Kettlebell General question on block duration

[Joel the Savage]

Well... there's no real reason to actually split it in blocks unless you are an advanced trainee, i.e. you are aiming for world class performance cause then you might need different strategies. Almost noone else needs that complication in their life, unless its for entertainment purposes.

Here's an example day:
Warm up 5min flow
3+3 lunges (backward) with arms over your head
3-5 Goblet Squats (5seconds down, 5 seconds up) or 3-5 halos.
3 One Leg Deadlift
Repeat 2-3 laps.

Clean and Press 3x1,2,3,4,5
2hand swings 10rep OTM total 100@10min


Or...
Ascending weight get ups, to a comfortably heavy get up.
Ie. 1TGU left+right 16, 24,32 (felt heavy, not comfortable doing 40) done.
Do 10 swings between get ups.
Then do the main training for the day.

 

[silveraw]

there's no real reason to actually split it in blocks unless you are an advanced trainee,

I don't know, I'd argue that the more advanced you get the less block training does for you. The sweet spot is in that intermediate stage IMO. Beginning stages you can just do everything because you can't lift heavy enough to really tax your system yet. When you get advanced those blocks need to start looking longer and longer until they look less like blocks and more like walls.

(I'm thinking of advanced as "spent a long time focusing on one thing that it takes a lot of effort to continue advancing")

 

[TedM]

Then do the main training for the day.

Oh my... that pretty much *is* my main training for the day.

Going by the "60 presses is optimal for strength" - that's 20 -25 min max.
Or...
100 swings A&A style - also about 22 minute.
Some warmup (elephant walk, dead bugs, goblet squats, halos) and we're done in 35 minutes. Hopefully...

 

[Joel the Savage]

Oh my... that pretty much *is* my main training for the day.

Well then, thats it! repeat untill you can do more

Going by the "60 presses is optimal for strength" - that's 20 -25 min max.
Or...
100 swings A&A style - also about 22 minute.
Some warmup (elephant walk, dead bugs, goblet squats, halos) and we're done in 35 minutes. Hopefully...

Press your presses, swing your swings. Rest. Press, swing rest? Should keep fatigue pretty low? And ve about the same time-frame

 

[Joel the Savage]

I don't know, I'd argue that the more advanced you get the less block training does for you. The sweet spot is in that intermediate stage

Well... I'm intermediate for life so

 

[TedM]

Well then, thats it! repeat untill you can do more

Ummm..
That'll need to wait till I retire

Press your presses, swing your swings. Rest. Press, swing rest? Should keep fatigue pretty low? And ve about the same time-frame

So integrate both each day... personally, I prefer to focus.


But my more fundamental question is:
1 year from now - given time constraints- what approach will get me the strongest and most limber??

 

[Joel the Savage]

But my more fundamental question is:
1 year from now - given time constraints- what approach will get me the strongest and most limber??

Where are you at now?
Where do you want to be in a year?

 

[TedM]

Right now I'm doing Giant with a 12k which is my 10 rm. I'd like to get to 20k in a year. Ultimate goal: 24k C&P
Swings: 1H 24; 2H 32. I want to get solid 1H32 in a year.
GetUp - overcome technical problems and be very comfortable with 16 or 20k.

Following year: start to learn/become competent in the snatch.