It's not a provoking question. It's something I ask myself.
If swings and getups are so great, why would I want to do the other lifts from SFG1 skillset?
Why would I add anything to the S&S progression?
In the back of my mind I understand that the SFG1 is the most useful way to use a kettlebell. And that those skills should be practiced.
But - for a regular guy: why would I snatch if I swing? Why would I press, if I do getups?
It's a thought experiment, and I would appreciate external input. Please, let me know what you think.
It's not a provoking question. It's something I ask myself.
It's not something most of us ask ourselves. But you have asked - onward, then!
If swings and getups are so great, why would I want to do the other lifts from SFG1 skillset?
Characterizing swings and getups as "fundamental movement patterns" or words to that effect isn't the same as calling them "so great." That something is fundamental doesn't make it required of everyone.
Why would I add anything to the S&S progression?
No one thinks that S&S is "the one true way." Why would you _not_ add something that would help you achieve your goals?
But - for a regular guy: why would I snatch if I swing?
The snatch is more of a "one stop shop" than the swing, but its requirements (shoulder-t-spine mobility) are higher and so is its learning curve, two very good reasons not to do it: you can't for mobility reasons or you can't because you haven't learned how to do it.
Why would I press, if I do getups?
Perhaps your goals are better served by presses than by getups. We can't tell you if that's true for you, but it is true for some people.
It's a thought experiment, and I would appreciate external input. Please, let me know what you think.
There is no "one true way" to exercise - such a thing doesn't exist.
Fundamentals are important but they're not everything, and some people manage somehow to bypass them and still do ok.
Any exercise is better than none so long as it improves your health and doesn't detract from it.
Not all goals can be achieved through exercise.
Sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good. My recommendation is that you don't think about things like this often and, instead, use the time and the brain- and body-power to exercise.
Happy Friday and a good weekend to everyone reading along. My exercise today was walking to the recycling center in my town with some cardboard boxes, and stopping to use the exercise stations in the park along the way. I did a few dips, a few pullups, and a couple of pistols, and zero swings, getups, snatches, presses or Big 6, and at home some bar hangs.
-S-