Iron Cardio: 2nd Session

Today was supposed to be my Medium session: Classic + Chinup. My easy session was just Classic - Clean, Press, then Squat with 1 kettlebell for 1 rep each. So in theory, adding the Chinup should raise the difficulty from Easy to Medium.

After further review of Brett Jones' Iron Cardio and Mind The Gap videos, I decided to add the Turkish Get Up, Single Leg Deadlift, and Airborne Lunge to my warmup routine for Iron Cardio. All of these exercise are unilateral lower body exercises that complement the Single Front Squat which is in the Classic set. I did one TGU rep per side, then 3 reps per side of the other 2 exercises

After finishing my warmup with these 3 exercises, I was a little tired, so I took a break from exercise to walk around a bit, shaking my limbs Fast And Loose style. After I felt I took a long enough break, I started my Iron Cardio medium session.

I set the timer to 20 minutes. By the time the timer rang, I'd done 9 sequences, with one sequence being:

Classic (Clean, Press, Squat) on left side, Classic on right side, then 1 Chin Up

Thus I did 9 x 2 sets of Classic for a total of 18 sets plus 9 Chin Ups. By Brett's reckoning if you do one set on one side, then another set on the other side, you're doing 2 sets. Anyway, 18 sets plus 9 chinups seems like a drop from the so-called Easy Session I did Monday, in which I did 32 total sets in 20 min. Perhaps it was the pre-exhaustion effect from adding those 3 exercises to my warmup. I thought at the time I had rested enough after the warmup, but maybe I needed to rest more. Or perhaps my circadian rhythm was just off today. I only did one chinup at a time. One chinup was not that tiring for me.

I think next week, my easy session will be Classic + Chinup since I ended up doing so little work compared to Monday. As I rewatch the Iron Cardio video I realize Brett's sample warmup for Iron Cardio does include the TGU, but not the the SLDL or Airborne Lunge. I'll take those 2 out of my Iron Cardio warmup for now and find another place for them in my schedule. My right hip/glute area continues to be sore from the training I did in Kettlebell Burn so those exercise are a little uncomfortable on my right side anyway.