Tommy84
Level 1 Valued Member
Hi StrongFirst Community,
today I did a swing/push up combo workout and decided to throw in some sets 1H-swings.
My "training weight" for 2H-swings is 24kg, but I increase more&more and more up to the 32kg. The frist 5x10 with the 32kg feel pretty solid and fine, and I am pretty sure that explosiveness is pretty well.
So I think 1H swings with 20kg should be no problem - but when I try them once in a while, they feel horrible!!! fell unstable, body tends to twist to one side more than it should, explosiveness seems to be impossible. I am sure they also look ugly. I tried to tip the bell on the peak of the swing with the second (free) hand, and this worked, so maybe rotation of upper body is not to extreme. But as I said, I feel like rotating way too much.
This brings me to the question came in my mind today - what are the benefits of the one-arm swing one could not get out of the "regular" 2H swing?
Grip strenght - go heavier with the 2H swing. (I do BJJ sometimes, and have really really solid grip compared to non-kettlebellers)
Hip-strenght - go havier with the 2H-swing
Conditioning - go heavier/more intense with the 2H swing
So, maybe this is stupid, but - is it worth doing the more difficult and (maybe if done with bad form) risky 1H swing?
And also, if one goes lighter with the 1H swing, do you waste some of the benefits of heavier 2H swings??
Just thinking loud, probably there are some great benefits of the 1H swing - but is it worth doing it when the trainees goal is mainly conditoning??
What are the really unique benefits of the 1H swing one could net get out of a heavier 2H swing?
Thanks for tolerating my probably stupid question ;-)
Regards,
Tommy
today I did a swing/push up combo workout and decided to throw in some sets 1H-swings.
My "training weight" for 2H-swings is 24kg, but I increase more&more and more up to the 32kg. The frist 5x10 with the 32kg feel pretty solid and fine, and I am pretty sure that explosiveness is pretty well.
So I think 1H swings with 20kg should be no problem - but when I try them once in a while, they feel horrible!!! fell unstable, body tends to twist to one side more than it should, explosiveness seems to be impossible. I am sure they also look ugly. I tried to tip the bell on the peak of the swing with the second (free) hand, and this worked, so maybe rotation of upper body is not to extreme. But as I said, I feel like rotating way too much.
This brings me to the question came in my mind today - what are the benefits of the one-arm swing one could not get out of the "regular" 2H swing?
Grip strenght - go heavier with the 2H swing. (I do BJJ sometimes, and have really really solid grip compared to non-kettlebellers)
Hip-strenght - go havier with the 2H-swing
Conditioning - go heavier/more intense with the 2H swing
So, maybe this is stupid, but - is it worth doing the more difficult and (maybe if done with bad form) risky 1H swing?
And also, if one goes lighter with the 1H swing, do you waste some of the benefits of heavier 2H swings??
Just thinking loud, probably there are some great benefits of the 1H swing - but is it worth doing it when the trainees goal is mainly conditoning??
What are the really unique benefits of the 1H swing one could net get out of a heavier 2H swing?
Thanks for tolerating my probably stupid question ;-)
Regards,
Tommy