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rifstonian: April 01 2006
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Attn :Jason Brown
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This is the video of my new snatch technique of pushing the hips back before I lower.unfortuntely its sideways and I cant get it rotatated yet. If I cant figure it out I will reshoot it.It doenst look like I am pushing back as early as it feels but its way more than I was and does take a lot of stress off my touchy shoulders and biceps
rif
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ZSlIHiCzVM
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Rob Lawrence: April 01 2006
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Not referring to your snatch technique but rather your musical choice ... that is deadlift and squat music, not kettlebell snatch music. For snatches you want something like trip-hop, The Official Chill-Out Collection Vol. 10, or for the older folks maybe "Riders on the Storm." Smooooooth ...
In all seriousness that technique is fine. I would also recommend that as you start the descent, you try coming up on the toes or "throwing" the bell forward a couple of inches from the top, so it is falling away from you without stressing your arm. This is hard to explain, easier to demonstrate.
Rob
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Paul Goldgeier: April 02 2006
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Speed vs strength. Is there a compromise?
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Very recently, our company (hi-tech) hired a new employee who happens to a black belt in a form of karate called Kyokushin. It didn't take us long to start a 10-15 minute daily workout together, each of us bringing something from our own experiences.
He was immediately intrigued with the description of my kettlebell exercises, but rejected the suggestion to add them to our daily routine. His reason was based on his understanding that lifting will slow him down and he therefore has avoided working out with weights.
Is there any inherent truth that strength will come at the expense of speed and as a result be a detriment to some forms of karate such as Kyokushin?
Paul
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Rob Lawrence: April 03 2006
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"Now some of you had had some success that would speak to differ, but that is because the resistance training was correcting some other imbalance which was inhibiting performance."
If it corrects an imbalance that is inhibiting performance, is that not a form of improvement?
Rob
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Israeli Com.: April 10 2006
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Whats with all the Kettlebell bashing out there!?!?!
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Hey everyone,
Over the past few months I have seen a couple mag articles actually bashing Kettlebells. They talk about how they are just the latest fad and how they are not all that great. I have also come across some sites with whole detailed articles explaining the weaknesses of KBells.
Just goes to show you how when something threatens peoples paradigms (and bank accounts) they will say anything to try and discredit it.
You often wonder if these people are paid by We*d*r & Friends to just say this crap.
Just a thought.
~Israeli Com.
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Rob Lawrence: April 11 2006
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I think a plate must have slipped off a dumbbell and hit the good doctor in the head. That does happen unfortunately.
Have you ever tried to front-squat a pair of dumbbells? Or snatch one? Many major KB exercises are either impossible or lame with dumbbells.
Rob
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Mike Mahler: April 20 2006
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New Article: Why Heavy Kettlebell Trianing rules
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Click here for the article:
http://www.mikemahler.com/heavy.html
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Rob Lawrence: April 21 2006
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Mike,
Agree. I don't care what people say, working with light bells makes you weak by de-tuning the CNS. The cardio benefits aren't so great either. If you really want cardio benefit, you can go heavy with short sets and compress the rest.
I have done some stints of training with light bells for competitive purposes (since I am by nature competitive - ha). While I've always managed to bring up my numbers for the contest in question, I've usually gone backwards on almost everything else. Even snatching 32kg for 154 in 10:00 is too much of a light-weight, high-rep feat for me ... after I did this recently I felt weak for at least two weeks.
One caveat on your article for people newer to kettlebells: in ballistic kettlebell training the force is multiplicative, not additive. In English, this means that (say) a 40kg bell applies way, way more force to your joints than a 32kg bell, not "8kg more." You therefore need to condition the joints to some extent with lighter bells, or you are going to get injured. Once this foundation has been created though, I agree ... go heavy.
Rob
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Mike Mahler: April 20 2006
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New Article: Why Heavy Kettlebell Trianing rules
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Click here for the article:
http://www.mikemahler.com/heavy.html
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Rob Lawrence: April 21 2006
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If you do enough snatches with a bell that is moderately heavy (for me that means 32kg) for a 5-10 minute period, you will trigger a fight-or-flight response that is really, really weird and has to be experienced to be understood. You will pick up heavy weights and they will feel very, very light. I don't know why this happens, but I've observed it at least three times in myself and it is real.
Rob
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mmmclellan: April 28 2006
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My first go with the UST
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This was a fun test.
To the tune of The Ultra-Violence by Death Angel
Did my regular workout then finished with the test.
140 total
Reps looked like this:
10/10/10/10
Rest
5/5
Rest
5/5
Rest
5/5
Rest
5/5
Rest
5/5/5/5
Rest
5/5
Rest
5/5
Rest
5/5
Rest
5/5
I put the bell down at 9:51 and did not have any juice to keep going.
My hands made it unscathed. I am hoping because of 80 grit and Corn Huskers.
I was at 80 at 5:00 and my best for 5 min is 83. The early 40 reps helped in the end but made the whole test hurt.
I was kidding about the test being fun.
I guess yesterday's rucking did not hurt today's performance too much...
Thanks for reading.
Marc
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Rob Lawrence: April 28 2006
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The appropriate music for this test is RIDERS ON THE STORM or perhaps something new-agey by Enya. No songs with "death," "violence," or "hate" in the title ... they just wear you out emotionally.
Seriously, good work and a very good number. You don't know how bad it sucks until you actually try to do the whole ten-minute test.
Rob
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