Smile-n-Nod
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My 10x10, 24-kg, on-the-minute swings have become pretty easy. Should I work on shortening rests between sets or moving up in weight?
My 10x10, 24-kg, on-the-minute swings have become pretty easy. Should I work on shortening rests between sets or moving up in weight?
Don't want to bust anyone's bubble but 100 swings in 10 minutes is nowhere near owning a bell. I believe in owning a bell and getting plenty of reps to groove your technique before moving up.
If pure strength is what your after then there's better tools than a kettlebell
Are you following the S&S program?
Following S&S. I wasn't sure if the five-minute timeframe for swings applies only when reaching Simple or Sinister, or whenever one moves up in weight.
This is not the recommended procedure for S&S, and any test, e.g., a video submission for Sinister, requires the swings be done in sets of 10.Decrease your rest by increasing the number of reps on the minute. When your at 20 on the minute your getting in your hundred in 5 minutes or less.
What @Marc said.Don't want to bust anyone's bubble but 100 swings in 10 minutes is nowhere near owning a bell. I believe in owning a bell and getting plenty of reps to groove your technique before moving up.
This is not the recommended procedure for S&S, and any test, e.g., a video submission for Sinister, requires the swings be done in sets of 10.
@Smile-n-Nod are you doing 1h or 2h swings for your otm?
Hear, hear!Because we jump up 8 kilograms every time we go up in weight, it might be wise to be getting in the 100 swings in close to 5 minutes only before considering going up in weight. If you have an intermediary bell like a 36 or something then maybe it's not so important to totally own the weight first.
Haven't read the book in a while but I thought the gist was to get all your swings (50R/50L) under 5 minutes. This supposedly gets you equal work to rest ratio. What works for me is to increase reps per set and decrease the number of rests I get. I also make a habit of doing both right and left in one set.
I learned this method from Tracy Reifkind's book. And it helps me build up my swing volumes faster than anything else I've done.