RKC Kettlebell Training: Almost the Perfect Mix of Olympic Lifting and Powerlifting
...And that's the appeal to me.
I love moving heavy weights quickly over my head. That's Olympic Lifting.
I love pulling and squatting heavy weights. That's powerlifting.
(Admittedly, I love the first more than the second.)
The RKC School of Strength is the perfect blend of both worlds.
This week I stayed completely off the platform and still worked my legs hard with pistols. Worked the entire body hard with double clean and presses. And I worked my lungs hard with snatches.
Tonight I used the 32kg bell and hit 100 snatches in 8:26. I don't know if that's good or not, but it's good for me and it's a starting point--something to beat in the future. And the best part is the KB felt incredibly light. I'll have to ask KJ if I can use this for his VO2max Protocol. It may be too heavy. I was averaging 10 snatches with a switch (5 each hand) in about 20 seconds. Hard and fast--the RKC way. Good stuff.
I am also working on doing a little bit every day--tonight was just 10 minutes. That's all I wanted. That's all I needed.
And that's the brutal efficiency of RKC kettlebell training. A little bit goes a very long way.
Hard-s-t-y-l-l-e-e-e...
On the Z front, been doing less of it lately. I'm using the KB as mobility work: The unilateral nature is (once again) having a very therapeutic affect on my body. I will probably stay with the KB training for the next 3-4 months and then decide if I can get on the platform or not. As I posted last year, there are still plenty of things I can't do repeatedly with the Beast. Time to work on them. Fortify.
Fortify. I can think of no better way than Z-Health and the RKC. None. They cover all the bases. I think everything after them is specialization.