November = Heavy Swings!

     After reading a blog written by Tommy Blom http://www.tommyblom.com/the-beast-month/, I have been wanting to try a month of heavy swings.  I did not want to change my current program, Pavel's ROP, but wanted to increase the weight of my swings.  My last 5 minute snatch test with a 24kg I was able to achieve 84 reps.  This test was performed on an easy day following my clean and press ladders.  This month I have decided not to snatch during my ballistic training.  Instead I will focus on hard, strong swings with the 36kg.  I did a 10 minute test today with single arm swings and hit 148 reps.  I expect these numbers to get a lot better over the next month.  My plan is use this time to get stronger, increase my hip snap and  improve my grip endurance.  I am also curious to see how much I can improve my snatch test scores without snatching.  At this point it is difficult to know how this will affect my overall performance.  I will say, without a doubt, I will come out of this month  better and stronger than I entered it!