(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 [...]
Kettlebell Training For Sport And Fitness
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Atomic Elbow Pain And The Kettlebell Solution
2 Poods Of Pain = Ouch
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 [...]
Enter The Kettlebell – 2 pood “Light Day”
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 [...]
FREE! KETTLEBELL FITNESS! (Just add work)
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 [...]
The Ultimate Kettlebell Variety Day Workout!!!
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 [...]
Enter The Kettlebell – Week 1 (redux)
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, [...]