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Kettlebell Recommendations for “Beast Tamer” training

PTM

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Hello all,

I’d like to attempt the “Beast Tamer” challenge. In the past, I believe I’ve executed all the events with 40kg, at this point could comfortably do all of them with 32kg. Now 33y/o, 6’2”, 200lb. I have a somewhat physically active/demanding job. Something with a lower volume would be nice, but open to anything. I know a lot of discussion and articles have been published on the subject. Any specific recommendations?
 
Sounds like you are a relatively experienced lifter, what sort of programming works for you? As you said there is a bunch of Beat Tamer articles on here, which all give a different path to the Beast Tamer.

Beast Tamer by RKC Andrew Read is a good read, complete with a few programming options https://www.amazon.com.au/Ultimate-Russian-Kettlebell-Strength-Challenge-ebook/dp/B00FFHHAFG It's not Strongfirst but it is RKC, so most things are the same philosophy-wise.

This article My Journey to the Beast: Pressing a 48kg Kettlebell | StrongFirst by Myren Fu gives a good alternative to doing huge numbers of reps using traditional ladders
 
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lais817 said:
Sounds like you are a relatively experienced lifter, what sort of programming works for you? As you said there is a bunch of Beat Tamer articles on here, which all give a different path to the Beast Tamer.

Beast Tamer by RKC Andrew Read is a good read, complete with a few programming options https://www.amazon.com.au/Ultimate-Russian-Kettlebell-Strength-Challenge-ebook/dp/B00FFHHAFG It's not Strongfirst but it is RKC, so most things are the same philosophy-wise.

This article My Journey to the Beast: Pressing a 48kg Kettlebell | StrongFirst by Myren Fu gives a good alternative to doing huge numbers of reps using traditional ladders
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Thank you. As far as what works for me, relatively low volume has always been good for me, even when I was younger and didn’t work as much. I feel like I’ve always tended towards getting muscle soreness and struggled to keep up with some high volume programs while getting good results strength-wise on pretty low volume.
 
I am training for this as well. I expect it to take another year. You can DM me to discuss. Maybe we can help eachother. You are going at this from a lower weight and I am cutting g from 265 to 240. Can already get the OHP and 28kg on pullup but that dang pistol is tough
 
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