Flew back to Seattle from Spokane, didn't get much sleep at all last night (4 hrs), got warmed up with primal move and OS resets, hangs from the pullup bar at the kettlebellity studio and actually felt ok.
2:35pm - Training session with Kevin. We worked a lot on TGUs today and movements to prep TGUs, and particularly to focus on some of the issues I have had with connecting the hips to the shoulders in the roll to press, particularly with the bell in the L hand. We did some bridges with yoga blocks, both legs and then dropped the blocks and did single legs, really focusing on getting extension in the hip. These were good, this will help me. We then worked some TGUs with the 16kg where I laid on my back and extended the opposite leg up and down, and then also did some opposite side hip circles and shoulder circles with the bell hand in a coordinated fashion to try and connect the opposite hip to the bell shoulder. I thought these were really good and should help me with leakage issues. Sprinkled in here as well were a variety of TGUs with the 16kg, roll to elbow for reps, primarily. After working these we then bought in the 28kg, 32kg, and also the 36kg to test technique and see if form improved. The reps with the 32kg were very solid. The 36kg with the L was still a challenge though there were small improvements. The 36kg with the R was extremely solid, zero issues. All in all, I have a lot of ideas now, some good things to program into my mobility work, and I really think improvements here could lend a significant benefit not only to heavy TGUs but various other KB work too. It was clear to me with the tightness in my R hamstring, the fatigue I was experiencing in the R quad, glutes, calf, etc. with these relatively easy movements that this imbalance with the R side is something I simply must work in a more focused way to eradicate. I think it is really holding me back from what I hope to create which are some serious gains in the next several months in all of the lifts I am working on. I have to say I felt great after doing all of this work, neck was loose, overhead position felt very good, hips were stretched out. These are important technique points for me to work on.
After doing this work we did a variety of 2H SW with the 32kg, then some 1H SW with the 28kg. Swings felt good, the 1H felt better than the 2H but that is due to not really training 2H SW much at all lately. And it was weird, it actually felt a little hard to get my two hands into the 32kg. My hands have actually gotten bigger from KB lifting, it is insane but it is true. Then for the first time ever I got to practice snatching the 28kg. We did it in a ladder scheme with 1H SW, going 1H SW 3x, SN 1x, SW 2x, SN 2x, SW 1x, SN 3x. I liked it a lot. This was power focused, go very slow, hold the lockout, really focus on the hand flip to the descent and load between the legs, just use this as a strength building movement and not so much a ballistic for conditioning. Snatching that bitch and holding it up strong in lockout just felt amazing. With the path I have been on and continued strength focus, I can honestly say I think I could snatch the 32kg for some reps, I probably could have even done it today in this ladder scheme using a 1H SW to get momentum built to make the SN easier. In any event, that was badass.
3:50pm - Good stuff. Really good things and I appreciate that Kevin is reading my training notes, asking questions, and really he came prepared with some ideas today on the TGU that were quite beneficial to me. We talked a bit about the next cycle and we are going for strength work, I am looking forward to it quite a bit.
After doing this work we did a variety of 2H SW with the 32kg, then some 1H SW with the 28kg. Swings felt good, the 1H felt better than the 2H but that is due to not really training 2H SW much at all lately. And it was weird, it actually felt a little hard to get my two hands into the 32kg. My hands have actually gotten bigger from KB lifting, it is insane but it is true. Then for the first time ever I got to practice snatching the 28kg. We did it in a ladder scheme with 1H SW, going 1H SW 3x, SN 1x, SW 2x, SN 2x, SW 1x, SN 3x. I liked it a lot. This was power focused, go very slow, hold the lockout, really focus on the hand flip to the descent and load between the legs, just use this as a strength building movement and not so much a ballistic for conditioning. Snatching that bitch and holding it up strong in lockout just felt amazing. With the path I have been on and continued strength focus, I can honestly say I think I could snatch the 32kg for some reps, I probably could have even done it today in this ladder scheme using a 1H SW to get momentum built to make the SN easier. In any event, that was badass.
3:50pm - Good stuff. Really good things and I appreciate that Kevin is reading my training notes, asking questions, and really he came prepared with some ideas today on the TGU that were quite beneficial to me. We talked a bit about the next cycle and we are going for strength work, I am looking forward to it quite a bit.
