Tuesday workout

Yesterday I trained a private "victim" - who is developing very well, has already learnt the basic skills - told me to have had a strange feeling in the car after the second training. As if the distances would have changed, he had to adjust the mirror... And suddenly he revealed: unlike he used to sit doubled up to the steering wheel now he sat with his back straigth! A bit later he noticed that it is the same outside of the car, too. I assured him: this is just the beginning :-)


Tuesday workout


JM


100 swing and 90 deadlift changing a'10 rep sets @24 kg


Stretching

Swing weekend

Arranging everything in our new home, playing and walks with Monti – exhausting program. I closed Saturday evening with a swing ladder:

JM

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 swing @24 kg

Stretching

I hade a private client Sunday morning and in the afternoon we went to climb taking Monti with us. 5 toprope (V-VI-); afterwards a walk with the dog.
In the evening:


JM

10x10 swing @24 kg

Stretching

I have the feeling that as long as we have not found the right place for all our gear and the quarantine for Monti has not expired the shorter but harder workouts will be dominant, rather.

New experience…

… to live in three with a puppy. Luckily the time spent with Monti is ab ovo active and will be more and more as she is growing :-) All the same she accepts hardly that kettlebell is also a part of our life thus we cannot train together, yet. Yesterday Ervin held an open-air training at the Schönherz dormitery while I was attending Monti, later at home he was playing with her while I did my KB workout. Nevertheless she has already invented one advantage of the bell: if she is hot the cold iron has a smooth cooling effect :-)

JM

4x10 see-saw press @2x16 kg
4x5-5 windmill @16 kg
4x10-10 snatch @16 kg

Stretching

Monti

I think the phrase is quite true: "You can live without a dog but it does not pay." We received a lot from little Monti already in the first one and half week; in my opinion this puppy is one of the best investitions of our life :-)

Monday Workout

As to KB training, the past weekend was not very fruitful. I did not feel well (pressure in the head, slight dizziness) thus I skipped training with the bell. It was strange – you know I am quite dedicated to kettlebells but could not help it this time (all the same I held a private KB lesson and played a lot with Monti).

Fortunately, yesterday started much better and I picked up the tool. With regard to the pause this time I trained with 16 kg and did not overload myself and was exercising the basics. Felt pretty good being on the track again!

Workout @16 kg

JM

3x10 deadlift
3x5-5 clean-press-overhead squat
5-5 TGU
3x10-10 snatch
3x10-10 one handed swing

Stretching

New Members of the Elite...

Kenneth Jay (the Dane of Pain) and Mark Reifkind (Rif) have been promoted at the UCLA RKC certification weekend to Master RKCs! Hearty congratulations, the Elite Club has been expanded by excellent RKCs! :-)

Training update II

Brett Jones. He is one of the VERY BESTS. I prepared for the instructor course based on his article, watch his DVD (Kettlebell Basics for Strength Coaches and Personal Trainers) again and again, usually read his blog and have the luck to exchange mails with him some times. He IS a fantastic RKC and man. Among others he too represents the opinion that the possibly utmost perfect internalization of the basics is most important. I decided to start the program proposed by him with the 20 kg KB cautiously.


Tuesday, July 29


BJ #1, 20 kg, 1 set


JM


20 swing
5-5 clean&press (not regular military press yet, but Doc sent some tips so hopefully it is a question of a short time)
20 swing
5-5 goblet squat
20 swing
5-5 TGU
20 swing
5-5 snatch
20 swing


Stretching


Well… it will take some time to perform 3 sets properly :-)


Anyway, Monti get a bit annoyed why I did not play with her instead. The little dear requires not a little time and energy, particularly because due to the vaccination the quarantine is still holding on, thus we can outlet her energy only in the garden. As compensation I played with her all the evening on Wednesday. On Thursday she tolerated my training quite well thus we will meet the “victim” of yesterday’s private training in the garden next time.


Thursday, July 31


JM


3x10 deadlift @24 kg


BJ #3, 20 kg, 1 set


5 goblet squat
20 swing
5 goblet squat
5-5 clean&push press
5 goblet squat
5-5 TGU
5 goblet squat
5-5 snatch
5 goblet squat


Stretching


During the weekend, relaxed I will try to perfect the press with the methods recommended by Doc. I am sure they will help a lot – his advices were always of gold value so far, too :-)

Further news: looks like having found the place where I will start a group from September :-) Details follow soon…