Thursday 17/5/12

A list of the fun for tonight session - Grip work with mats, side to side swings with flips, cleans to waiter press, bottoms up get-ups, double kb get-ups, kettlebell walk out's.

Monday 14/5/12

If you don't like a particular exercise then generally it's because you're not good at it. If you're not good at it then do it more so you get good at it. You either ignore you weaknesses or face up to them and get better. That is pretty much the motivation for tonight's workout.

Saturday 12/5/12

Working the ladders this morning- kettlebell weights 6,8,10,12,16,20,24,28,32,36kg. The aim of all the exercises is to progress up the weights keeping good form, minimum of 4 sets per exercise. Started with 6x windmills left and right hand, then 5x double clean to sprawl, then 4 double bent over rows and lastly 3x bent press L&R.
Welcome also to Christina, Heidi, Jo and Gemma.

Thursday 10/5/12

Practising for the grading tonight with some long cycle technique work. Started with 2 sets of 20x cleans focusing on breathing then did 2 sets of 5 reps of jerks pausing for 10 seconds in rack, second dip and overhead lockout. Moved on to 2 sets of 10x jerks concentrating on correct breathing. Finished by putting it all together for a 5 minute set. Some impressive numbers and a big improvement visible in technique and performance when the correct breathing was used. Good work everyone. Let's hope we can repeat if not better the competition results from February when we go to Ireland in August.

Monday 7/5/12

Big class tonight in a small hall but we made it count. Snatch technique work first then a 15 minute blitz of as many rounds as possible.

Saturday 5/5/12

There is only one thing better on a saturday morning than bacon and eggs and that is Kettlebell Tabata. 8 exercises, five rounds. Simple but brutal.

Thursday 3/5/12

Plenty of bodyweight animal movements as a warm up tonight then onto a paired workout hitting the chest, abs and legs. The aim was to finish your set before your partner so you can fit in some bonus burpees. Sounds fun and it was!