Sunday, August 31, 2008

big kettlebells

Sept 1st.





That's what I call a kettlebell!

what no mirrors or treadmills?




"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
-Louisa May Allcott

WO du jour:
warm up: Bands, form roller, and joint mobility.
50 special burpees.....punch heavy bag, down on fist for pushup, jump back up and start over.
25 pullups:
1-kettlebell thruster; 16, 20,24,28kg 5 reps each side.
Kettlebell "grace" 2-28 kg clean and jerk. Dead stop clean and jerk. harder than a barbell due to the swing before the clean.
32kg press 3sets of 5 reps.
barbell floor extension 3 sets of 5 95#
My largest Kettlebell has always been 2-40kg for I can do but a few movements such as cleans, swings, deadlifts and on occasion, a jerk or two with a 40kg. Now I know they make bigger and seen Kettlebells up to 135 lbs in a gym, but never thought of getting a larger one as they would sit mainly on the floor collecting chalk powder. However, recently, I saw a Russian lifter of an advanced age lifting a very large kettlebell so if I ever get an opportunity to acquire larger size as long as it has a GS handle, mainly because I have small hands for thoes thick handle of crude models, I will consider such a increase in mass. Lately I have been able to work with heaver kettebells with improved technique so a 50 or 60 kg kettlebell would be a reasonable addition to my collection.



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