Among the demands of Phase 2 is the ability to do the Turkish Get Up for 3 reps in a row on the same side, without rest between reps. That's one of the reasons I switched from 20kg kettlebell to the 16kg for this movement. I was able to do 2 triples on each side. My working forearm started to burn on the 3rd rep but I never felt in any real danger of dropping the KB. By the end of the week though I decided do doubles instead of triples. I needed a fair amount of rest after a triple, before I could attempt another triple. I think I'll need less rest after a double, and thus be able to do more total reps.
The exercises in Kettlebell Burn Reloaded are organized into 3 sessions, which are A, B, and MetCon. A and B in turn are split into 2 segments. The first time I did segment AB, I missed the instruction to rest for only 45-60 seconds between rounds. Instead I rested until I stopped panting in exhaustion and the burning sensation in my lungs receded. So the next time I did segment AB, I followed the instruction, with a timer set to 60 seconds. With only 60 sec. rest times, segment AB was quite a bit more difficult to execute.
Session B was just as difficult this week as it was when I tried it last week for the first time. Segment BA was fine. I could have pushed for more total reps of the clean+press but I wasn't sure how the shoulder would hold up in Segment BB. Segment BB exercises are in a superset which wipes me out after each round. I went over the prescribed training time for segment BB because I was only able to do 2 rounds within this time. There was about 4 minutes left on the timer but I didn't want the timer to go off in the middle of a superset, so I just turned it off, rested as long as I needed, then executed the 3rd round.
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