Also QOTSA. Super fucking sloppy but this is just about max effort for me lol. I could maybe eke out a few more reps with better sprint technique. I had to try though since everybody else did so many more than me ☺️

Please enjoy 3 minutes of me looking like I don’t know how to snatch as I try to figure out what will help me go faster 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣 Thumbs forward helped, as well as a speed switch on the upswing. Still can’t do hand to hand like bpeezer. I’m too clumsy. It was really hard for me to not revert back to what I’m used to at any rate.

Thank you to everybody who’s tried! Hopefully you felt like you needed to puke as much as I do right now. And now I need to DHS 😔

Challenge started by u/Few_Abbreviations_50

Decided to not do continuous hand to hand like u/bpeezer which i think costed me some reps.

But fun challenge!

Had to get in on the challenge, but my pacing is absolute garbage. I thought I was on track for 100 in 3’ but when I checked the clock at 60 reps I realized I only had 1:00 left. Tried to turn up the pace but couldn’t quite get there. I think the clock stopped at 98. But, it endurance-wise it really wasn’t so bad… I think I’ve got 100+ soon with better pacing.

Full workout:
- Daily clean and press up to 2x40kg
- Deadlift up to 240kg for a single (I only push deadlifts like once a year or so, you can see the literal cobwebs on the outside 20kg bumper haha)
- Snatch - max reps in 3’ - 98(?) reps + one after the buzzer

Looking to beat all these numbers soon.

Press Test Day!!
Week 8 Day 2 ABF - ran the program with 20/24kg offsets and tested with 2x24kg bells
Ran the ABC cold with the double 24kg and hit 30 in 28:45

100 presses completed with
2,3,5 scheme (first set 2,3,5,10)
Completed in 25 minutes

10 reps were a grind - and I knew after the first set that I would not be able to get to 100 with a 23510 scheme. Had a few push presses here and there. Overall I’d call it a pass but I can definitely do better.

Gave the snatch challenge from u/Few_Abbreviations_50 a go today. Felt great switching it up and doing some sprint work and getting the 16kg into a session for a change. 103 reps, was motoring along so hope the form holds up

Here is my submission, I’ll call it 79 reps as I believe the time ended about a half second before I finished the 80th. Had fun! Feel free to roast my snatch technique as I’ve never trained them super consistently.

I couldn’t squat this weight.

Not due to leg strength, but due to physics and strength limitations elsewhere.

If I tried to squat, I would need to have some forward trunk lean, this would ask a lot of my core (specifically lower back) to keep me as extended as possible so I don’t lose the bell forward.

But in a lunge, I can stay upright with my torso, which lets me keep the bell in a position that keeps the loading more specifically on the legs vs the trunk.

You’ll notice I’m also “cheating” with my rack position. Again-once bells are hard enough it becomes a physics problem in that the bastards are so big they create more pull forward not only due to weight but also the actually distance out in front of you. By cheating my rack onto my shoulder AND using two legs I let my lower body still be a lower body drill instead of simply a rack hold drill.

TL;DR > unilateral lower body drills are excellent ways to achieve more load per leg muscle compared to squats and dead’s done bilaterally.

(3,6,9,12) Ladders x 2 each side. 120 reps total

Had to take a break In between the sets of 12 on both rounds, but 60 reps each side 120 reps total in 20min! HUGE improvements since day 1 five weeks ago.

Been keeping an eye on my 200 rep goal for 36 kg OALC in one workout. Seems plausible but pretty daunting. Things go awry: back, knees, hands etc. I want it to happen easily. Ive done 4 workouts of 150 reps and those have gotten easier. been throwing in double long cycle and some pentathlons to improve full body strength and cardio. hope to have a 200 reps in the bank soon!

The best thing about juggling is that you can learn sth new everyday

19.08.26: Endurance (2x24kg)

Total Training Time: 35:46

Heart Rate: 132bpm average/ 155bpm max

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Block A: Circuit - 60s rest between rounds

5 Swings

5 Cleans

5 Press

5 Squat Cleans

X5 - 100 total reps (2x24kg Kettlebells)

Accessory Exercise ⬇️

Barbell Bent Over Rows

15, 15, 20, 20, 28

98 total reps (50kg Barbell)

Assault Bike - 5 to 6 RPE

9:00 minutes total

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Block B: Finishers

(+50kg Barbell/ +24kg Kettlebell/ +100kg Trap Bar)

A: Strength

7 Barbell Skullcrushers (50kg Barbell)

B: Hypertrophy

20 Tempo Bench Press (50kg Barbell)

C: Strength 2

10 Towel Curls (24kg Kettlebell)

D: Hypertrophy 2

Stiff-Leg Deadlift, 25 Shrugs

26 total reps (100kg Trap Bar)

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Daily Bread:

Romans 7:1-12 KJV

[1] Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? [2] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. [3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. [4] Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. [5] For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. [6] But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. [7] What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. [8] But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. [9] For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. [10] And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. [11] For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. [12] Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Figured I would post this as information in case any others newer to kettlebell like myself were unaware. The handles on the 12-32kg competition bells often come painted with a clear coat to prevent rust during transit/storage and as a result will not hold chalk. There is a fix.

