RWolfe
Level 4 Valued Member
i have been doing one arm swings for a long time (years), I have completed S&S timeless with 32k (before, then again recently after a long layoff). I have only once had tweaked my back, very early in my KB career, trying to go too heavy too fast. That was probably 12 years ago.
I started Axe a few weeks ago and first tried a 24kg with h2h swings, just to get the feel, as I hadnt done many h2h in some time. It was way too easy. So next session I went to 32. Again it was easy to do 20 sets of 4. Next session, I bumped it to 30 sets. And, during that session, I once again tweaked my back - it didnt feel like much at the time but later on that day it was pretty sore. I assume it was due to me paying more attention to hand swap and not my glute/abs at the top of one of my swings. Lesson learned. However I have also noticed of late that when i do a right one arm swing, I tend to shift my hips a bit to the right on the downswing (which was the same side i tweaked my back). Wondering if the two may be related. Do others notice that they do this? It really doesnt happen on the left. Any advice appreciated! Thanks!
I started Axe a few weeks ago and first tried a 24kg with h2h swings, just to get the feel, as I hadnt done many h2h in some time. It was way too easy. So next session I went to 32. Again it was easy to do 20 sets of 4. Next session, I bumped it to 30 sets. And, during that session, I once again tweaked my back - it didnt feel like much at the time but later on that day it was pretty sore. I assume it was due to me paying more attention to hand swap and not my glute/abs at the top of one of my swings. Lesson learned. However I have also noticed of late that when i do a right one arm swing, I tend to shift my hips a bit to the right on the downswing (which was the same side i tweaked my back). Wondering if the two may be related. Do others notice that they do this? It really doesnt happen on the left. Any advice appreciated! Thanks!