Getting tired in SS

[Stu Hughes]

Hey Rip,
I'm wondering if I've been a bit of a pussy with my SS sessions in the last few months. I've still gotten stronger, but I feel like my conditioning hasn't gotten much better.

Question - though this is obviously not metcon, should I be needing to catch my breath a little bit in between sets? As it stands it feels heavy, but it doesn't feel particularly tiring.

Thanks
Stu

[Mark Rippetoe]

Strength training is not metcon, although it increases conditioning for detrained people without specific metcon effects. If you've been training a while, you can add a metcon workout to your program without any problems. KSC has posted about this quite a bit, so use the search function.