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1,000 Swings – Persistance Pays Off

Mar

10

2011

Thanks to twitter I found a new workout. I was talking with Aaron Pierson (@NoCoKettlebell) and he mentioned knocking out 1,000 kettlebell swings. I had to learn more and this morning I gave it a shot. I performed 1,000 kettlebell swings in less than 40 minutes using my 24kg kettlebell. The Workout The workout is ...

GVT – day 11 – Add More Weight

Mar

9

2011

This is day 10 of the German Volume section of Mike Mahler’s program. The German Volume Training (GVT) portion has pushed me and helped me add weight. (See the articles tagged with GVT.) Add More Weight Every time I go out to do one of these workouts I want to see increase. But doing ten ...

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 9 – Heart Rate Zones Applied

Mar

2

2011

Today I worked through day 9 of the German Volume Training and wanted to spend time applying Heart Rate Training Zones. You will see why I love using kettlebells so much, since they let me combine strength training and cardio training. This is day 9, so this nearly the end of this portion of Mike ...

Descending Sets To Start the Day

Mar

1

2011

I had to change my workout up a bit, so I revisited one of my favorites: descending sets. The workout is fairly simple in design, but tough to execute with good form. I typically do these with three exercises that work different parts of the body. For today I chose burpee-pullups, kettlebell swings, and ring ...

GVT – day 7 – Squats, Swings, and Windmills Rest Periods Matter

Feb

24

2011

Today was Day 7 of the German Volume Training (GVT) program that I’m using from Mike Mahler’s DVD The Kettlebell Solution for Size and Strength. The workout consists of 10 sets of 10 reps of double kettlebell squats, double kettlebell swings, and high/low windmills. Keeping a consistent form through the 10×10 format is brutal, but ...

Twelve Minute Killer|Kettlebell Tabatas

Feb

23

2011

If you’ve got 12 minutes, here’s a killer workout. Kettlebell Tabatas. Tabata is a series of eight work and rest periods; 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds to rest. The Tabata Method of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a great way to pack a tremendous workout into a short amount of time. This ...

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 (GVT) – day 3 – Kettlebell Squats, Swings, and Windmills

Feb

8

2011

Today was day three of my adventure on Mike Mahler’s GVT section from his DVD training program The Kettlebell Solution for Size and Strength. The workout is one of two that I alternate between every other workout and consists of ten sets of ten kettlebell squats and swings, followed by three sets of kettlebell high/low ...