The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~ Dorothy Parker I regularly make time to read through various kettlebell forums during the week to get a feel for what’s going on in the kettlebell community. Today I found a post from a guy on the Art of Strength forum asking…
We’re starting week 2 of Enter The Kettlebell (ETK) training and I’m reminded how we need to protect our practice time from intrusions, whether electronic or human. The following is a true story. My wife and I planned to start our ETK swing practice at 6:00 p.m. Just before we started, I went outside and…
Little victories keep me going. One of my initial goals for completing Enter The Kettlebell (ETK), was to make every effort to complete all the workouts for each week. This means that for the program minimum, I needed to complete two swing workouts and two get-up practices. Although I had to move one swing workout…
“The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge. -Meister Eckhart Interesting quote, no? And certainly relevant to our exercise of choice — the swing. The kettlebell on the end of my arms is the swinging door, my hips are the still hinge. The “trick” to a good swing? Hinge…
My first ladder was a little rougher than I wanted. I’m finding that with the heavy weight, a lighter warm-up of a couple reps might be a good idea to get the feeling of the movement down.
With only 30 seconds rest between the rungs, you can really feel the effects of this whole body exercise. I can see where quick ladders with 2,4,6,8,10 reps would have you in killer condition in no time!
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