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21-15-9 Rep Workout|Plyometric Box Jumps|Pullups|Kettlebell Swings

Mar

23

2011

Pressed for time? Here is an awesome workout that only took me 22 minutes including a 5 minute warmup! Try it and quit saying you don’t have time to exercise. The workout is a three rounds of box jumps, pullups, and kettlebell swings. The Warmup – jump rope To warm up I’ve been enjoying using ...

Squats|Swings|Burpees|Oh my!

Mar

18

2011

Today I did a perfect Cube Dweller workout. It was straight and to the point, focused and efficient fitness. The workout is really pretty simple. Just do as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) of the exercises in 15 minutes. The exercises are: 15 Air Squats 10 24kg Kettlebell two-hand swings 5 Burpees I managed to ...

GVT – day 12 – Dang – the workout that wasn’t

Mar

14

2011

Today’s workout … wasn’t. There are days when something happens and the workout just doesn’t go well. Today was one of those days. I’ve learned that I just need to listen to my body. Recall that I’m a Cube Dweller, not a professional athlete. The risk of pushing through possible injury outweighs the reality that ...

1,000 Swings – Persistance Pays Off

Mar

10

2011

Thanks to twitter I found a new workout. I was talking with Aaron Pierson (@NoCoKettlebell) and he mentioned knocking out 1,000 kettlebell swings. I had to learn more and this morning I gave it a shot. I performed 1,000 kettlebell swings in less than 40 minutes using my 24kg kettlebell. The Workout The workout is ...

GVT – day 11 – Add More Weight

Mar

9

2011

This is day 10 of the German Volume section of Mike Mahler’s program. The German Volume Training (GVT) portion has pushed me and helped me add weight. (See the articles tagged with GVT.) Add More Weight Every time I go out to do one of these workouts I want to see increase. But doing ten ...

GVT – day 10 – Pullups and Calluses

Mar

6

2011

Day 10 of Mike Mahler’s program. The German Volume Training (GVT) portion continues to be a challenge and today was a killer. (See day 2, day 4, day 7, day 8, day 9) I found an article that made me focus on pull ups during this workout. Yavor from RelativeStrengthAdvantage wrote about Lat Activation. The ...

GVT – day 9 – Heart Rate Zones Applied

Mar

2

2011

Today I worked through day 9 of the German Volume Training and wanted to spend time applying Heart Rate Training Zones. You will see why I love using kettlebells so much, since they let me combine strength training and cardio training. This is day 9, so this nearly the end of this portion of Mike ...

Descending Sets To Start the Day

Mar

1

2011

I had to change my workout up a bit, so I revisited one of my favorites: descending sets. The workout is fairly simple in design, but tough to execute with good form. I typically do these with three exercises that work different parts of the body. For today I chose burpee-pullups, kettlebell swings, and ring ...

GVT Day 8 – Press, Pull, Get Up, but It’s all about the Get Up

Feb

28

2011

This was my fourth time through 10 sets of 10 double kettlebell military press, pullups, and 3 sets of 10 turkish get ups. This time I focused on the TGUs. This is day 8, so I am now three quarters through this portion of Mike Mahler’s program. The German Volume Training (GVT) portion is surprisingly ...