kettlebell press Archives - Cube Dweller Fitness

Burpees|Mountain Climbers|Bulgarian Training Bag Swings|Kettlebell Clean and Press|Oh My!

Apr

21

2011

Interval training with four of my favorite exercises: burpees, mountain climbers, bulgarian bag swings, and kettlebell clean-n-press. This is a great workout you can pack into a short amount of time. The Workout The workout combines those four exercises into some high-intensity interval training (HIIT) by timing each exercise, then allowing a short period for ...

GVT – day 12 – Dang – the workout that wasn’t

Mar

14

2011

Today’s workout … wasn’t. There are days when something happens and the workout just doesn’t go well. Today was one of those days. I’ve learned that I just need to listen to my body. Recall that I’m a Cube Dweller, not a professional athlete. The risk of pushing through possible injury outweighs the reality that ...

GVT – day 10 – Pullups and Calluses

Mar

6

2011

Day 10 of Mike Mahler’s program. The German Volume Training (GVT) portion continues to be a challenge and today was a killer. (See day 2, day 4, day 7, day 8, day 9) I found an article that made me focus on pull ups during this workout. Yavor from RelativeStrengthAdvantage wrote about Lat Activation. The ...

GVT Day 8 – Press, Pull, Get Up, but It’s all about the Get Up

Feb

28

2011

This was my fourth time through 10 sets of 10 double kettlebell military press, pullups, and 3 sets of 10 turkish get ups. This time I focused on the TGUs. This is day 8, so I am now three quarters through this portion of Mike Mahler’s program. The German Volume Training (GVT) portion is surprisingly ...

GVT Day 4 – 80 Military Presses, 100 Pullups, 30 Turkish Get Ups

Feb

11

2011

Wow! My arms are still shaking from this workout. I’m on the 4th workout in the German Volume Training (GVT) portion of a 12 week Kettlebell program. The program is from Mike Mahler’s DVD The Kettlebell Solution for Size and Strength. Persistence is paying off. Today was much better than last time I did this ...

German Volume Training – day 2

Feb

6

2011

There are two guys I have consistently turned to for expertise with kettlebells and pushing my fitness: Steve Cotter from IKFF and Mike Mahler. My current workout program is from Mike Mahler’s article about his DVD training program The Kettlebell Solution for Size and Strength this work has been a killer, I love it. With ...