Just wanted to mention a site I found personally interesting. It might remind some folk of the ancient 5BX plan.
It's not quite as discrete and self contained as shovelglove (admitedly, these might be issues?) but perhaps it might offer a different perspective to "schedulistically insignificant exercise"?
Heck, you can even do it in 14 minutes if you wish
http://fitness-solution.blogspot.com/20 ... ution.html
http://fitness-solution.blogspot.com/
20 minute fitness
I think Shovelglove is great, and I have shared it with several friends. The training has a lot in common with HeavyHands (which I have also used over the last couple of years) as well some similarities to Kettlebells and Clubbells, as Reinhard mentions on the main site.
I have the Shovelglove page linked on the TMFS blog, and I have been asked before why I don't use Shovelglove movements or routines in the daily workouts. The answer is simple: the TMFS is a (mostly) equipment free program. It is designed to be doable anywhere under (almost) any circumstances. That's not a knock against SG; it's simply a difference between the two approaches. There are a number of sledgehammer, medicine ball, waterball, sandbag, and dumbbell exercises I enjoy and would love to add to the WOD, but the TMFS philosophy linked above determines what we do on the daily workouts. Many people modify the daily workouts to include special equipment such as kettlebells or dumbbells. The same can be done with SG.
I like to think the two are complementary, and I'm grateful to see some others think so too.
Joel
I have the Shovelglove page linked on the TMFS blog, and I have been asked before why I don't use Shovelglove movements or routines in the daily workouts. The answer is simple: the TMFS is a (mostly) equipment free program. It is designed to be doable anywhere under (almost) any circumstances. That's not a knock against SG; it's simply a difference between the two approaches. There are a number of sledgehammer, medicine ball, waterball, sandbag, and dumbbell exercises I enjoy and would love to add to the WOD, but the TMFS philosophy linked above determines what we do on the daily workouts. Many people modify the daily workouts to include special equipment such as kettlebells or dumbbells. The same can be done with SG.
I like to think the two are complementary, and I'm grateful to see some others think so too.
Joel