A little Monday fun for my small group – their skills are developing very nicely, but I wanted to test them on the press a bit – we used moderate to light(ish) kettlebells for this (for instance, one small woman who has recently come back to class used a 8kg and 12kg kettlebell – using the 12kg for the two hand swings and goblet squats. One of the guys was using a 16kg and 20kg kettlebell in the same way)
Don’t forget your Joint Mobility warm ups! (and don’t forget to read my mildly humorous but informative review of the Dragon Door classic Super Joints)
Do 4-5 rounds of the following, taking breaks as needed and using perfect form on all reps.
- Kettlebell snatches 10 per side
- 10 TRX low rows
- Kettlebell Military press 10 per side (using the lighter kettlebell if necessary)
- 10 Kettlebell goblet squats
Take what you’ve got left and put it towards regular good old Tabata protocol 2 hand swings:
Remember, Tabata protocol is 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest, for a total of 4 minutes (8 rounds). I use a Gymboss time to keep track of this so I can make form corrects and otherwise help my small group participants. If you are training alone, the timer really helps you to focus on your form and not on constantly checking or setting another kind of clock.
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