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Repeat Until Strong.

Today's Practice: The King of All Lifts
  • Kettlebell bent press: regular volume - warm up singles from 12kg to 40kg, and then 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x48kg, 2x40kg, 2x48kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg; left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 40 reps total (working sets).
  • Tactical pull-ups: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8
 
Today's Practice: The King of All Lifts
  • Kettlebell bent press: medium volume - warm up singles from 8kg to 40kg, and then 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x48kg, 2x48kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg; left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 32 reps total (working sets).
  • Tactical pull-ups: 12, 11, 11, 10, 9
Good session, feeling STRONG. My training buddy, pushing 55 years (a famous Czech rock star), S&S - one-arm swings and get-ups with 48 kg - not shabby either.
 
Yesterday's Practice: The King of All Lifts
  • Kettlebell bent press: medium volume - warm up singles from 8kg to 40kg, and then 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x48kg, 2x48kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg; left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 32 reps total (working sets).
  • Tactical pull-ups: 13, 12, 11, 10, 9
 
Today's Practice: The King of All Lifts
  • Kettlebell bent press: regular volume - warm up singles from 12kg to 40kg, and then 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x48kg 2x48kg, , 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg, 2x40kg; left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 40 reps total (working sets).
  • Tactical pull-ups: 13, 12, 11, 11, 10
Interesting - every single lesson I realize a small but important detail in my bent press practice. I keep notes and keep updating the draft of the Imperial Program Minimum book. It will be the most detailed bent press instructional available, guaranteed. As for snatch, I do have some interesting ideas and details, but I will ask my way more experienced colleagues to share their wisdom, tips, and tricks.
 
Quick update

Frequent traveling (teaching, short holiday, teaching, short holiday...) - of course, I keep practicing on the road: meditation, Great Gama Protocol, lifting dumbbells and kettlebells whenever I have access to weights.

Because I hurt my SI joint a few weeks ago (probably an MMA high kick gone wrong), I skipped kettlebell snatches for a while and did this famous pull-up program instead: The Fighter Pullup Program Revisited | StrongFirst

I haven't practiced pull-ups for some time, so I started ("just") at 10-9-8-7-6 strict reps.

After 5 weeks, I ended up at 14-14-13-12-11.

New max: 22 strict "tactical pull-ups."
 
Back from my travels, back to the regular lifting!

Yesterday's Practice: IPM
  • Mobility: Brettzel armbar; kneeling hip flexor stretch with a kettlebell overhead; Hack squat, all with 16 kg kettlebell
  • Kettlebell snatch, 24 kg: low volume, 6 sets of 4; left hand rest; right hand rest, OTM, 48 reps total.
  • Kettlebell bent press, 40 kg: low volume, 6 sets of 2; left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 24 reps total.
 
Today's Practice: IPM
  • Mobility: Brettzel armbar; kneeling hip flexor stretch with a kettlebell overhead; Hack squat, all with 16 kg kettlebell
  • Kettlebell snatch, 24 kg: medium volume, 8 sets of 4; left hand rest; right hand rest, OTM, 64 reps total.
  • Kettlebell bent press, 40 kg: medium volume, 8 sets of 2; left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 32 reps total.
 
Yesterday's Practice: IPM
  • Mobility: Brettzel armbar; kneeling hip flexor stretch with a kettlebell overhead; Hack squat, all with 20 kg kettlebell
  • Kettlebell bent press, 40 kg: low volume, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x48 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg; always
  • left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 24 reps total.
  • Kettlebell snatch, 24 kg: medium volume, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x32 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg; OTM, always left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 64 reps total.
 
Yesterday's Practice: IPM
  • Mobility: Brettzel armbar; kneeling hip flexor stretch with a kettlebell overhead; Hack squat, all with 20 kg kettlebell
  • Kettlebell bent press, 40 kg: regular volume, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x48 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg; always left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 40 reps total.
  • Kettlebell snatch, 28 kg: regular volume, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x32 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg,
  • 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg; OTM, always left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 80 reps total.
 
Yesterday's Practice: IPM
  • Mobility: Brettzel armbar; kneeling hip flexor stretch with a kettlebell overhead; Hack squat, all with 24 kg kettlebell
  • Kettlebell snatch, 28 kg: low volume, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 6x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg, 4x28 kg; OTM, always left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 52 reps total (sum of left and right).
  • Kettlebell bent press, 40 kg: medium volume, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 23x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg, 2x40 kg; always left hand, rest; right hand, rest, 34 reps total (sum of left and right).
After all those weeks of travelling, I need to build up the volume first, hence a step back.
 
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