Hey folks,
Just thought I'd share something that I experienced last night at work as it demonstrates the ol' "WTH" effect exactly.
I'm a LEO in NY and I got into a foot pursuit last night at 4am. It only lasted about 2 minutes, but it was uphill, I was wearing my 20+ pounds of gear, and the suspect was 15 years younger than me (mid 20s), and was lean, tall and muscular.
I'm happy to say that with the assistance of colleagues, we were able to take him into custody and make a good arrest. I'm even more happy to say that literally all I've been doing for the last month is the main program from the 8-hour StrongFirst kettlebell course manual, 1st ed., I got in January '15, and that at the conclusion of the pursuit, I still felt strong and recovered quickly.
Given my job, I was wary of practicing so little and especially of just focusing on explosiveness in my swings as opposed to higher repetitions. After many years, I'm still on a permanent overnight shift and my sleep is not ideal, forcing me to drastically curtail how and how long I train and to shift my goals entirely.
However, as I said, despite the overall low volume of training and the lack of a pure "cardio" element, during the pursuit and afterwards I felt very confident in my overall abilities. I'll admit I was pleasantly surprised. During all my years of barbell and calisthenics training, I've never felt a more overall sense of athleticism than with kettlebell training, especially with this latest manifestation called StrongFirst.
If you are a first responder, military (I was that too somewhat long ago), a cop, or just someone who wants to function effectively throughout life, as we already know I think we've come to the right place.
Anyway, just thought some folks might be interested in this story from the real world.
Thanks for reading and godspeed in all of your endeavors.
Jon
Just thought I'd share something that I experienced last night at work as it demonstrates the ol' "WTH" effect exactly.
I'm a LEO in NY and I got into a foot pursuit last night at 4am. It only lasted about 2 minutes, but it was uphill, I was wearing my 20+ pounds of gear, and the suspect was 15 years younger than me (mid 20s), and was lean, tall and muscular.
I'm happy to say that with the assistance of colleagues, we were able to take him into custody and make a good arrest. I'm even more happy to say that literally all I've been doing for the last month is the main program from the 8-hour StrongFirst kettlebell course manual, 1st ed., I got in January '15, and that at the conclusion of the pursuit, I still felt strong and recovered quickly.
Given my job, I was wary of practicing so little and especially of just focusing on explosiveness in my swings as opposed to higher repetitions. After many years, I'm still on a permanent overnight shift and my sleep is not ideal, forcing me to drastically curtail how and how long I train and to shift my goals entirely.
However, as I said, despite the overall low volume of training and the lack of a pure "cardio" element, during the pursuit and afterwards I felt very confident in my overall abilities. I'll admit I was pleasantly surprised. During all my years of barbell and calisthenics training, I've never felt a more overall sense of athleticism than with kettlebell training, especially with this latest manifestation called StrongFirst.
If you are a first responder, military (I was that too somewhat long ago), a cop, or just someone who wants to function effectively throughout life, as we already know I think we've come to the right place.
Anyway, just thought some folks might be interested in this story from the real world.
Thanks for reading and godspeed in all of your endeavors.
Jon
