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Old 10-07-2007, 05:00 PM
jqmaverick jqmaverick is offline
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Default Re: The Poker Mom goes Kettlebell

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Try to pick a balanced routine. Do at least one upper body push, and one upper body pull, and then supplement as desired for your core and legs.

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Sorry, I'm clueless. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Would you mind giving examples of what types of lifts would be upper body push and upper body pull?



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Whatever form of weight training you engage in, you want the five above areas covered. Now lets cover each area with kettlebells as the focus:

Press:
KB Military Press or KB Floor Press. This includes all of the variations such as the Sots Press, Double Clean and Press, Alternating Floor press, See-saw Press.

Pull:
Renegade Row, Alternating Bent-over Row, Double Bent-over Row, One-arm Row, Pull-ups with a kettlebell

Squat:
Double Front Squat, Hack Squat, overhead squat, one-legged squat

Lower body pull:
Double Swing, Double Snatch, One-arm Swing, One-arm Snatch, Double Clean, One legged Deadlift

Core:
Windmill, Turkish Get-up, Bent Press, Side Press



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