Kettlebells

[Dent]

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Hahahaaha! Good one, Gary! Lucky they were caring PC types, and not angry ones. They'd have had a SWAT team at your door sooner than Lucy's pizza delivery.

"'e's mad, I tell you, quite mad! Got a great big 'ammer, and 'e's bashin' a tyre roight in 'is droiveway. Completely crackers! Must be all that Oriental stuff..."



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[meguro]

Originally Posted by BigAl

A Judoka buddy of mine does everything he can with towels and says it works great. His three favorites are pullups, rows, and hammer curls with a towel.

Osu! Dent & Al. Towel grip pulls, curls and holds are great for re-hab. In fact I'd recommend them for everything except ballistic type exercises. I saw a guy doing towel grip kettlebell swings. This guy's one grip failure/towel rip away serious 'splainin-Your honor I was just working on my grip. . . It was only a 2 pood bell . . . and the neighbor's dog . . .well, he was an old dog anyway. . .

[jcc]

Originally Posted by GJEChamberlain

Osu! Dent,

In the search for a more manly cardio workout I took to beating the crap out of a truck tyre with a sledgehammer .....

As the kids were playing nicely in the back garden, I put it on the drive. The neighbours curtains twitched, but I just thought "Stuff what they think, this is great" and carried on swinging, grunting and sweating.

My wife was horrified to be approached by a caring neighbour a couple of days later, asking "How's he getting on with his anger-management therapy?"

The tyre's now down the tip.

Gary

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A company in Madrid is offering "stress control" seminars, which mainly consists of taking a sledgehammer to an old car at the local scrapyard. And people are paying for that!

[jimmylad]

Aaah, I'm possibly a tad late for this thread. However, I do like to see fellow Girevik's suffer...
I'm a great fan of KB's and I must say that my personal favorite is the KB snatch. If you like punishment or would like some more specific CV work than jogging, then try Tabata intervals with snatches:

20s left 10s rest
20s right 10s rest x 4 (adds up to 4 minutes!)

rest 1 min & repeat sequence numerous times (until you re-acquaint yourself with your last meal is a favourite...) You could also tag 2-3 tabata intervals at the end of a grind session, just to make life difficult.

On a different note, KB's are a fantastic tool for prehab & rehab, not to mention doing the exercises properly will get those muscles firing in correct sequences and motor patterns.

[Dent]

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Originally Posted by jimmylad

If you like punishment or would like some more specific CV work than jogging, then try Tabata intervals with snatches:

20s left 10s rest
20s right 10s rest x 4 (adds up to 4 minutes!)

rest 1 min & repeat sequence numerous times (until you re-acquaint yourself with your last meal is a favourite...) You could also tag 2-3 tabata intervals at the end of a grind session, just to make life difficult.

Thanks, I'm going to try your Tabata protocol, JimmyLad, but I think I'll keep that meal where it belongs!

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[Azimuth]

A picture from the Belgian Shidokan Branch
They also include kettlebell training .
I might attend a seminar in September .

[vapor]

That looks very intense!!

I wonder if it was hard for the partner mounted on top to hold on as the sweat started to pour!!

vapor

[Dent]

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Originally Posted by vapor

That looks very intense!!

I wonder if it was hard for the partner mounted on top to hold on as the sweat started to pour!!

vapor

Or if they were issued riding crops!

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[jimmylad]

The tone is already starting to head downhill...I wonder if one has spurs to go with the crops...

[Dent]

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I've come up with a horrible new variation. Full push press with 'bells, Star Jump to pull up. Don't expect a lot of reps, but it seems to be a nice explosive training device.

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[Bloke]

Dent I got tired just reading that. Isnt it good the way we all try and come up with new training variations. Kind of like when im in a car with someone and they point at a steep hill and say "look at the size of that" and all I can think is "oooohh! Hill sprints on that would be evil"

[Dent]

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Originally Posted by Bloke

Dent I got tired just reading that. Isnt it good the way we all try and come up with new training variations. Kind of like when im in a car with someone and they point at a steep hill and say "look at the size of that" and all I can think is "oooohh! Hill sprints on that would be evil"

They always seem a good idea at the time, Bloke, but the actual practice... Well, these ideas are just like hill sprints. Fast or slow, they're just plain evil.

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[meguro]

Originally Posted by Dent

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I've come up with a horrible new variation. Full push press with 'bells, Star Jump to pull up. Don't expect a lot of reps, but it seems to be a nice explosive training device.

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Osu! Lots of explosive reps gets my vote for a fun time!