It’s pretty clear by now that my left side does not like to snatch. I’ve got a saved search on ebay for a new left side, but so far haven’t had any hits.
Wednesday night was also not a hit. Like Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, it started out o.k. but deteriorated into a mindless disaster.
I felt like [...]
Kettlebell Training For Sport And Fitness
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Snatching Builds Character … and Sore Hands
A Fellow Girevik Needs Our Help
This message is a little off topic from kettlebells, but I hope you keep reading and think about what’s important in life. As kettlebell lifters, we’re used to being looked at as a little odd or unique. We take great joy in our heaving our achyballs around and regularly try to see how many times [...]
Girevoy Sport – When Iron Becomes Steel
I’ve been doing double jerks on Mondays, but without a proper warmup. I therefore began my workout with a couple sets of double jerks with my 12 kg bells. I concentrated on the first and second dip, as well as the rack, getting my muscles used to the movement and my mind into exercise and out of the external crap.
Girevoy Sport Training – Week 2 Concluded
This last week was a busy one in my new assignment at work. I came home on Wednesday set to do my snatch workout, but my energy level wasn’t where it should have been. Add to that the commotion from my kids and my concentration level was not where it should have been either. As [...]
Double Jerks. Twice The Work, Twice The Fun!
Monday’s workout was practice with the double jerk. I used my 20 kg kettbells and did 11 sets of 10 with 1 minute of rest between each set. I noticed that it took about 4 sets to really get in the groove, however from the 5th set on, everything seemed to fall into place.
My wife’s [...]
First Girevoy Sport Workout of 2009
I was lazy and skipped my workout Friday. I had planned on Long Cycle Clean and Jerk practice but got busy with things around the house. Some things are just more important than others.
My plan for 2009 is to make rank in the WKC system, level VII at a minimum. I’m not in [...]