gatorbait
Level 5 Valued Member
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!
So don’t judge me for being an idiot, BUT I never watched the videos for @Geoff Neupert Kettlebell STRONG! until this weekend….. I know, I know. (I thought I was good with just reading thru the manual a few times.)
I just completed STRONG! phase 1 week 6 workout 18 today with 24’s. In short, watching the videos changed the game! Stuff clicked right away that wasn’t by reading the manual. The bells come right up into the rack with ease during cleans and my arms just come right up in line with my ears during the press. Mechanically (technique) my C&P is much easier to perform, but as stated in the videos they seem a lot more demanding energetically (I had to double the rest periods) as I’m generating more whole body tension.
This has me wondering if I’ll be able to survive the volume of Phase 2 SLOW AND STEADY. I’m afraid I won’t be able to maintain the rest periods as volume increases or might slip up and sacrifice technique. So I think I need to take a step back and lock down the new cues/techniques.
4 options come to mind:
So don’t judge me for being an idiot, BUT I never watched the videos for @Geoff Neupert Kettlebell STRONG! until this weekend….. I know, I know. (I thought I was good with just reading thru the manual a few times.)
I just completed STRONG! phase 1 week 6 workout 18 today with 24’s. In short, watching the videos changed the game! Stuff clicked right away that wasn’t by reading the manual. The bells come right up into the rack with ease during cleans and my arms just come right up in line with my ears during the press. Mechanically (technique) my C&P is much easier to perform, but as stated in the videos they seem a lot more demanding energetically (I had to double the rest periods) as I’m generating more whole body tension.
This has me wondering if I’ll be able to survive the volume of Phase 2 SLOW AND STEADY. I’m afraid I won’t be able to maintain the rest periods as volume increases or might slip up and sacrifice technique. So I think I need to take a step back and lock down the new cues/techniques.
4 options come to mind:
- Stick it out; finish this cycle and roll into phase 2 SLOW AND STEADY and see how it goes (maybe I’ll be fine)
- Run the 6 week FOUNDATION PROGRAM found in KB EXPRESS, then start STRONG! Phase 2 SLOW AND STEADY
- Run Phase 1 again (maybe increase the sets by 50%)
- Run a cycle of THE GIANT 3.0 before phase 2 of STRONG!