Heavy kettlebells.
Today’s theme was “kettlebell exercises I have done before, but heavier this time!”
3 sets of:
15 back extensions
planks, one arm and opposite leg raised, 15 secs each pair
2 minutes on stationary bicycle set to a very high level of resistance
3 sets of:
15 figure 8s, 16kg
30 swings, 24kg
Turkish get-ups with a 16kg bell (One solid get-up on each side, yay!)
clean and press, 20kg then 16kg (20 was too heavy for the press)
snatches with 20kg bell, 4 or 5 each side (ran out of time)
It’s amazing how swinging a heavy kettlebell hits my heartrate. I’m going, going, going, swinging just fine, then wham! Hello max heart rate! I did some figure-8s with a 20kg bell, just to learn what it felt like to handle that weight. Interesting. You really need to use your glutes to fire everything, or the weight just doesn’t move. Big muscles are powering the motions, and big muscles burn lots of oxygen.
