Halfakneecap
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Brilliant idea! My birthday is in March so it’s a perfect way to get over the Xmas indulgence, especially now I’m over 40
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Other strength modalities (e.g., Clubs), mixed strength modalities (e.g., combined kettlebell and barbell), other goals (flexibility)
Skip
Level 2 Valued Member
Today's purchase:
I got it because it was silly cheap, and although the clearance is way higher than I've had before and the handle is way thinner than I've had before I'm actually quite liking it. Swing and clean dynamics are completely different (I don't know if this is a good or bad thing), so my forearms feel like they did the very first day I ever cleaned a kettlebell!
I got it because it was silly cheap, and although the clearance is way higher than I've had before and the handle is way thinner than I've had before I'm actually quite liking it. Swing and clean dynamics are completely different (I don't know if this is a good or bad thing), so my forearms feel like they did the very first day I ever cleaned a kettlebell!
Kev
Level 6 Valued Member
Steal. Different dynamics are good.
Kev
Level 6 Valued Member
That’s what mine are like. When I press 2x32kg it’s from my heels all the way to my hands that’s straining all across the back of my body.
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watchnerd
Level 8 Valued Member
File lines into thumbnails?
I've never heard this before.
If he's referencing pounds (nobody talks about lbs in modern Olympic weightlifting), maybe it's a super old school thing to do?
I know a lot of weightlifters who keep their thumbnails super short and file them down even more because they can get cracked or broken during hook grip.
But I've never heard of filing lines.
Kev
Level 6 Valued Member
I’m pretty sure it was vertical lines so the index finger could grip it in a hook grip. I think he referenced it as “old school”. Pretty sure it was that book. It might have been his shrug book.
North Coast Miller
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Just ordered a 60” spinlock barbell to use for getting back into offset weighted training (Hobo Strong).
Kev
Level 6 Valued Member
Justa’s shovel lift?
watchnerd
Level 8 Valued Member
I'm going to have to defer to @Geoff Neupert on this to see if he's ever heard of it.
But if it's super old, I might have to go all the way to my first weightlifting coach, Jim Schmitz.
watchnerd
Level 8 Valued Member
Wow, I didn't realize spinlock barbells are so reasonably priced.
Makes me realize just how nutso weightlifting barbells are priced in comparison.
Kev
Level 6 Valued Member
I’m out of work tomorrow. I reckon in about 10-15 minutes I could find it in either book and give you full context of why he was saying it. I think he may have been addressing the reverse grip, telling folk to avoid straps and to learn to do hook grips if your thumb can take it. I’m almost certain it’s from Powerlifting Texas style which isn’t a thick book so I’ll find it in no time.
North Coast Miller
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Conor
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@Skip and @Kev this makes me feel so much better. I was traveling this week and found a gym to hit one day but they only had competition bells like this. I’m in the middle of a program with 2X28s and it kicked my a#@ way worse than I expected. There was a couple sets where I almost couldn’t get lockout on the 3rd rep and I was like wtf!? Definitely a different groove on the press.
Kev
Level 6 Valued Member
Different bells have entirely different feels to them especially with pressing but also cleans. I was stopped in my tracks by a single 32kg purely because of how it lay on my forearm. I can press my 32kgs no problem. A lot of bells are fine when snatched but as soon as you clean them they feel terrible.
Skip
Level 2 Valued Member
In my (limited admittedly) experience of trying to do hardstyle with comp bells, it feels like I'm gripping the bell handle less powerfully, and that leads to less activation of the muscles I'm trying to use, which makes it harder. I'm assuming that's part of the reason for the GS style of swinging, all loose and using momentum for as many reps as possible. Just a different approach from the outset.
For hardstyle bells, I keep being surprised by the difference handle shape/height can make to how a bell cleans and presses. There's a learning curve with each different brand and weight of bell. But I like that, it's like bonding with your tools!
Part of the reason I like hardstyle bells is I psychologically expect a heavier tool to be bigger, swing different. Like my hammers - if my my 4lb lump was the same size as my 8lb ball-peen or 14lb sledge that'd just be... weird
I've gone off on a tangent, haven't I?
Boris Bachmann
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I probably need to be talked down from the ledge on these...
WxHerk
Level 7 Valued Member
Man, those are reasonably priced with free shipping and a terrific concept.
Now that you're on the ledge, you can do it: jump, jump, JUMP!!!!!!!