Pnigro
Level 3 Valued Member
Hello everyone!
I have 5 questions:
Question #1: I am doing S&S with my girlfriend about 3-4 times per week. Her problem is that the kettlebell handle always rubs against her inner tighs during the swings (particularly on the upswing). She says it’s because her legs are fat and there’s little space for the handle to go through. We have competition kettlebells with wide handles.
We have tried improving technique as much as possible but it still rubs her inner thighs. I worry that this might be acting as a “brake”, causing her explosiveness to be less than ideal.
Here’s an old video of her doing some swings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK_AM3CrZnM
The only solution I have come up with is for her to slightly rotate the handle inwards, but I don’t know if this is ok?
This lady does it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFk55UdaPI" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFk55UdaPI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFk55UdaPI</a>
I suppose there’s no problem with doing that. Right?
Question #2: When moving up in weight, I know women should jump from 16kg to 20kg for the getups. But for the swings, should they also jump to the 20kg? Or are they supposed to skip it and go straight into the 24kg?
Question #3: I have been working with the 24kg for a while now and don’t feel anywhere close to owning it. The obvious solution is increasing workout frequency (currently doing S&S only 3-4 times per week), but I was wondering if it’s ok to ocassionally have a “heavy day” and use the 32kg to encourage some extra adaptation and accelerate results.
Question #4: On S&S book there’s a part where it says that if I can’t do the getup slowly then I’m hiding some weakness. It makes sense to me, but does it also applies to the first stage of rolling to the elbow? I find that I need a little explosiveness in order to do that part. I push from my supporting leg and lift my chest to the opposite side. How am I supposed to do that slowly?
Question #5: I sit on my desk all day and find that it is terrible for my flexibility. I was thinking of applying the GTG concept to mobility and I was wondering what exercises would be better for that? I was thinking of doing lunges during the day, for example while going to the bathroom. Surely they can help with my tight hip flexors? Crawling might be another good exercise, but I can’t do them without my hip moving all over the place. What do you guys recommend?
Thank you,
Andrés
I have 5 questions:
Question #1: I am doing S&S with my girlfriend about 3-4 times per week. Her problem is that the kettlebell handle always rubs against her inner tighs during the swings (particularly on the upswing). She says it’s because her legs are fat and there’s little space for the handle to go through. We have competition kettlebells with wide handles.
We have tried improving technique as much as possible but it still rubs her inner thighs. I worry that this might be acting as a “brake”, causing her explosiveness to be less than ideal.
Here’s an old video of her doing some swings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK_AM3CrZnM
The only solution I have come up with is for her to slightly rotate the handle inwards, but I don’t know if this is ok?
This lady does it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFk55UdaPI" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFk55UdaPI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoFk55UdaPI</a>
I suppose there’s no problem with doing that. Right?
Question #2: When moving up in weight, I know women should jump from 16kg to 20kg for the getups. But for the swings, should they also jump to the 20kg? Or are they supposed to skip it and go straight into the 24kg?
Question #3: I have been working with the 24kg for a while now and don’t feel anywhere close to owning it. The obvious solution is increasing workout frequency (currently doing S&S only 3-4 times per week), but I was wondering if it’s ok to ocassionally have a “heavy day” and use the 32kg to encourage some extra adaptation and accelerate results.
Question #4: On S&S book there’s a part where it says that if I can’t do the getup slowly then I’m hiding some weakness. It makes sense to me, but does it also applies to the first stage of rolling to the elbow? I find that I need a little explosiveness in order to do that part. I push from my supporting leg and lift my chest to the opposite side. How am I supposed to do that slowly?
Question #5: I sit on my desk all day and find that it is terrible for my flexibility. I was thinking of applying the GTG concept to mobility and I was wondering what exercises would be better for that? I was thinking of doing lunges during the day, for example while going to the bathroom. Surely they can help with my tight hip flexors? Crawling might be another good exercise, but I can’t do them without my hip moving all over the place. What do you guys recommend?
Thank you,
Andrés
