Kettlebell Military Press Program

[Jonny B Good]

I hope all is well!

Does anyone here have a military press program I could do with S&S on off days?

Or a military press program I could use by itself?

Would y’all recommend doing pull ups super settled with kettlebell military press?

Thank y’all for your posts and advice in advance.

Jon B

 

[Bkb]

Rite of Passage from Pavel’s ETK.

Just drop the swings and snatches.

 

[Bkb]

OR… Giant (drop the cleans and just do presses). Can do 20 or 30 mins 3x/week!

 

[Mark Limbaga]

1. What size bell are you pressing at the moment ?

2. What is your main goal? To press a heavier bell or to move up in S and S?

 

[McSneaky]

I just purchased THE GIANT to combine with S&S per @Mark Limbaga 's recs. My goal was to move up to timeless 40kg. I'm on week 1 and already know I made a good choice. It's clean and press. Site of THE GIANT

 

[jozko]

If you want to pair it with S&S, I'd recommend something PTTP-styled. 2x5, 3-5 times a week, if your recovery ability allows you to do it.
This is actually the thing I just have started after block of double kettlebell work.

 

[BillSteamshovel]

2. What is your main goal? To press a heavier bell or to move up in S and S?

Am curious about this, how would the two different goals change the answer ?

For me, I'd always want to be able to press a heavier bell before I try to TGU with it. I know that many people can and do regularly TGU more than they can press. I'd never want to try - is that approach too conservative ?

 

[Mark Limbaga]

Am curious about this, how would the two different goals change the answer ?

For me, I'd always want to be able to press a heavier bell before I try to TGU with it. I know that many people can and do regularly TGU more than they can press. I'd never want to try - is that approach too conservative ?

A good question.. let me film a video discussing this in more detail

 

[Bkb]

I just purchased THE GIANT to combine with S&S per @Mark Limbaga 's recs. My goal was to move up to timeless 40kg. I'm on week 1 and already know I made a good choice. It's clean and press. Site of THE GIANT

What about me? I was first!

 

[Jonny B Good]

1. What size bell are you pressing at the moment ?

2. What is your main goal? To press a heavier bell or to move up in S and S?

1. My 1RM is the 28 each arm.

2. My goal is to own the 32 for S&S, but I'm itching to get in some over over head work and pull ups. I had never heard of a 1 armed KB program until literally this week on a Strongfirst Forum.

I've been hanging out at Timeless Simple since DEC. Narrowing in on Timed Simple. I won't get my heavier kettlebells until April due to the transportation delays etc.... I love doing over head work AND pull ups.

 

[Mark Limbaga]

1. My 1RM is the 28 each arm.

2. My goal is to own the 32 for S&S, but I'm itching to get in some over over head work and pull ups. I had never heard of a 1 armed KB program until literally this week on a Strongfirst Forum.

I've been hanging out at Timeless Simple since DEC. Narrowing in on Timed Simple. I won't get my heavier kettlebells until April due to the transportation delays etc.... I love doing over head work AND pull ups.

What I would do..

Stick to S and S 3x a week since you are already at timed simple..

On off days based on your 1rm I'd go 20-24 for iron cardio..

Also, by "owning" you mean being able to do the timed standard any given time or simply being able to do timeless simple whenever you please?

 

[Jonny B Good]

What I would do..

Stick to S and S 3x a week since you are already at timed simple..

On off days based on your 1rm I'd go 20-24 for iron cardio..

Also, by "owning" you mean being able to do the timed standard any given time or simply being able to do timeless simple whenever you please?

What's Iron cardio?

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

 

[Mark Limbaga]

What's Iron cardio?

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

A system by the awesome @Brett Jones

 

[Jonny B Good]

A system by the awesome @Brett Jones

10-4 I'll look it up. Muchas Gracias Senor

 

[Gary Logue]

Rite of Passage from ETK will give you C&P, Pull Ups, Swings and Snatches. You have 2no variety days to do whatever you like so in your case you could do S&S on these days. Once you are content with your press you could move back to S&S focus.

 

[McSneaky]

What about me? I was first!

Yes, you were first on this thread no doubt to rec THE GIANT. I was just referring to marks advice from a recent post I made about what to do after completing timed simple.

 

[Adachi]

another vote for IRON CARDIO By @Brett Jones .

Also I liked this presentation by Louka for a way to structure progressing a lift using Triple Progression.

 

[Symanoy]

I've been running military press on GTG alongside S&S which is going well. Boosted 24kg max reps from 2 to 8 and can now press the 28kg for two,
I test my max every fortnight, half the rep count and press 3-5 times throughout the day, currently pressing 24kg for 4 reps each side.
Works well for me as I work from home, but harder if not. Been great to work on form and get comfortable with the load and pattern without feeling tired or beat up by it.

I plan to run ROP later on in the year once I reach Simple and see this as prep for that.

 

[Spock]

Last summer, after hitting Timeless Simple, I did ROP and did S&S on the variety days. You end up with 4 days a week of swings, 3 days of cleans and presses and pull ups, 2 days of TGUs, and 1 day of snatches. It worked out well.

 

[John K]

I really like the triple progression method that @Adachi showed above.

Two other options I really like, also summarized really well by Louka:

Jurassic ROP Ladder:

A 2-4-6 Ladder for Size N Strength: