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Atomic Elbow Pain And The Kettlebell Solution

June 29, 2009

(Disclaimer.  If you’re in pain, go see a Doctor.  This is my blog and my elbow.  This works for me.  It might not work for you.  Do this at your own risk. )
As I wrote in my previous post, I developed a sharp pain in my inner right elbow after I started using [...]

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2 Poods Of Pain = Ouch

June 27, 2009

On Wednesday, I did my first medium day with the 32 kg and was dealt a blow to my ego. On the 4th rung (4th rep) of my first ladder, I pushed the right side up, but only got about a 1/4 of the way up on the left side and couldn’t move it [...]

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Enter The Kettlebell – 2 pood “Light Day”

June 22, 2009

I just finished my first ETK session with the 2 pood bell. What an experience! It’s an accomplishment for me, as I’ve never consistently worked with the 2 pood before, and the last time I did the ETK program was last year at about this same time and with the 24 kg.
My last workout was [...]

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FREE! KETTLEBELL FITNESS! (Just add work)

June 21, 2009

Happy Father’s Day!  For those fathers among us…
I can remember when I was 18.  I had just graduated from High School and had joined the Navy on the Delayed Entry Program.  I was in the basement of our house, pushing concrete-filled plastic weights, trying to put a few pounds of muscle on my 6-02, 148 [...]

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The Ultimate Kettlebell Variety Day Workout!!!

June 19, 2009

Following Pavel’s recommendation in Enter The Kettlebell, I practiced my variety today (Instead of yesterday).
After my usual 10 minute warm-up of wall squats/halos (16kg)/pumps and 250 reps of rope jumping, I began my practice:
32 KG Loaded Cleans
5 R / 5 L
alternate with:
28 KG Turkish Get-up
1 R / 1 L
5 sets of both. Then-
32 KG Swings
10 [...]

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Enter The Kettlebell – Week 1 (redux)

June 18, 2009

I signed up for the HKC this week and am going to focus on ETK and RTK for now. Last week I completed light and medium days with one variety day thrown in. I skipped the heavy day, as my parents were visiting and I wanted to devote my attention to family time.
As a result, [...]

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The Dragondoor Hardstyle Kettlebell Certification

June 15, 2009

I just signed up.  September 26th in Minneapolis/St. Paul.  Now to get ready.  Back to ETK.
Monday’s workout – clean and press ladders with the 28 kg kettlebell and pull-up ladders.
9 minutes of snatches with the 16 kg kettlebell for 175 reps (comfortable pace).
I’ll have a more detailed post later, now it’s time for bed.

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Kettlebell ADHD

June 10, 2009

I have it.
I have a problem going for more than 3 weeks on a particular program without getting bored.  Unless I have a specific goal to shoot for, as I did when I completed the Enter The Kettlebell program.
So I cut the program minimum 1 week short and I started the Enter The Kettlebell (ETK) [...]

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How To Grind Up A Kettlebell – Turkish Style

June 6, 2009

I L-O-V-E Turkish Get Ups with the kettlebell.
There are some exercises that really “click” when I do them and the Turkish Get Up is one of them.  The first time I gave it a go, I had no idea what I was doing and I remember losing control of the bell above my face.
I decided [...]

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Friday’s Four Times Forty Rep Swing Sets

June 6, 2009

For the third week of the program minimum, I did  40 rep swings on Monday, followed by our Turkish get-ups on Tuesday.  You might be wondering why my second swing workout came on Friday instead of Thursday.
Instead of taking only one day off, I took two – Wednesday and Thursday – after taking on too [...]

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