I started S&S February 2016 with 16 and 24kg bells. I moved up to the 32kg bell in June. I did Naked Warrior for July and August that year. In September I continued with S&S but kind of bastardized it by moving up too early to the 40 and doing the swings 2 handed all the time. By February of 2017 I was able to on a few occasions do all the swings 1 handed, but it was a big struggle. I hurt my right shoulder doing a 1 arm chinup in March which put me back in S&S. I had to look for alternative exercises that didn't irritate my shoulder and ended up doing a lot of deadlifting, ring dips and after a while got into kettlebell pressing which really hurt at first from the shoulder injury, but I did them light and eventually my shoulder got much better and stronger from them. I started to do S&S again 2 or 3 times a week with the 32kg bell most of the time early in 2018 but gradually substituting in some sets with the 40kg bell. Yesterday I did S&S with the 32 again to not overdo it. So, in all, about 2.5 years to get to the 40! I've never met the time requirements for Simple. I've done all the swings with the 32 in 7 minutes, but never in 5. When I do S&S with the 32, it takes between 25 and 30 minutes to complete the whole thing, and with the 40, about 40 minutes.Nice. How long did you work with the 40kg since you hit Simple?
What I like about it is that I'm sure that if I do it I'm getting a good day's full body workout - strength, cardio, balance, awareness - like playing a sport hard but better because it's full body. I'm certainly not up to doing it every day though, and this is why I need my other equipment like the barbell and the gymnastics rings.Interesting. I've taken a couple passes at S&S but never stuck with it long enough to get to Simple, partly due to some shoulder issues that I think I've addressed. I'm currently planning on starting up again this fall and seeing how far I can get before giving in to program hopping. Helpful to hear how you got there & beyond.
Cardio counts, explosive movements count, multi-directional strength counts, strength endurance counts, balance counts. Limit strength training does not cover the half of it!That full-body, multi-modal training stimulus is a big part of the appeal of S&S for me. I enjoyed doing PTTP for four months, but noticed that my resting heart rate seemed to be getting worse. Also realized I didn't have any regularly scheduled explosive movements in my life.
3-4 times a week, yes. I'm working hard at getting my standing judo up to par with my ground fighting. It isn't easy by any means. I already have a black belt in judo but my whole strategy back in my competition days revolved around winning on the ground, and I did do that enough to earn a black belt. Now I'm trying to learn judo properly, hehehe.Are you still grappling? I ask as I have gone back to BJJ recently and judo is our first hour of training and all I do on Saturday. Painful but fun.