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Girevoy Sport – Tweaking The Program

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”~ Joseph Campbell Last week began with a heat wave in Northern California, with temps in the high-90s and low-100s. This made training a bit challenging at the beginning of the week, as it was still in the mid-90s at 5:30 in the afternoon (when…

Girevoy Sport – Working The Numbers Game

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”~ Norman Vincent Peale Thursday Jerk Practice: Warm-ups: 12 kg x 10, 16 kg x 10 (2x) Work set: 20 kg, 5’00″ @ 6 rpm; 24 kg, 2’00″ @ 6 rpm (2x) Assistance: One-arm jerk (OAJ), 32 kg 6’00″ at 4 rpm (switch on the minute). Friday LongCycle…

Girevoy Sport – EDT Jerks

“High expectations are the key to everything.”~ Sam Walton Friday Jerk Training I decided to finish out this week’s training by increasing the length of my jerk sets by one minute, and to raise the weight of my lockout and rack holds. I warmed up with my usual joint mobility stuff and some jump rope…

Girevoy Sport – Longcycle Training Program

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~ Larry Elder With the start of the week, I’ve begun my longcycle training in earnest.  As I wrote previously, my goal is to make rank III (within the World Kettlebell Club’s rank structure) in longcycle before going to the September Ice Chamber AKC certification. To…

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