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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>gemini://l-3.space/</id> <title>l-3.space</title> - <updated>2025-08-23T12:09:00+00:00</updated> + <updated>2025-08-23T15:00:00+00:00</updated> <author> <name>tslil</name> <email>hello@l-3.space</email> @@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ <link href="gemini://l-3.space/atom.xml" rel="self"/> <link href="gemini://l-3.space/" rel="alternate"/> <entry> - <id>gemini://l-3.space/log-201116-1.gmi</id> - <title>Plausible authorship deniability</title> - <updated>2020-11-16T15:49:00+00:00</updated> - <link href="gemini://l-3.space/log-201116-1.gmi"/> - </entry> - <entry> <id>gemini://l-3.space/dwm.gmi</id> <title>Why tiling</title> <updated>2023-12-23T13:59:51.221083+00:00</updated> @@ -69,4 +63,10 @@ <updated>2025-08-23T12:09:00+00:00</updated> <link href="gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-1.gmi"/> </entry> + <entry> + <id>gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-2.gmi</id> + <title>Maybe there are different kinds of lifters</title> + <updated>2025-08-23T15:00:00+00:00</updated> + <link href="gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-2.gmi"/> + </entry> </feed> diff --git a/index-all.gmi b/index-all.gmi index 07466ec..01ce2b2 100644 --- a/index-all.gmi +++ b/index-all.gmi @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # l-3.space: all All content +=> gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-2.gmi 2025-08-23 - Maybe there are different kinds of lifters => gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-1.gmi 2025-08-23 - Well done Debian team => gemini://l-3.space/log-240222-1.gmi 2024-02-22 - Formatting strings with separators in BQN => gemini://l-3.space/log-240212-1.gmi 2024-02-12 - APL-likes as a notation for thought diff --git a/index-log.gmi b/index-log.gmi index 338ca9f..4e93fb2 100644 --- a/index-log.gmi +++ b/index-log.gmi @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Shorter thoughts and articles. +=> gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-2.gmi 2025-08-23 - Maybe there are different kinds of lifters +=> gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-1.gmi 2025-08-23 - Well done Debian team => gemini://l-3.space/log-211006-1.gmi 2021-10-06 - Play Tak against a bot over Gemini! => gemini://l-3.space/log-211004-1.gmi 2021-10-04 - Switched to gmnisrv => gemini://l-3.space/log-210421-1.gmi 2021-04-21 - l-3.space is now automatically compiled to the web @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Contact: hello@l-3.space ## Recent posts +=> gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-2.gmi 2025-08-23 - Maybe there are different kinds of lifters => gemini://l-3.space/log-250823-1.gmi 2025-08-23 - Well done Debian team => gemini://l-3.space/log-240222-1.gmi 2024-02-22 - Formatting strings with separators in BQN => gemini://l-3.space/log-240212-1.gmi 2024-02-12 - APL-likes as a notation for thought => gemini://l-3.space/log-240211-1.gmi 2024-02-11 - Finally an APL for my flying saucer? -=> gemini://l-3.space/log-211006-1.gmi 2021-10-06 - Play Tak against a bot over Gemini! ## Indices diff --git a/log-250823-2.gmi b/log-250823-2.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5eb2c1a --- /dev/null +++ b/log-250823-2.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Time-stamp: <2025-08-23 15h00 UTC> + +# Maybe there are different kinds of lifters + +For a while now i've been confronting what i thought was an inherent deficiency on my part when it came to the deadlift: +* One rep at ~2x body-weight --- feels great, readily achievable +* Several sets of 5 reps at ~1.33x --- feels bad, very difficult + +Am i somehow very tired every time i work on deadlifts? Have i hit my "natural limit"? Am i not working "hard enough"? + +## Is there such a thing as "burst"? + +This was the question i finally asked myself today, and i'm both delighted and surprised to report that the answer appears to be "yes". + +In fact, not only are there two "sorts" of lifters⁰ but there appears to be a significant amount of genetic control expressed over this form of "specialisation". There are twin and family studies¹ which appear to show that muscular strength and power phenotypes are anywhere from 30% to 85% heritable! It seems reasonable then to think that this genetic contribution explains why some lifters excel at single-rep, high-force efforts ("burst") while others tolerate repeated sub-maximal efforts ("sustain") more effectively. + +## A weight lifted + +On a more personal note this information i think has finally set me free. Given where i am on the strength chart², i believe that i've past neural and physiological adaptions and i'm now operating in regime of genetic predispositions. And that's fine! Strength means different things to different people. + +This knowledge has finally set me free. The reason that my lifts are the way they are is not because of any of the concerns which used to dog me; rather i have a preferred (inherited!) lifting style and that's normal. If anything, i'm looking forward to restructuring my deadlifts around heavy doubles and triples³ so that i can really lean into my natural predisposition and continue to grow and enjoy my workouts. + +--- + +⁰ this may not be surprising to runners: sprint vs marathon is clear physiological distinction +¹ the following two studies for example +=> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310791032_Heritability_estimates_of_muscle_strength-related_phenotypes_A_systematic_review_and_meta-analysis +=> https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8775245/ +² somewhere between intermediate and advanced according to the following, using my body-weight +=> https://strengthlevel.com/strength-standards/deadlift/kg +=> https://www.strengthlog.com/deadlift-strength-standards-kg/ +³ with occasional recovery periods of low effort high repetition work |