My first attempt I used a cheap water filled one with a smooth plastic handle. I aborted after the second set of 50 and didn’t retry until I had a proper cast iron one.
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Hahah I didn’t know there were water filled ones. All I can imagine is a sloshing sound during swings. Mine is cast iron. The one at the gym is too but the handle is wider and thinner. It’s cool to test my swing-only days on a tougher KB, then when I go back to the gym the swings aren’t quite as bad during strength movement days. I kind of want to run this challenge once a year using a heavier kettlebell each year.
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Ugh!!! That’s the pits. Sorry to hear that man. This kettle bell program sounds pretty miserable. Which means I’d probably like it… anyways keep up the work man
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Oh, it’s all good. I got in and out in 2 hours, and made it back to the party in time to play games, drink a couple beers with friends, grill burgers dogs and sausages, sing happy birthday and watch my kids eat ice cream cake (the only type of cake I like, but I still didn’t have any), and open presents. You seem like a pretty positive person - I know the couple days you spent laid up from your stomach were a small price to pay for your beautiful family in that awesome place. I feel the same way - I missed some chatting and playing, but I still was there for his birthday and had a blast. Also, side note, I would have been at work today anyway but my HVAC busted and I was working on it all day besides the 24 minutes I took to do swings. So staying positive has been a hard one with the looming possibility of spending 2.5-3K on a whole new unit/installation.
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If it’s an older unit the new one really will pay for itself in efficiency pretty quickly if you have to replace it.
Our home has three units. Three outside with the compressors and three air handlers/furnaces in the attic. We are all electric so no gas lines. Anyways we replaced all three up and down bout three years ago. $16k and they financed it 48 months no interest. Payments were $333 and our AC bills immediately dropped around 200-250 a month. Wish I had done it Sooner. Almost totally payed for itself right off the bat
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Thanks man! Best compliment in my opinion. I simply believe that you are gonna get a positive experience if you focus on that and vice versa.
I live by this quote, “If you believe you can, or you believe you can’t… your right”. I like how I feel when I’m positive so that’s what I strive for.
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What kind of demented robot are you?
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That quote was one of our three General Orders at my Highway Patrol Academy.
- Adapt, improvise, and overcome.
- If you think you can, you will. If you think you can’t, you’re right.
- When you choose law enforcement, you lose the right to be unfit.
I really wish we’d enforce that last one.
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Rest day from swings, Chest/Shoulder Day
BTN Press
95x5
135x5
155x4
135x12, 95x18
Incline DB
35s x5
50s x5
65s x5
80s x11
80s x7, 45s x17, pushups on knuckles x15
Dips
BWx14
BWx11, assisted x16
Crossovers
10 on the stack x12, mechanical dropset to cable chest press x12
10 on the stack x9, cable chest press x10
High incline cable chest press
70x10
70x9, 45x15
Cable crunch
2 sets to failure with heavy weight
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This is pretty much my lifting now. Ramp up, then one work set to failure, and a second workset to failure with a dropset to failure. Quick, effective, tough and intense.
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Still around 210. I’m okay sitting here for a couple days and then I’ll go lower. I’ve been just eating less, plain and simple. Keeping protein high but cutting out more carbs and fat as time goes on. I’m embracing the idea that I’ll have to be hungrier if I want to lose this weight.
I love the people like “how can I keep losing weight but not be hungry?” It’s like asking “how do I build muscle without working hard?” Just accept the hunger. Watch the scale go down. When it stops going down, you’ll be adapted to that intake and won’t feel quite as hungry if you stay at that weight, but to go down further, you’ll have to be a bit hungrier.
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I’m with you there brother. A couple sets pushed to failure is all you need. Do that on three or four lifts and you good to go!
If you can mentally equate the hungry feeling with weight loss you can in a strange way get satisfaction out of hunger lol
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Dude, YES! Once you start to see the scale go down and a difference in the mirror, the hungry feeling, while not pleasurable, is like an indicator that weight is being burned off of you. The trick is that just as you need moderation in nutrition, you need moderation with dieting down - too little too fast will leave you with nowhere to go. It’s like if you were going to run a marathon on a hot day. Someone hands you a gallon of water before the race. Do you want to chug as much water as possible right off the bat and then run with no water the rest of the time, or do you want to have a cup of water waiting for you every few miles?
I’ve been eating this week and the scale shows it. F it; I’m having surgery in the morning.
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Good luck buddy! You’ve done so much good work before corrective surgery, I’m psyched to see what you’ll accomplish with less pain in the future.
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Alright KG, chill.
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10K KB Swing: Week 3, Workout 11
Time: 26 minutes (PR for strength movement days)
50 lb KB
Clusters 1-5:
10 swings 1 dip
15 swings 2 dips
25 swings 3 dips
50 swings
Total swings: 5500
Geez, the 50 rep sets are getting way easier.
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10K KB Swing: Week 3, Workout 12
Time: 30 minutes
50 lb KB
Clusters 1-5:
10 swings 1x135 OHP
15 swings 2x135
25 swings 3x135
50 swings
Total swings: 6000
Happy with 30 minutes. OHPing 135 is harder than a BW dip. Still shooting for daily PRs but I’m pushing as hard as I can after 12 hour workdays.
Finished with 3 supersets of 15 BW dips and 15 cable tricep extensions, just to pump up the arms. Headed to NY now on an overnight drive with the family, bringing my KB with- tomorrow is rest but sat and sun get me to 7000 swings. Starting to see the end of the tunnel.
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I’m assuming you got the challenge here? Sorry, lazy to scroll up your log lol
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