
Well Monday came and went. 40 rep swings were a joy! I checked our reps for weeks 1 and 2 and found that we started with 140 swings per workout, then went to 150 for week 2 (one workout) and did 160 on Monday. These are not impossible. But if you haven’t trained extended reps,…
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After looking ahead, I found that next week’s workouts are 40 rep swing sets! We’re half way through the program minimum. Two more weeks to go until we get to the Rite of Passage workouts.
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Well I didn’t make my goal of doing Friday’s workout yesterday. We painted until about 7:30 and then decided to make dinner and relax. So, this morning we woke up, hit our warmups and did our get-up workout. No muss, no fuss and a great way to get the day started. Tomorrow we’re back on…
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Yes, this week has been busy. And yes, I haven’t posted in a while. But everyone has to deal with life’s intrusions and mine is no different. Work has kept me busy but we’ve been continuing our workouts. Monday’s workout was moved to Tuesday though, after we spent most of the afternoon priming the back…
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YES! They really force me to concentrate. Especially with the 24 kg Russian Red I’ve got. I prefer to use my Art of Strength kettlebell with its thicker handle instead of my AKC competition bells whenever I do get-ups. My wife uses her 9 kg Ader bell for her Tuesday/Friday workouts. Like Tuesday’s workout, we’re…
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Thursday’s workout is the same as Monday’s. Now that we know what to expect, we can pick up the pace a bit and see if we can squeeze another set or two into our 10 minute warm-up and our 12 minute work-out. One thing that I’d like to comment on is the importance of a…
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