Kool Kettlebells

My training philosophy: Simple. Brief. Frequent.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Had a great Z weekend. Attended second half of the R-Phase at the convention center in Minneapolis. GTG'd lunch at Brit's Pub with a cheeseburger, fries and 1.5 Arnie Plamer's. The ladies shared in my fries so the calories from them didn't count for them. I'm glad I went to review again, well worth the time.
Today I hit the double get ups and double bottoms up snatch, swings. Started with 18#'s and went up to the 53's with my glasses off. Old school get ups. I did some lay down get ups without weight b4 that. Also did sit and stand with 40# and 80# sandbags on one shoulder. Did some Z between sets to loosen up my right hip. Felt great when I was done.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Here's what I did today after work...
Wall squats were my test exercise. I did a Z move then did three wall squats. I did this for roughly seven minutes before KB lifting.
Then I did the following. One hand swings- high pulls- snatches. Five each hand then switch for 30 continuous reps. I used the 26#, 35# and 53# in that order. When I got to the 72# bell I did the Sn, HP then the Swing because I wanted to do the hardest exercise first. Kind of like descending sets but with the same weight.
I also worked on whipping the weightless arm up and back on all the reps and having it follow the same path as the arm holding the KB. That was a tip from fellow RKC Boris Bachman. It worked like a Charm. Less effort to drive the bell. Much safer and it felt alot stronger too.
Now to test it on my loyal subjects at my next class... BooHaa Haa Haa...

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Took the boys, dog, #26 kettlebell, chalk and a 2 foot 1.5" rope to the playground yesterday morning. The kettlebell makes a great weight to tie the dog to while doing pistols, chins and push-ups. Then I had a snap-link to secure the furry beast while I did some H2H. I went for a barefoot walk after the chins and after the H2H to get it integrated into the muscle hardware. Then we went swimming at a friends pool in the afternoon. I did a few powerbombs off the diving board, nothing major, didn't want to make all the princesses mad at me. lol.