Andrey
First Post
Hello to everyone in StrongFirst Community.
I am new to both this forum and Kettlebells training. Have been reading this forum for the last month or so and find it very useful.
Got my first Kettlebell (16kg) about 2 weeks ago and started following S&S program.
My primary goal for now is fat loss. I know that nutrition is the key and I am working on it as well. Lost about 10 kg so far and still have about the same amount to go.
There are multiple threads on this forum and even a blog entry from Pavel that you should not substitute/change/delete anything from the program if you started it. But I still can not really understand what is wrong with ADDING things to it.
In my case, my daily kettlebell recharge is almost the only physical activity I have during the day and I do not feel like 25-30 minutes (pure warm-up +S&S session duration) is enough for me.
I do the following.
Warm-Up, 1H Swings, TGUs as per the book.
I added
5*5 sets (for each arm, so 50 reps total) of Clean and Press
10*10 Snatches
100 2H Swings
This session takes me about an hour and I am not exhausted after it and ready to the same again next day. Maybe this will change when I progress to heavier bell (planning to start incorporating 24 kg sets next week) and I will have to reconsider the volume of work, but for now I feel ok with this amount.
My questions are:
1. Which disadvantages apart that you can not call it the original program anymore do additions have? Will I not receive some benefits of the original program if I add something to it?
2. Am I doing it correct performing the exercises in specified above order (1H Swings trying to do powerful as per the book and 2H Swings at the end based on 45 secs intervals)? Should I change the sequence?
3. When I progress to heavier bell, are the same rules applied (as described in S&S) to C&P and Sntaches?
Thanks to everyone,
Andrey.
I am new to both this forum and Kettlebells training. Have been reading this forum for the last month or so and find it very useful.
Got my first Kettlebell (16kg) about 2 weeks ago and started following S&S program.
My primary goal for now is fat loss. I know that nutrition is the key and I am working on it as well. Lost about 10 kg so far and still have about the same amount to go.
There are multiple threads on this forum and even a blog entry from Pavel that you should not substitute/change/delete anything from the program if you started it. But I still can not really understand what is wrong with ADDING things to it.
In my case, my daily kettlebell recharge is almost the only physical activity I have during the day and I do not feel like 25-30 minutes (pure warm-up +S&S session duration) is enough for me.
I do the following.
Warm-Up, 1H Swings, TGUs as per the book.
I added
5*5 sets (for each arm, so 50 reps total) of Clean and Press
10*10 Snatches
100 2H Swings
This session takes me about an hour and I am not exhausted after it and ready to the same again next day. Maybe this will change when I progress to heavier bell (planning to start incorporating 24 kg sets next week) and I will have to reconsider the volume of work, but for now I feel ok with this amount.
My questions are:
1. Which disadvantages apart that you can not call it the original program anymore do additions have? Will I not receive some benefits of the original program if I add something to it?
2. Am I doing it correct performing the exercises in specified above order (1H Swings trying to do powerful as per the book and 2H Swings at the end based on 45 secs intervals)? Should I change the sequence?
3. When I progress to heavier bell, are the same rules applied (as described in S&S) to C&P and Sntaches?
Thanks to everyone,
Andrey.