FlyingPig
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Don't want to start a new thread so might as well update this one saying I have decided to take a break from S&S. I can reach the goals with a 40kg consistently so unless I buy the Beast, I feel like I have reached a point of diminishing returns.
Faisal got me thinking by mentioning KB Strong and since I am approaching 2 years of consistent kettlebell training, I think I have earned the right to work with double bells. I am now doing Geoff Neupert's "The Long Haul" complex with double 16's (aimed at fat loss), and after 1 week on it I can say it is BRUTAL. Never knew a miserable 16 can humble you so much...
I'm thinking now that I have built up some decent strength, this programme can help me to lean out again a bit more. It is a very different way of training with kettlebells and I can't say I enjoy it as much as S&S, but it's the results that count. Alternating easy strength style programmes with more intense complexes makes sense too.
We'll see where we are in 8 weeks time, at which point I might get another 24kg and focus on some double 24 strength work.
Faisal got me thinking by mentioning KB Strong and since I am approaching 2 years of consistent kettlebell training, I think I have earned the right to work with double bells. I am now doing Geoff Neupert's "The Long Haul" complex with double 16's (aimed at fat loss), and after 1 week on it I can say it is BRUTAL. Never knew a miserable 16 can humble you so much...
I'm thinking now that I have built up some decent strength, this programme can help me to lean out again a bit more. It is a very different way of training with kettlebells and I can't say I enjoy it as much as S&S, but it's the results that count. Alternating easy strength style programmes with more intense complexes makes sense too.
We'll see where we are in 8 weeks time, at which point I might get another 24kg and focus on some double 24 strength work.