…is not quite as easy as I thought it would be.
I had about a 45 minute window to practice in this evening and I thought I’d modify my workout a little just to keep things fresh. Instead of one hand swings with my 24 kilo kettlebell, I decided to do two hand swings with my [...]
Kettlebell Training For Sport And Fitness
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The 32 kilogram kettlebell…
Russian Red Kettlebell Beautification Project
My old 24 kg Russian Red kettlebell was looking a bit worn, with some hefty scratches and chips missing, so I stripped it down and repainted it with a hammered black finish.
I think it came out pretty well–
I’m going to use this kettlebell as my comparison bell when my AOS kettlebell arrives in June.
If you’d [...]
Fast Fives – Turkish Get-Ups For The Time-Strapped
Had a late day today, with open house at one of my boy’s middle school and decided to do my TGU workout when I got home.
At 9:00 p.m.
Which is damn close to my bed time.
At any rate, it was just me tonight. I did the now-standard wall squats/halos (16 kg kettlebell)/pumps for 10 minutes, [...]
RKC Program Minimum – Week 2, Workout 5
“Cherish the chase as much as you treasure the trophy.” – Joe Caruso
We’re starting week 2 of the RKC Program Minimum. Today was swing day, and like last week, we started off with wall squats, halos and pumps for 10 minutes. My wife joined me today and we hit 4 times all the way through [...]
Turkish Get-Ups – Let’s Experiment
Saturday I squeezed in a quick TGU workout. After 5 circuits of wall squats, halos and pumps for 10 minutes, I decided to try the high-hip variation of the Turkish Get-Up (TGU).
I studied the photos from the begin2dig.com site and used my old Russian Red 24 kg kettlebell. My first couple of reps were slow [...]
RKC Program Minimum – Workout 3
The DOE Man Maker is a damn good conditioning circuit by itself. As originally designed, the girevik swings his/her kettlebell for 20 repetitions, then jogs for 1 minute, followed by 20 swings, jog 1 minute and continue for 12 minutes total.