Jeff Roark
Level 7 Valued Member
This may be my first post on this forum or maybe not, I just don't remember. So if it is, hello everyone. I've had some old adjustable Kettlebells that I bought years ago when they were the thing on the old Bryce Lane forum for those who may know what I am talking about. About 2 years ago I bought 2 cheap 50lbers off of eBay with plans to use them and they basically ended up with the two adjustable bells, sitting in the corner eating dust.
Recently, I've had to change my training direction due to a bunch of injuries from BJJ/Judo training. I decided to start throwing the KB's around a bit and are really enjoying them thus far. I've been doing dbl C&P and dbl Snatch mainly with a few swings, front squats, and goblet squats. I've not been following any training programming in particular, just using Bryce Lane's old "Have it all" or as I coined it long ago, the 50/20 program. Its been fun. Last week I managed to do 25x5 using the one set every minute setup on the dbl C&P with the 50lb Kb's. I went a little longer than the normal 20 mins obviously. I was really starting to feel it, but pleased with just about month of KB training under my belt.
With that out of the way I'll get to the point of this. Since starting with some KB work and its going to be a bit before I buy a heavier set, has anyone used heavy dumbbells as sort of an assistance to the KB work? Typical things, the C&P, Snatches, and Swings. I used to do some heavy dumbbell swings years and years ago, but they're not really like a KB swing that you see today, as I learned them from an old book, maybe Saxons book or maybe a Bob Hoffmans book, just can't remember.
The KB's have me wanting to do some of the old heavy Dumbbell stuff too as it would allow me to overload a bit. Just wondering if any of you guys mix in heavy dumbbells and if they help you for the next set of heavier Kettlebells?
Recently, I've had to change my training direction due to a bunch of injuries from BJJ/Judo training. I decided to start throwing the KB's around a bit and are really enjoying them thus far. I've been doing dbl C&P and dbl Snatch mainly with a few swings, front squats, and goblet squats. I've not been following any training programming in particular, just using Bryce Lane's old "Have it all" or as I coined it long ago, the 50/20 program. Its been fun. Last week I managed to do 25x5 using the one set every minute setup on the dbl C&P with the 50lb Kb's. I went a little longer than the normal 20 mins obviously. I was really starting to feel it, but pleased with just about month of KB training under my belt.
With that out of the way I'll get to the point of this. Since starting with some KB work and its going to be a bit before I buy a heavier set, has anyone used heavy dumbbells as sort of an assistance to the KB work? Typical things, the C&P, Snatches, and Swings. I used to do some heavy dumbbell swings years and years ago, but they're not really like a KB swing that you see today, as I learned them from an old book, maybe Saxons book or maybe a Bob Hoffmans book, just can't remember.
The KB's have me wanting to do some of the old heavy Dumbbell stuff too as it would allow me to overload a bit. Just wondering if any of you guys mix in heavy dumbbells and if they help you for the next set of heavier Kettlebells?