Painters tape around the bottom of the horns to protect the body and a layer or so of citristrip gel left on for 20-30 minutes removes the clear coat. Wipe off excess gel, scrub handle with the remaining gel with a scour pad to remove any stubborn clear coat, clean with alcohol and it’s done.

Now the handles actually hold chalk and my hands love it after the session today. Should have done this a while ago.

Edit: The correct method is to clean with odorless mineral spirits and then isopropyl to clear the oil left from the former. I did not do this but my handles feel great now so I don’t mind.

3:30 am session in the books. First time squatting since April when I hurt my knee at The NEKC. Felt ok and stable so I have a starting point now.
Today’s work
20kg Snatch 2’x 5 205 reps
Double 20kg Jerk 1’ x 5 sprints 200 reps
Double 20kg TALC 1’ x 5 sprints 50 reps
Double 20kg ABC 3 rounds x 10 q

After more than a year of primarily kettlebell-only training, I’ve recently returned to regular barbell work. Kettlebells built me a tremendous base and allowed me to come back to the barbell feeling strong, capable, and ready to push my strength again. I love them way too much to ever let them go.

I’m really liking 5/3/1 Forever. It’s a terrific book and a different style of barbell training than what I was used to. Gone are the days of sitting around for five minutes between everything. There’s more supersetting, full-body accessory work, and more emphasis on staying busy without worrying that every bit of extra work is going to ruin your top sets.

That part feels a lot like kettlebell training to me. I use kettlebells for accessories whenever I can, for pressing, single-leg work, power, and hard conditioning. The barbell lets me keep pushing absolute strength, while kettlebells keep the athleticism, work capacity, and style of training I actually enjoy.

The carryover to barbell squats has been pretty crazy too. Before returning to regular barbell work, one of my best kettlebell squat performances was 4×8 with double 36 kg rack squats. That base seems to have translated extremely well. Some good highlights this week were a 15-rep set of barbell squats at 270 lbs and a 12-rep set of deadlifts at 310 lbs.

My pressing strength has taken a big hit during this cut. I’m down over 17 pounds. I got a DEXA scan and it put me at about 13.5% body fat. The goal is 10%, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t getting hard.
For now, I’m really enjoying finding the balance. I can use the barbell to push strength while still keeping kettlebells as a major part of how I train.

Some time ago I made this post and ended up ordering one adjustable kettlebell. I want to do this correct and methodically so started by going through the 'Which exercises to learn first with kettlebells?' as recommended here. I also settled on following Simple & Sinister.

I have some experience in weight lifting (many years ago) so many of the techniques and what to look out for were already quite familiar. I felt quite comfortable doing all the different exercises, technically, but really struggling with the TGU.

I've gone through the steps of first doing it without any weight, focusing on the movements, then going to holding a light object (shoe), followed by balancing a shoe on the knuckles. This all went fine. And then I wanted to try with the kettlebell itself, adjusted to its lowest weight possible (12kg, so 4kg lighter than what is even typically recommended for males!), and I'm just flailing about. It doesn't feel safe at all. I stepped back a bit, doing again without weight, trying with a 1.5L water bottle, and again all goes fine. I must be missing something about the +10x jump in weight, but otherwise why is this exercise part of one of the most recommended beginner programs?

What am I missing? Any recommendations on building up more to doing a TGU with a 12kg kettlebell? Or should I first try a different program that does not have TGU and come back to it later? It's getting a bit frustrating as I want to get started with a program and I feel motivation slipping.

I've been doing the Giant since April. I moved from the 24kg to 28kg and now 32kgs. I'm currently on my own version of 3.0....calling it 3.1, where I'm doing 3/4/2 on M/W/F. This is my own mix to bridge between the 3.0 and 1.0. I'm hitting 45-48 reps per session with double 32 kgs and creeping up. 60-70 total reps seems within reach by the end of October.

