Kettlebell 24kg OAS form check please

[Strong Rick]

hey guys you did such a great job giving me info last week I decided to have you guys critique my form on one arm swings. My 6 year old taped me tonight.

 

[Strong Rick]

Sorry guys no video yet.
In trying to figure out how to get it off my phone....

 

[Steve Freides]

@Strong Rick, if your phone is like my phone, when you click the button to send the video somewhere, one of the options is YouTube - do that, or post it to another publicly-viewable place, then include a link to the uploaded video in your message here and we will all be able to see it.

-S-

 

[Strong Rick]

@Steve Freides for whatever reason i can not upload the video to youtube.
I will try and retake it another day and try posting it.

Thanks for you help!

 

[Strong Rick]

Ok- I think I figured it out.
Comment away people and let me know where I need help.... Again my 6 year old tapped me so keep that in mind

Left hand


Right hand


I have my 24kg right hand and left hand swings attached. Forgive my mistake but I mis marked them as to which one was right hand and which one was my left....

 

[Steve Freides]

@StrongRick, I would work on your hip mobility - would like to see a video of your goblet squat and think a lot of prying goblet squats with a focus on keeping good posture (tall spine) will help your swing.

Why? Because you need more hips in your swing, but I don't think you have the mobility to sit back into your swings deeper without rounding your back. That's my guess based on what I watched.

But overall, you're doing a proper hard style swing and have made a good start, and you should carry on doing them.

How much did you have to pay the cameraman?

-S-

 

[Steve W.]

+1.

Your swing form is safe, but you don't sit back into the hinge nearly as much as you should.

 

[Strong Rick]

Thanks @Steve Freides ans @Steve W.

In my mind I guess I was afraid to make it to "squaty" that is the one of the reasons why I think maybe there is not enough sitting down and back.

I will work on my swing and hip mobility, thanks again guys!

FYI- it didn't cost me too much for the cameraman.... He likes working out with Dad!

 

[Strong Rick]

Here you go @Steve Freides
My prying goblet squats



My son wasn't up so I had to be creative.

 

[Mark Limbaga]

you are doing things safely so that's a start. try swinging to chest level instead of shoulder level..

definitely work on hip mobility as @Steve Freides mentioned. the tactical frog from flexible steel and the shinbox are great choices

 

[Steve Freides]

@Mark Limbaga, what's a shinbox?

-S-

 

[Ryan Cranfill]

@Steve Freides, the shinbox is a sitting position where the shins more or less form a 90 degree angle to one another. Think of the 90/90 stretch from S&S, but with the legs closer together, sitting upright. Tim Anderson likes this position shifting from one side to the other, or incorporating it with rolling and rocking variations.

 

[Mark Limbaga]

 

[Strong Rick]

Thanks for the tips @Mark Limbaga and @Ryan Cranfill !

 

[Steve Freides]

Ok. Shinbox. I do that whenever I'm sitting the floor for a while.

-S-

 

[Strong Rick]

Please check out and offer up and suggestions on how I can improve this swing.

I tried to use more hip movement without rounding my back.... Let me know what you guys think. Better,worse or the the same.

Thanks in advance

 

[Darren Best]

Need taller chest, both at the start and each hinge, it helps make you sit back a little more.

Think of a tie down strap attached to the base of your neck and lumbar region, reel that in tighter.

 

[Strong Rick]

Thanks @Darren Best!