Week 7 day one

Nice workout today but i really am thinking about jumping up to the 24kg for my presses.
Andre

Week 6 Day 1

Hello everyone,
Warmup consisted of 5 minutes of wall squats, halos and pumps.
Start of a new week and had to add another ladder to my C+P's and pullups, still no problems with these, dreading(excited about) week 8 though.
Seven minutes of snatches were actually pretty tough, i had to remind myself to slow down and take it easy. I noticed that with my weaker arm-left- that my form was actually better than with my right arm, i suppose i am concentrating more with the weaker arm to ensure i do it properly. Once i noticed this i made an effort to do both arms with the same technique and not try to "muscle" through the left arm sets.
Overall i feel it went pretty well, i can see some improvements are needed on my snatches but that will come.
Andre

A happy ending to week 5

Hello everyone!
I had a very positive workout today, after re-doing week 5 i feel that i can progress onto week 6 of the ETK workbook.
Doing the swings for 50 reps and 10 seconds rest really makes you work on your tenacity, they are not easy but if you focus on getting them done then it can be done.
At this point i am not having any problems pressing the 16kg, and it may actually be too light but once week 8 comes along and number of reps shoot up i may be singing a different tune. I want to do the whole ROP with the same weight i started with and i don't think i could do the swings or the snatches at a heavier weight so it is best to stay with the 16kg, after all i'm in no rush.

Today is my 4th day on the warrior diet so i am still in the "Detox" week, i miss eating meat but other than that it is going quite well. Judging by today's workout i have not lost any strength or energy and i feel pretty good overall.
Day off of exercise tomorrow but i think i will put in an extra conditioning workout, who knows, i may even skip rope!
Andre

Variety day-24kg workout

Today i decided to break out the 24kg and do some TGU's and swings. Started out with 5 minute warmup and then proceeded onto the TGU's.
Managed 5 left and right in about 6.5 minutes, and that is with my dog jumping all over me, good thing she is still a puppy.
I did 4 sets of swings of 30 reps, with a one minute rest between sets, i could really feel my grip being worked at the end of this workout.
I like using the 24kg once in awhile, it gives me a much different feel than my 16kg kettlebell. I'm looking forward to using it for my regular workouts, but i still have a long way to go with my ROP workout with the 16kg.
I'm also on my second day of the Warrior diet and i feel pretty good about it, i have to say it is strange not eating any meat for the last two days. It will be interesting to see what the results at the end of three weeks will be, although i am only meatless for the first week.
Andre
Andre

First day of Warrior diet

Today was my first day on the Warrior Diet, still have to have my main meal, and no major hunger pangs as of yet. As suggested, i've eaten a little fruit and salad throughout the day and that seems to be doing the job.
I was very interested to see how i would feel during my workout today, it was a medium intensity kettlebell workout and it went really well.
The first part of my workout is no problem at all, i can press the weight fine and the pullups are not a problem, i expect, and hope, this portion to get more difficult once the number of ladders increase.
The swings right now are a mental game, the head is willing to give up before the body, but this is getting better, the head is coming around to the body's way of thinking.
Anyway, i've had my post workout snack and i will be diving into the main meal in about an hour or so. This is a detox week in my diet so no meat, i have to get my protein from other sources, should be and adventure.
Andre

And so it goes...

I love my grandmother and i will miss her.

Sub-par workout-update

I am not to happy with my workout today, but it's my own fault for it being so poor.
Final workout of week 5 and i was really looking forward to it, too bad i tanked it.
Warmed up for 5 minutes and then did my C+P's and pullups, no problem with these, feeling confident still, just have to do my swings.
I start my swings and have done about 25-26 and i hear my dog in the hallway doing something, take a quick look over and she has a schoolbook belonging to my son and she is determined to give it a tour of her intestine. In a perfect fitness world i would ignore any distraction but i had to intervene and so had to stop, maybe 10 seconds max, take it from her and continue on with my swings.
That did me in, could not get going again, i tried, and did get some swings in but it was start and stop for the rest of the time. I don't know now if i would have been able to do it as it was set out in ETK workbook.
On the plus side i don't have to hem and haw about doing the week over again, i will do it over again, and next time i won't have the dog as an excuse, i will succeed/fail next week on my own terms.
Moving on to a different subject i will be starting the warrior diet 3 week fat loss program next week. I've been stuck at 177 for awhile now and i want to lose some of the fat that's left around the middle.
Andre
POSTSCRIPT- for my own peace of mind i set my gymboss and did my 50 swings with 10 seconds rest for the full 4 minutes.
This does not change the fact that i will redo the week, i just couldn't go to bed with this bugging me.