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Kettlebells
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I'm currently doing the 300 swings a day for 30 days challenge. I did 10 days at 24kgs, best time 12:09, 10 days at 28kg, best time 13:54 and I'm 2 days into 32kgs, took me 18:19 this morning, looking to get this to around the 15min mark. On the last day I'll drop back to 24kg and see if I can get it under 10mins.
It was fun at the start but it's messed up my regular training now and I'm looking forward to it being over with. I'll do my normal training first, some lifting, some fast exercising and then the swings as a finisher. Overall I'd say it has negatively affected my strength, all my numbers are down.
There is a good article on breakingmuscle regarding Russian vs American swings that I thought was good.
It was fun at the start but it's messed up my regular training now and I'm looking forward to it being over with. I'll do my normal training first, some lifting, some fast exercising and then the swings as a finisher. Overall I'd say it has negatively affected my strength, all my numbers are down.
There is a good article on breakingmuscle regarding Russian vs American swings that I thought was good.
chocchillimango
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I compete in Girevoy Sport so KBs are a regular part of my training.
Also use them as part of conditioning for my other stuff.
there are threads with lots of kb ladders and routines already on the forum ... should link to them here to save time.
Also use them as part of conditioning for my other stuff.
there are threads with lots of kb ladders and routines already on the forum ... should link to them here to save time.
jzpowahz
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I use them a lot for OHP and push press. I do a fair few swings as well, moderate to heavy weight but never anything less than a 15rm weight anymore. The single leg DL is bloody awesome with these.
I use my heavy one for high rep Ukranian deadlifts mainly.
Great for a balance of resistance training with conditioning.
I was doing some long cycle attempted training which is 10mins of clean and jerk (but I just push press since I suck at jerks). 1min on 1min off until 10mins is up. Great finisher.
The upper back is worked a lot in swings and cleans which I think can be easily forgotten too. Holding KB's in the rack position correctly requires a lot of core stability and upper back strength.
In short, love em. Very versatile. Probably not the greatest tool for a bodybuilder though.
I use my heavy one for high rep Ukranian deadlifts mainly.
Great for a balance of resistance training with conditioning.
I was doing some long cycle attempted training which is 10mins of clean and jerk (but I just push press since I suck at jerks). 1min on 1min off until 10mins is up. Great finisher.
The upper back is worked a lot in swings and cleans which I think can be easily forgotten too. Holding KB's in the rack position correctly requires a lot of core stability and upper back strength.
In short, love em. Very versatile. Probably not the greatest tool for a bodybuilder though.