Monthly Archives: June 2009


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Atomic Elbow Pain And The Kettlebell Solution

(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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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