Tuesday was skill day at Practical-Stewardship, and I introduced the ladies to the glories of the pistol squat. That’s a one-legged squat, nicknamed “pistol squats” because (I believe) with your hands at your sides you look like you’re firing a pair of six-shooters. Or maybe at the bottom of the rep you look like a…
Kettlebell Clean and Presses + Kettlebell Snatches!
Good times, yet again. Tonight I did 5 ladders, up to 2 reps apiece of KB clean and presses, then followed that with 6 minutes of KB snatches at 50-60% effort. I probably went a bit harder than 60% on the snatches, and I ended up doing four sets of 1o reps per side in…
Turkish Get-ups! Boo-yah!
I enjoyed some time this evening with my favorite new friend: the Turkish Get-up. I’ve been focusing hard on keeping my shoulder packed and keeping my core tight throughout the rep, and I found myself getting fatigued tonight, which is good. But when you get tired, it’s easy to compromise form, which dramatically increases the…
KB Clean and Presses and Swings
Tonight I did give clean and press “ladders” followed by some swings. Some of the workouts I’m going to be doing the next four weeks or so are from Russian Kettlebell specialist Pavel Tsatsouline’s book Enter the Kettlebell. Hopefully someday soon I’ll do a review of the book for your benefit. Anyway, back to the…
Tabata Tandem 2.0
So yesterday the ladies and I did the same Tabata Tandem that we did on November 15 (just Phase 1), but for some reason today, I’m surprisingly sore. The only difference is that – although I didn’t even do the snatches afterward, like I did on November 15 – I tried to go harder in…
