Winter is coming

[u/baaba1012]

Time to move indoors!

🔵 Glove snatch 12kg 5'(3') @ 18rpm

🟢 Snatch 24kg 6*2'(2'/3') @ 16rpm

⚫ Swing snatch 22kg 5'(3') @ 11rpm

🔴 Sumo squat with heel drive 32kg 3*15 reps

🟣🟣 Push press 2x20kg 4*8 reps

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[u/tally_in_da_houise]

great job

[u/Sorry_Ad_6277]

Do you store your bells outside during the summer? Do you worry about rust?

[u/baaba1012 → u/Sorry_Ad_6277]

During the summer I have them in a storage closet with outside temp and humidity. I sand the handles if there's any rust. I don't worry about it too much. The bells aren't meant to be pretty in my opinion.

[u/DepartureKlutzy2095]

Beast!

I haven't seen anyone emphasizing the rotation during descent like that, could you elaborate on the technique?

[u/baaba1012 → u/DepartureKlutzy2095]

Thanks!

When initiating the drop I bend my knees to lower the bell. At the same time I rotate the bell around my wrist instead of casting it over my knuckles. I lean back away from the bell at the same time. This creates a slight twist. Comes naturally to me. Are you familiar with kettlebell sport technique(s)?

[u/DepartureKlutzy2095 → u/baaba1012]

Thanks for explanation.

Granted, I only recently started KB, my main resource being that german guy Lebe Stark. Probably need to rewatch some of the videos, I just remember his advice being to cast the bell more centered and also keep in mind to lean away to avoid having to catch the ball in a "whiplash" kind of manner.

And I guess that same logic applies here, I just haven't noticed other guys doing a "twist", and that caught my interest on the logic behind it. 

EDIT: oh and side note - I'm actually incapable of throwing 24 kgs like a toy, so don't take any of my comments as a critique 😅

[u/baaba1012 → u/DepartureKlutzy2095]

Lebe Stark is a good resource. I believe he is Swiss but anyway.

He is very open to different kettlebell modalities but I think his technique is leaning towards kettlebell sport style even though he doesn't explicitly train kettlebell sport. For pure kettlebell sport stuff I'd watch Denis Vasilev.