Another week at the grind. Motivation in exercise – at least for me – often comes from having goals in mind and from changing things up to keep them interesting. Even with the four primary kettlebell movements that I utilize most (the Clean and Press, the Turkish Get-up, the Swing and the Snatch), I’m able…
My Workouts: Week of April 23
Monday (4/23) Kettlebell Clean and Presses (53# KB): 4 rounds, 4 ladders (40 total reps) Kettlebell Swings (70# KB): roll two dice for minutes (11 minutes), Tabata protocol So that all means that I started the morning by doing a bunch of clean and presses. I set the timer for two minutes between ladders as…
Medium Day of Clean and Presses and….Swings
I’m in the last week of this plan, which is probably good, if for no other reason than the fact that I’m out of innovative ways to present the same workout in the subject heading. It was the middle (medium) day, and it looked like this: Workout: 5 Kettlebell Clean and Press Ladders, up to…
The Kettlebell Saga Continues: Clean and Presses and Swings-Medium Day
Today (Wednesday) was my medium day on my current program of clean and presses plus conditioning. Here’s what it looked like: 5 clean and press ladders, reps of 1-3 7 minutes of 2-hand swings, 70-80% effort Again I decided on the 7 minutes by a roll of the dice, and I did 145 kettlebell swings…
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…