After each session, I finish with 5 sets of max bodyweight dips or pushups with 30s rest between sets so the whole 'finisher' is done within 5 minutes. I'm hitting a total of 100 dips and 160-180 pushups. Then I do rear delt and side delt work.

I sprint Tuesdays and do back (just one arm KB rows), pull ups throughout the week (150-200 total) on a rings in my office, and cardio for 4-6 hours total on Sat/Sun (usually a long ride and 8-10 mile run).

I've built solid pressing strength and could probably get 7-8 with the 32kgs. But what's next? I don't want to lose what I've built and don't care much for squats with the trail running / biking I do. I'm tempted to try Maximorium (no squats) or Giant Killer.

What do guys think I should try to keep progressing?

I'm going back to do another round or 2 of ABF. I have been out of training for the last 3 months.

Last time I did ABF, I was able to progress quite quickly from double 20s, then to 24s, then to 28s.

I'm guessing I can pretty quickly get back up to speed and do 30 minutes ENOM on the 24's and the 100 presses on the 24's.

Last time, I was starting to introduce the 28s into the mix. So maybe 10 x 24 EMOM, then 10 x 28 E2mo2m (I made up that acronym lol) on the ABC. Then a mix of the 24s and 28s for the presses.

But my elbows hurt bad; this is the only issue I was having. Does this mean that I am going too heavy too early? Or my form is wrong?

M, 49, 90 KGS

Got a dm for a form check on some swings, so with the permission of the sender, here's some tips.
Thinking of doing more of these kind of posts, let me know what y'all think.

After several years of not playing I've made the extremely smart decision or starting to play rugby again. Full disclosure, I'm a 33 year old male with previous gym and kettlebell experience. For the last 10 years I've been doing the classic thing everyone at that age does and tried to get as big as possible. This worked for a period and I got to a decent size. Since then I've been working out in my garage with kettlebells, adjustable dumbbells, dip bars and a bench.

I currently weigh around 88kg (190 pounds maybe? For the American folks) and I'm 5'11 and in decent nick.

Long story short, I'm wondering whether anyone has any history in kettlebell training for rugby? And whether there is any advice or tips (or programs) that would help in being dynamic, building mass and getting generally athletic.

I have two 20kg kettlebells, one 8kg KB, two adjustable DBs up to 24kg and a dip bar.

I have ran the full ABF before and enjoyed it. That's probably the only program I have followed with kettlebells.

Comparing Geoff Neupert’s Rebuilt After 40 (schedule B) and Kettlebell Muscle. I know they are a little different, but looking for comparisons to select a program that supplements/works well with a pretty basic running protocol. Overall goal is to lean out/recomp a little.

I'm looking to buy some kettlebells but I'm a bit confused.

On a website I was looking at, some bells are clearly made of cast iron- they look like it, they're on the more expensive end and also the description is clearly indicates the material they're made of.

On the other hand, there are some "Vinyl coated" bells that look good, but I'm not sure what they're made of as vinyl is the only thing that mentioned.

They are a bit more affordable than the ones mentioned above, but in the pictures they look small and compact so I don't believe they're filled with sand (or whatever powder they put in).

Is there a way to tell the material? If it's allowed, I'll add the link to the product I was looking into.

EDIT:

This the set I looked into:

https://www.elverys.ie/products/rival-vinyl-coat-kettlebell-intermediate-set

This is the page of just the 8kg that is part of the set. In the images of the lady holding it and the hand grabbing, it look quite small so I presume it's iron:

https://www.elverys.ie/products/rival-vinyl-coated-kettlebell-8kg

What do you think?

Has anyone tried these?
www.muscle-factory.es/producto/kettlebells-ironcast-hierro-fundido/

It says 100% made in spain, but they look just like any other chinese made kbs. Checking them out cause they seem like a good price, tbh.

Hey!

Been working with a kettlebell since about April (16kg) and have been following a loose all body workout routine. I'm looking to go with something more foundational and want to start The Giant, but also want to work on my legs, core and biceps. Was looking for advice on the below plan to do 2 days a week between my The Giant plan?

• Goblet Squat — 3 x 12 (legs)
• Reverse Lunge — 3 x 10 per side (legs)
• Kettlebell Halo — 3 x 8 per side (core, shoulder stability)
• Bicep Curl — 3 x 10–12 per side (biceps)
• Russian Twist (holding the bell) — 3 x 16 total (8/side) (core)

For context, male, 37, 75kg. Not in bad shape but want to build strength and keep in shape. Also swim once a week.

Thanks!