Regimen Kettlebell workout progress

[deadshot138]

Hit a couple Turkish get ups with the 40kg. That weight makes the exercise a lot more fun

 

[Fahcough]

Hit a couple Turkish get ups with the 40kg. That weight makes the exercise a lot more fun

You do any of those bent presses. Where you go into a windmill then stand up with it. Hard to mimic the movement, arm tries to press the bell from shoulder.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Been doing 3 workouts a week, and I just moved up to my 50-pounder for the 16 sets of 20 swings.

After 2 months off from Kettlebells I feared I would have to start from ground zero, but within a week I'm doing the full workouts, plus a few more sets, with my 50-pounder again.

I'm taking alot of breaks, unfortunately.
Took a break after 8 sets, 6 sets after the first break, and 5 sets after the second break. Grand total of 19 sets as a 'punishment' for taking breaks. I look forward to getting back to doing all 16 sets without a break again.

How much rest between each set when you do 16?

 

[GearSolidMetal]

How much rest between each set when you do 16?

40 seconds.

It goes quick.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

40 seconds.

It goes quick.

Yeah man. Thats good. I do 10 sets of 16 with 60lb and move to arm to arm with 50lb for another 10. That’s tough. Doing 16 sets of 20 is killer.

 

[deadshot138]

Gave these a try. I can do the double clean and press and double front squat stuff but didn't do the snatches yet. That seems like puke and torn hand city.

 

[Fahcough]

10 sets of 5 > DBL C&P (32kg) less than 20 min
10 x 5 > DBL Front Squat (32kg) less than 20m
10 x 10 > Single Snatch (32kg) less than 10 m

That seems more attractive than that goofy 20 min nonstop 10,000 swings stuff. Those are workout sets, not endless endurance to win new skin on your hands.

 

[maximus__]

10 sets of 5 > DBL C&P (32kg) less than 20 min
10 x 5 > DBL Front Squat (32kg) less than 20m
10 x 10 > Single Snatch (32kg) less than 10 m

That seems more attractive than that goofy 20 min nonstop 10,000 swings stuff. Those are workout sets, not endless endurance to win new skin on your hands.

I never was a massive fan of the massive swing programs. I used to do some long cycle work back in the day and even those rounds only go for 10 mins with respectable weights (similar to yours above).
I always found I could hit those high rep swing sets just by altering my technique and just doing reps with only 60-70% of my usual swing hip drive. It just makes me think of half reps on pushups.Kettlebell swings and snatches should be explosive in my opinion.

It always just felt like a way to get out of running to me.

 

[maximus__]

Hit a couple Turkish get ups with the 40kg. That weight makes the exercise a lot more fun

I find my technique is better with 32kg + than lower rep sets. You really have to lock in to do them.

Anything past that is just a circus trick though. I am on the smaller side admittedly.

 

[deadshot138]

10 sets of 5 > DBL C&P (32kg) less than 20 min
10 x 5 > DBL Front Squat (32kg) less than 20m
10 x 10 > Single Snatch (32kg) less than 10 m

That seems more attractive than that goofy 20 min nonstop 10,000 swings stuff. Those are workout sets, not endless endurance to win new skin on your hands.

My legs and nervous system are shot today. So it seems like a worthy workout.

 

[deadshot138]

I find my technique is better with 32kg + than lower rep sets. You really have to lock in to do them.

Anything past that is just a circus trick though. I am on the smaller side admittedly.

I have an elbow that doesn't lock so I'm always afraid of dumping the bell on my head on that side

 

[Fahcough]

I never was a massive fan of the massive swing programs. I used to do some long cycle work back in the day and even those rounds only go for 10 mins with respectable weights (similar to yours above).
I always found I could hit those high rep swing sets just by altering my technique and just doing reps with only 60-70% of my usual swing hip drive. It just makes me think of half reps on pushups.Kettlebell swings and snatches should be explosive in my opinion.

It always just felt like a way to get out of running to me.

Those were the recommended sets out of the vid above. I just jumped to it and posted for anyone couldn't do the 8 min vid. That would def get the HR up and a sweat going.

 

[deadshot138]

Those were the recommended sets out of the vid above. I just jumped to it and posted for anyone couldn't do the 8 min vid. That would def get the HR up and a sweat going.

Did you give it a try. I did the squats and clean and press back to back and the next day I was fucked. Feeling my age.

 

[Fahcough]

Did you give it a try. I did the squats and clean and press back to back and the next day I was fucked. Feeling my age.

Have not yet. Today was a big lift day but did DBL KB DL to C&P (32kg) x3 to Hanging Knee Tucks at a speed tempo. Only doing 3 reps on the bells, was taking too much 02 to go 10 reps.

 

[TrueBias]

Gear, is this a journal? I recently started one on here since ironmagazineforums shit the bed.

I've done a lot of kettlebells and I know when I restart (getting a base from being a drunk recovering from shoulder surgery) I'll be winded as all hell.

I was going to directly reply to a workout but it's old, so keep me posted.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

40 seconds.

It goes quick.

I tried this yesterday with a minute rest. I’ll bring down the rest as I progress. Did 20 sets.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Bumping this thread to say I fell off the wagon for multiple months and decided to get back on it.

My first workout was 40 minutes, doing 32 sets of 20 reps of two handed swings... with the 20 pound kettlebell.

Why the 20 pounder? Because I bought it but its received the least use. Might as well use it to ease back into things. Just want to be sure I wouldn't injure myself.

My second workout was 15 minutes of straight snatch & presses, then 10 single-hand swings each side each minute for 15 minutes. After that I was sweaty but not exerted, so I busted out the 30 pounder and did snatch & presses for 10 minutes and single-arm swings for 10 minutes.

Still got the strength for the lighter weight kettlebells. I hope to graduate back up to the 40 and 50 pounders within a few weeks.

 

[Phlog]

Hit a couple Turkish get ups with the 40kg. That weight makes the exercise a lot more fun

Isn't that just a shoulder stability exercise? Seems a weird exercise choice, unless one has shoulder stability issues. But then it would seem there are better resistance exercises to improve shoulder stability.

 

[deadshot138]

Isn't that just a shoulder stability exercise? Seems a weird exercise choice, unless one has shoulder stability issues. But then it would seem there are better resistance exercises to improve shoulder stability.

It's way more than that lol

 

[Phlog]

It's way more than that lol

But the limiting factor is shoulder stability, the smallest muscles involved, so everything else could be trained harder, meaning that your mostly just expending energy in regards to all the other muscles involved. You're not doing over 80% 1RM or to failure with anything but the shoulder stability muscles so it's conferring no benefit outside of those. In fact your tiring other muscle groups that you then won't train as effectively?