Comments on: My Week of Kettlebell Training http://strongsarah.com/2009/06/27/my-week-of-kettlebell-training/ Lifting Heavy Stuff is Fun Mon, 03 May 2010 02:50:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://strongsarah.com/2009/06/27/my-week-of-kettlebell-training/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Sarah Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:38:24 +0000 http://strongsarah.com/?p=611#comment-309 Jerry - Thanks, Man! I'll be watching your progress with ETK, too!! ! I soooo know what you mean about things you want to do on variety days. So many options, so little time, right? My good friend, <a href="http://kravuk.com" rel="nofollow">Sarah Brendlor, RKC </a>in London reminded me last week that LOTS and LOTS of swings would be helpful to me. And <a href="www.twitter.com/levalley" rel="nofollow">Lillian Valley </a> suggests that swinging a heavy(ier) kettlebell has made heavy presses come easier for her. So I'm taking that advice and making sure to do swings on at least one variety day. This week, I'm thinking yoga would be good for the other variety day. To satisfy my desire for some of the other exercises I'm doing bodyweight squats, lunges, etc. as active rest between ladders on ETK days. Great suggestion about the negative chinups. Why hadn't I thought of that? Definitely will be putting that into practice - tomorrow! :-) Jerry – Thanks, Man! I’ll be watching your progress with ETK, too!! ! I soooo know what you mean about things you want to do on variety days. So many options, so little time, right? My good friend, Sarah Brendlor, RKC in London reminded me last week that LOTS and LOTS of swings would be helpful to me. And Lillian Valley suggests that swinging a heavy(ier) kettlebell has made heavy presses come easier for her. So I’m taking that advice and making sure to do swings on at least one variety day. This week, I’m thinking yoga would be good for the other variety day. To satisfy my desire for some of the other exercises I’m doing bodyweight squats, lunges, etc. as active rest between ladders on ETK days.

Great suggestion about the negative chinups. Why hadn’t I thought of that? Definitely will be putting that into practice – tomorrow! :-)

]]> By: Jerry http://strongsarah.com/2009/06/27/my-week-of-kettlebell-training/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Jerry Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:14:46 +0000 http://strongsarah.com/?p=611#comment-308 Hey Sarah, good job on the ETK! I'm taking full advantage of the variety days...one of my weaknesses is I can't stick with anything for very long because some new routine catches my eye, lol. So I'm using the variety days to get my fix of...VARIETY! I'm worried I'm over complicating things. Sprinting, various pushups, squats, anaerobic circuits, Captains of Crush Grippers, Indian Clubs, Planche progressions, haha...oh well. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress on this blog. Have you considered switching to slow negatives on the chinups in lieu of rows when strict chinups become too tough? Hey Sarah, good job on the ETK! I’m taking full advantage of the variety days…one of my weaknesses is I can’t stick with anything for very long because some new routine catches my eye, lol. So I’m using the variety days to get my fix of…VARIETY!

I’m worried I’m over complicating things. Sprinting, various pushups, squats, anaerobic circuits, Captains of Crush Grippers, Indian Clubs, Planche progressions, haha…oh well.

I’m looking forward to seeing your progress on this blog. Have you considered switching to slow negatives on the chinups in lieu of rows when strict chinups become too tough?

]]> By: Sarah http://strongsarah.com/2009/06/27/my-week-of-kettlebell-training/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Sarah Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:50:12 +0000 http://strongsarah.com/?p=611#comment-306 Laura - The repetition hasn't bothered me yet either. I am hoping for lots of improvement, especially with my presses, so I'm enjoying the repetition in the practices now. I refuse to look ahead at what we'll be facing for swing/snatch training in the upcoming weeks, though. The thought might keep me up at night! Josh - Thanks for the kind words. :-) Oh, I have no problem eating enough!! But at least I don't seem to ever gain an ounce. I'll take that! Laura – The repetition hasn’t bothered me yet either. I am hoping for lots of improvement, especially with my presses, so I’m enjoying the repetition in the practices now. I refuse to look ahead at what we’ll be facing for swing/snatch training in the upcoming weeks, though. The thought might keep me up at night!

Josh – Thanks for the kind words. :-)
Oh, I have no problem eating enough!! But at least I don’t seem to ever gain an ounce. I’ll take that!

]]> By: Josh Hanagarne http://strongsarah.com/2009/06/27/my-week-of-kettlebell-training/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Josh Hanagarne Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:07:05 +0000 http://strongsarah.com/?p=611#comment-305 Fantastic! Good job and good luck on week 7. One of the great things about kettlebells is that I don't worry about how often I need to eat. I can't seem to eat enough. Fantastic! Good job and good luck on week 7. One of the great things about kettlebells is that I don’t worry about how often I need to eat. I can’t seem to eat enough.

]]> By: Laura http://strongsarah.com/2009/06/27/my-week-of-kettlebell-training/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Laura Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:33:09 +0000 http://strongsarah.com/?p=611#comment-304 Sounds like your training is going really well. I'm right about where you are with ETK. Interestingly, the repetitive nature of the workouts isn't bothering me at all. I actually rather enjoy it, because it's much easier to track progress when the program doesn't change much. On a different subject, I wonder if your hypoglycemia has anything to do with why you had a not-so-positive experience with intermittent fasting. I've never been diagnosed with hypoglycemia but there is a lot of diabetes in my family on both sides, and as I've gotten older I've become much more sensitive to foods with a high glycemic load. Eating low-glycemic foods at regular intervals just seems to be part of what I need to do in order to function well, and perhaps it's the same for you. I do think there's something to the idea of different "metabolic types" needing different eating strategies. One of the many subjects on which I need to become better informed! Sounds like your training is going really well. I’m right about where you are with ETK. Interestingly, the repetitive nature of the workouts isn’t bothering me at all. I actually rather enjoy it, because it’s much easier to track progress when the program doesn’t change much.

On a different subject, I wonder if your hypoglycemia has anything to do with why you had a not-so-positive experience with intermittent fasting. I’ve never been diagnosed with hypoglycemia but there is a lot of diabetes in my family on both sides, and as I’ve gotten older I’ve become much more sensitive to foods with a high glycemic load. Eating low-glycemic foods at regular intervals just seems to be part of what I need to do in order to function well, and perhaps it’s the same for you. I do think there’s something to the idea of different “metabolic types” needing different eating strategies. One of the many subjects on which I need to become better informed!

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