are published in Lithuanian language).
Quite a few guys fired numbers that would put much younger gireviks to shame. Check out the last guy in the table, Nikolaj Sazonov, he did 90 reps at the age of 70 or almost 70! Slightly younger Adolfas Vejelis did 100 reps, and yet younger (but a little heavier) Povilas Drazdas squeezed 111! Bloody hell, that's all I can say...
Apparently there are a few sports where older athletes show impressive results, ultra-marathon and some martial arts being couple of examples that come to mind. In both of these experience plays important role. It could also be a case in GS, where technique and the ability to pace yourself make one a good girevik.
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Thanks for sharing this with us Smet. I'd be interested in the biathlon results also.
I wanted to add that the ability to pace oneself in competition as an older athlete IMO is secondary to the acquired ability to pace oneself in training. And by this I don't mean how many rpm, but rather becoming a master of balancing motivation with the realities of capacity (including recovery).
What were reasonable increments of training volume and intensity five or even one year ago can become injury magnets in the here and now. What was a reasonable rest period after training may be insufficient. what were reasonable goals could be grandiose. Talk about KB juggling!
Finding a balance of all of these variables (as your blog attests) is quite an adventure. It calls for tremendous mindfulness.
The reward? The table from "Longevity of GS" speaks for itself. There's nothing like "walking around strong" and it's just as addictive at 64 (me in three weeks) as it was at 15.
Keep up the good work brother.
David
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