Re: Kettlebells
Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 5:32 pm
Agree with soft sand running as great for feet and ankles.
Too true, unfortunately.steve shearer wrote:Not really its maintenance for me but inevitably the biggest problem for people as they age is a crisp popup. Lose that and you lose the confidence to take on critical surf.
How'd you go about progressing up through the weights? As in up around 1.5xbw and above?? Did/do you just focus on deads a few times a week? Or is that too much? I've only hit 1.5xbw once or twice and I was eating like a horse at the time. Not eating as much now and have dropped in weight. Slowly building back up but slowlyLegion wrote:Probably bodyweight or less. Although anything less than about 1.3x bodyweight feels like a feather to me and doesn't provide enough counterweight.
The start position is like sitting on a dunny. Arse goes back, back stays straight. Look forward and slightly up. If you do it sans weight you'll rock back on your heels and fall over backwards. That's why you need a good counterweight.
When you get a bar, roll it back over your feet. Vertical shins means you won't hit them or scrape them on the way up. Sit on the dunny, thighs horizontal, looking slightly up and then fire quads, hammies, glutes and up you go.
Grip slightly wider than shoulder, just enough to clear your legs. Overhand grip. Crush the bar and don't drop it.
Take a breath in at the start. Hold your core strong, you need to when it gets heavy. Exhale in the last part as you reach the end. Push and lock your hips forward at the end.
If you have a platform, drop the bar. Deadlift is only the lift, not the lower. Otherwise lower under control but fast, don't try to hold it up. But don't destroy the floor if it's not up to the task.
Deadlift is a king of lifts. If you do a big one, like Coops, you feel like Atlas.
Abit over the top SS I reckon. Just think if you had asked Legion for BBQ advice.steve shearer wrote:ok done.
Ok cool thanks I'll have a look. Strength without the size is what I'm after.Legion wrote:I followed a modified version of Pavel Tsatsouline's Power to the People, Comrade. And cycled on a two-week cycle. 1.5x was just standard for me back then, but 2x was a one-off that just about killed me. I was just feeling it on one particular day and went for it.Beerfan wrote:How'd you go about progressing up through the weights? As in up around 1.5xbw and above?? Did/do you just focus on deads a few times a week? Or is that too much? I've only hit 1.5xbw once or twice and I was eating like a horse at the time. Not eating as much now and have dropped in weight. Slowly building back up but slowly
Doesn't matter. Some people can do 3x or more. 2x was massive for me. 1.5x was just standard. 1.5x bench was my record. About 1.7x for squat.
And then you see some Texan teenager lifting 4x or more.
Even now I still do something similar to PttP, i.e. C&J for ten individual sets of one rep, five times a week. No DOM, minimal tiredness, maximal strength, little to no size gains. PttP rocks and opened my eyes, Comrade. If you can get over his writing style.