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

little yellow kettlebell

You may have been wondering where I have been, that maybe I had given up.  Nope.  Still here.

One of my recent distractions has been a 16 kgs kettlebell, which I bought from http://store.worldkettlebellclub.com/categories/Kettlebells/VF-ProGrade/

Yeah, it's pricey, but I figure it'll be great preparation in case I get interested in kb competitions.   That was the plan when I got the 24kgs competition bell, but that was way too heavy to learn technique.  With this light bell, technique improved exponentially.

7-13-12
-tuck planche holds (6x10 secs)
-HSPU (3x12, 3x12 sec bent arm holds)
-weighted off-set chin-ups (3x8, 16 kgs)
-weighted bent-arm hang (30 sec)
-db hang power cleans (2x6x5, 2x60 lbs)
-kb snatches (2x30, 16 kgs)

It was probably not smart to do the snatches last.  They are the most technical of the exercises and I too pooped to do 100 of them.