BillSteamshovel
Level 6 Valued Member
I suspect I have been quite conservative with kettlebell weights so far (12kg), so I recently bought an adjustable 18kg and a 20 and a 24kg bell. (80kg 64yo male novice)
I often read statements like "Increase the weight only after you absolutely own the (insert exercise name here) " ........Given that kettlebells are 1) expensive and 2) go up in relatively big jumps, I am concerned about 1) Spending heaps and 2) going too heavy.
I've carefully done various tests using an adjustable kettlebell and I have established that only 2kg can make the difference between doing 5 reps of a press and doing none at all ie 18kg press (5 reps, last one was a struggle so call it 4) vs 20kg press (impossible), and the increments available seem to be 4kg ie 16 20 24 28 32. A 1 rep max calculator confirms that a 4 rep max on 18kg = 1 rep max of 19.6kg
C'mon Bill, lets get to the point : What guidelines would you use to establish "absolute ownership" of a XYZkg TGU before trying XYZ+4kg ? And more generally how do different people define or be confident of "ownership" of any exercise
Am currently thinking 10 minute emom each side ie 20 TGUs (too many ?) with good technique and still feel fairly good - like you could do another 5 ? Is that too conservative ? I have also started doing presses at all of the significant stage points in the TGU in order to further check on stability and confidence. FWIW am reasonably happy with 14kg x 10 and have done a few get downs with 18kg but will not be doing any getups yet.
Are posts of this nature better to be placed in the training log ?
I often read statements like "Increase the weight only after you absolutely own the (insert exercise name here) " ........Given that kettlebells are 1) expensive and 2) go up in relatively big jumps, I am concerned about 1) Spending heaps and 2) going too heavy.
I've carefully done various tests using an adjustable kettlebell and I have established that only 2kg can make the difference between doing 5 reps of a press and doing none at all ie 18kg press (5 reps, last one was a struggle so call it 4) vs 20kg press (impossible), and the increments available seem to be 4kg ie 16 20 24 28 32. A 1 rep max calculator confirms that a 4 rep max on 18kg = 1 rep max of 19.6kg
C'mon Bill, lets get to the point : What guidelines would you use to establish "absolute ownership" of a XYZkg TGU before trying XYZ+4kg ? And more generally how do different people define or be confident of "ownership" of any exercise
Am currently thinking 10 minute emom each side ie 20 TGUs (too many ?) with good technique and still feel fairly good - like you could do another 5 ? Is that too conservative ? I have also started doing presses at all of the significant stage points in the TGU in order to further check on stability and confidence. FWIW am reasonably happy with 14kg x 10 and have done a few get downs with 18kg but will not be doing any getups yet.
Are posts of this nature better to be placed in the training log ?