My journey to lean, strong, athletic and fit through the miracle of progressive Kettlebell Swing Combination training. My food strategies to deal with weight loss, and compulsive overeating, after losing more than 100lbs., and maintaining such a tremendous weightloss for more than 4 years....
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Clean press snatch squat
Thursdays are the one workout that can go all "willy nilly". I have too much freedom in my schedule on this day and I find myself putting it off and not sticking to a regular time. At that point I force myself to go into the gym, no plan, as usual, but I find it hard to find a groove the later it gets in the day.
So I can't even organize my sets and reps, because quite simply, I kept changing the combinations, the times, the reps, even the movements. But basically the one set that was consistent was the following;
clean press, snatch, neg press, hold rack position, squat, 2 min sets 6 combinations on L, and then R, 1 min. rest (video demos 1/2 of this set)
I did at least 10 of these sets.
On the positive side, this old body loves squatting in the afternoon! Those 6:00am squats are hhhhard! Even though I was using a light weight, (I did do a few sets with the 16kg)the last squats in the last sets, I had to use both hands to hold the bell up near my shoulder!
I trained for at least 60 minutes, I didn't even keep track of time. But that's one of the great things about KB's......train hard enough and put in your time!
Tomorrow, the beach, I think my tan is fading!
Life is great.
That combo look brutal. snatch then squat by itself is hard. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteRoyce, I wish I was strong enough to hold overhead,(during the squat) that's next. I probably neeed to start doing TGU's and windmill though!
ReplyDeleteHi Tracy,
ReplyDeleteI've been inspired to start lifting kettlebells and was wondering if you could recommend a good way to learn? I'm ready to lose the 15 extra lbs. on my frame after having my baby 3 months ago! Any advice or suggestions you could give would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
JEN WECK
Jen,
ReplyDeleteSend me and e-mail, tracyrif@yahoo.com and we can talk more in detail.
I'll look forward to hearing from you!