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Monthly Archives: June 2009

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 using the…

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 any…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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