Spitfire
Level 1 Valued Member
Hello - I'm new to the forum, and I've been doing the S&S plan for about 4 weeks now, after finishing another 12 week Kettlebell program. I'm 41 years old, and started with kettlebells as a way to get in shape. That is happening gradually, and I have to say I enjoy using kettlebells more than anything I have ever done for fitness in the past.
Starting S&S, I went straight to the 50lb swing x 100 per day, and found the extra weight to be an eye-opener. I had much better core activation and bracing for the entire set. I love it, and the get up is awesome. I started at 25lbs for the get up just to get the hang of things, and went to 35lbs once I got the movements down reasonably well. I will be moving up from 35lbs to a heavier bell soon. Not sure if I can go straight to 50lbs but we'll see how it goes with a graduated increase.
To my question...But about a week ago I seemed to have more difficulty with the core activation on the swings, and I noticed a very slight soreness in the centre of my lower back afterwards. Same thing happened a couple of days ago and found myself getting slight increase in pain this time. That lasted a couple of days, and don't plan to do more swings until all sign of the pain is gone. I deviated from the S&S plan slightly in that I started doing 4x25 reps to get to the 100 reps. Perhaps not a good idea and got over tired. Also, I am required to travel several days out of every 3 to 4 weeks and I wondered if taking a few days off from kettlebells about a week and a half ago might have got me out of the swing of things, mind the pun.
So I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to make sure I avoid repeat problems with my lower back...perhaps I should scale back on the weight? Less rep's or structure them differently? And also any exercises I can do while traveling to keep things going while away from my kettlebells?
Thanks in advance,
Daniel
Starting S&S, I went straight to the 50lb swing x 100 per day, and found the extra weight to be an eye-opener. I had much better core activation and bracing for the entire set. I love it, and the get up is awesome. I started at 25lbs for the get up just to get the hang of things, and went to 35lbs once I got the movements down reasonably well. I will be moving up from 35lbs to a heavier bell soon. Not sure if I can go straight to 50lbs but we'll see how it goes with a graduated increase.
To my question...But about a week ago I seemed to have more difficulty with the core activation on the swings, and I noticed a very slight soreness in the centre of my lower back afterwards. Same thing happened a couple of days ago and found myself getting slight increase in pain this time. That lasted a couple of days, and don't plan to do more swings until all sign of the pain is gone. I deviated from the S&S plan slightly in that I started doing 4x25 reps to get to the 100 reps. Perhaps not a good idea and got over tired. Also, I am required to travel several days out of every 3 to 4 weeks and I wondered if taking a few days off from kettlebells about a week and a half ago might have got me out of the swing of things, mind the pun.
So I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to make sure I avoid repeat problems with my lower back...perhaps I should scale back on the weight? Less rep's or structure them differently? And also any exercises I can do while traveling to keep things going while away from my kettlebells?
Thanks in advance,
Daniel