5/29/13 Wednesday May 29, 2013 ( Kevin 2H, 1H SW & PR)

Slept in before training with Kevin - did the standard kettlebell warmup for 10 minutes then headed out.  The night before I had done a ton of lacrosse ball release on the forearms after playing a softball game and really noticing they were taxed, particularly the L forearm which I had also noticed on the last TGU from the morning session - the bell was really pulling at that wrist.  The lacrosse ball work the night before had done wonders so the body woke up pretty well despite a quick warm up.

6:30am - Training session with Kevin

We worked in some more Primal Move stuff, tuning up a couple of things and then adding some Primal Move in the TGU position to open up the thoracic spine, which I thought was good stuff.

We warmed up doing a few DLs, then got right into 2H SW, 24, 32, and 36 bells.

We checked in on the TGU and Kevin liked what he saw and noticed major improvement with the 16 on the technique.  We upped it to the 24 and I worked with that bell for several reps, cuing the lats and firing the ob oblique on the roll to elbow, which were good cues.  On coming down from the top position we also cued taking a much bigger step back to set up the kneeling position better, which also made sense.

We did some 2H SW work with the 32 and then 24 as Kevin demonstrated how much power could be generated with the 24.   He wanted that feeling so I could work on eventually getting that with the 32.  He said the 2H SW was really dialed up and looked good.

We then did some 1H SW with the 16, 20 and 24.  Kevin liked what he saw.  One cue was just to keep the arm almost touching the body all the way until the bell is about to hit you and then throw it back between the legs.  Good stuff.

Lastly we finished with some PR with the 20.  Kevin thought that also looked good and indicated that I would start working on PR again (yes).  We didn't get into any cues yet but that will come in time.

7:50am - Finish

Great session, I am really learning a lot from Kevin.  The body has really, really responded over the last nearly 3 weeks since I had seen Kevin with the incorporation of Original Strength on top of Primal Move, continued work on the PM with SW and get up, and a bit more sleep too:)

5/28/13 Tuesday May 28, 2013 (TGUs)

5:45am - Original Strength and Primal Move and lacrosse ball release - 45 minutes

6:30am - Kettlebell warm up ("Standard")

1/2K halos - 8kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
1/2K pullover - 12 kg, 5X each leg

1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)

1/2K pullover - 16 kg, 5X each leg
Roll to press (TGU start) - shoulder cam shafts, each arm

6:45pm - Training session - Focus on TGUs

Warm up -
Tall kneeling 1H press with 16 kg, 5 L/R; 20 kg 5 L/R (continue to see progress on PR.  very encouraging)

16, L 1X to hand position into 1X full get up
16, R  1X to hand position into 1X full get up
20, L 1X to hand position into 1X full get up
20, R  1X to hand position into 1X full get up
24, L 1X to hand position into 1X full get up
24, R  1X to hand position into 1X full get up

7:15am - Complete

Notes - Nearly the same exact training session as Friday.  Again, wanted to add more reps on the 24 but just didn't have a ton of time and again felt somewhat fatigued getting through that last full getup with the 24.  Body felt really good and lifts felt good, but just need to find 10 or 15 more minutes so I can get in some reps with the 24.  I think I will skip the 20 next session and just go 1 warmup with the 16 right into then the 24s and just really work on that bell.