On kettlebell training

In my previous post, I wrote about acquiring a 16 kgs kettlebell.  Since then, I've been able to improve on my kettlebell snatch, which was difficult when I only had the 24 kgs kb to play with.  With the lighter kb, I was able to work on technique, a major obstacle in snatching the 24 kgs kb.  Unlocking the technique made everything possible.  Once snatching the heavier bell became routine, all grip associated problems (calluses) associated with snatching the lighter bell disappeared.

Now I've got my sights on the SSST (Secret Service Snatch Test), which comprises AMRAP of a 24 kgs kb in 10 minutes.  You can rest, switch hands, even put the kb on the ground, but when the time is up, that's your score.  It took me about 12 minutes to do 100 snatches with the prescribed weight.  I've got a ways to go.

In other news, work on the planche progresses slowly.  Lately, I've been working on transitions from the L-sit to the advanced tuck planche.  The act of raising my lower body to the advanced tuck position was a minor triumph.  In the past, I'd have to raise my legs into a tuck planche.  Baby steps.

10-3-12
-kb snatches (6x10, 24 kgs; 2x30, 16 kgs)
-hand stands and forearm stands
-L-sit to advanced tuck planche transitions

Meguro's db snatch test

2-24-11

-db hang power snatches (10 minutes, GSish)

-ab roll-outs (3x5)

2-25-11

-VB50 (3'26)

-close grip chin-ups w/Fe(fortified with 35 kg of iron, 5x5)

-frog stands (1 min)

The requirements of the Secret Service Snatch Test are that you snatch a 24 kg kettlebell as many times as possible in ten minutes. You may switch grips as many times as desired. You can even rest the kb on the ground. In Girevoy Sport, that is the sport of kettlebell lifting, you may only switch grips once in ten minutes. You are also not allowed to rest the kb on the ground.

I've mashed the two rule sets together for my dumbbell snatch test. First, I'm using a 54 lbs dumbbell. Like the SSST, I allow multiple grip changes. Like GS, there's no resting of the bell on the ground.

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