Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Kettlebell Daily Workout

Today's workout was a "free" day, so to speak. I had meant to go to the gym and practice my powerlifts but was stuck late at work so I hit the kettlebells at home instead to make up for lost time. When I create a fun workout from scratch I always try to hit the 6 basic athletic movements, upper body push, upper body pull, twist, lunge, lower body push, and lower body pull. I learned this concept from Alywn Cosgrove's book, The New Rules of Lifting. I highly recommend this book for all levels of fitness enthusiasts.
Here is the kettlebell workout I did:
- mobility work (joint)
- foam roller
- dynamic warm-up (think lunges, twists, push-ups)
- Kettlebell Circuit, 3 rounds, short rest between each drill (20 seconds):
  1. 2 kettlebell rack squat
  2. 2 kettlebell swing
  3. 2 kettlebell military press
  4. 1 kettlebell bent over row
  5. 2 kettlebell suitcase lunge
  6. 1 kettlebell windmill

- Metabolic Ladder Work, select two opposing drills, do one rep of each, then two, and so on up the ladder until you gas out. No stopping, no rest, keep going until you reach systemic fatigue.

  • push-ups paired with swings x 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10...gassed out

That was it, pretty straight forward. Fun but not devastating as some workouts should be. Give it a try if you need something different!

2 comments:

JayJ said...

what's an eccentric snatch?

Nathan Donahue said...

Go slow on the first ten degrees of the eccentric (lowering) then release as normal.

What happens is you will do a normal snatch, the slowly lower the bell as if you are doing the eccentric of a front raise, then relax and let the kettlebell drop. Try it and see if you like it!

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