Kettlebell Press: 60% x 8-10 sets of 3 reps, 20 seconds rest between sets, then do second arm. Thanks very much for sharing! The pushup bars were very convenient for the NW single arm pushup programme as they’re at different heights. As my primary caree… Still do a lat move, but put things in order of weakness. So the total number of lifts (NL) goes from 4 to 14, then drops to 6 while the intensity increases. StrongFirst Podcast Episode #06 Summary: In this episode of the StrongFirst Podcast, Craig Marker and Brad Kearns discuss Strong Endurance, longevity and escaping carbohydrate dependency. And foolproof (so far). You may to be able to grind out the finish, but rarely does that work at the start. 28 kg. Thanks. My final cycle with the Bulldog forced me to use the GTG approach, as the intensity and volume were too much to recover from in a few minutes. StrongFirst is the school of strength. Of course it’s not really possible, but you need to think about it this way in order to move the bell as quickly as possible. Do you have any warm up suggestion? Long cycle clean and press or just cleaning once each have their own unique benefit. as bell weight never changes, only sets and reps, i ‘d think of this as stepping/waving the ‘volume’ only, not ‘density’ (as no time domain or work/rest ratio given) or ‘intensity’ (as load stays same throughout). Strongfirst kettlebell program. Feel free to provide any feedback). If you read it carefully, you can do it three times a week or every other day, depending on your endurance. Welcome to the official YouTube channel of StrongFirst, a community dedicated to strength. If the reps are done in a touch-and-go fashion, then each successive rep is easier until muscle fatigue sets in. I have been running the StrongFirst Reload program for Squat, Bench, and Strict Press for the past 8 weeks with Mag/Ort for Deadlift. Hahaha! This sounds like a great way to work on my 1/2 BW press! Have pride and become a lean and muscular version of yourself. I pressed the Bulldog (40kg) in the middle of my second cycle using the 36kg bell, and the Bulldog was my 3RM once I finished the cycle with the 36kg bell. Please read the submission guidelines here. This triggered his body to gain strength and muscle. If you are committed to building the strongest version of yourself, let StrongFirst show you the way. Michael Hartle, StrongFirst Master Certified Instructor # strongfirst # sfl # barbell # benchpress # sflrocks # bestrongfirst See More Defend your country. I’m glad that it worked wonders on you as it did for me. It is a seven-week program with a test in the seventh week. Now the 3reps part is coming…and the result is shown already nicely on my arms. You can’t spend too much time practicing mentally. Thanks again. 2015.9 Korea Designers Collective_ VOL 4 (Top 12 Brands) Uploaded by. You can stay with each variation for one to three weeks, increasing the number of sets each week if you can. The StrongLifts 5×5 strength training program consists of two workouts… Workout A: Squat, Bench Press, Barbell Row Workout B: Squat, Overhead Press, Deadlift Do three workouts per week. Welcome to the school of strength. • Double cleans. It turned him into the best wrestler of his time. More information Kettlebells and Deadlifts Go Together Like Vodka and Pickles | StrongFirst Pavel Tsatsouline swung into prominence on the rounded handle of the kettlebell back in 2001, with the release of his training manual "The Russian Kettlebell Challenge. Learning to move medium to light weights quickly is an advanced skill as is a half bodyweight press. Visualize the lift from start to finish every time you are to get under a max effort. And can you advise approximately how long the rest periods should be between sets if the entire workout is completed in a single session instead of GTG style? I did this with 28kg. I normally would work up to 4kg under my 1RM which adds to the NL. Can I take a longer rest between sets of the loaded clean? So far i have progressed with Pavel’s Rite of Passage, and i’m stuck with 20 kg for 1 rep, for sets of 10. and the 16 kg is too easy for me. The speed work is something I had not tried before but it seems to work wonders. The Soju and Tuba step/wave hybrid cycle works with any lift, but is most effective with the kettlebell press since many get stuck at a particular weight. You can press for sets and reps with a fairly heavy weight, but when it comes time to put up that half-bodyweight kettlebell press for just one rep, it just doesn’t go. also, are these reps/sets per arm, or are they split between both sides? Do your strongest muscles last. I am thinking of adding bent over rows for the same amount of sets/repetitions. Most important is controlling your mind so it does not wander when it comes to starting and finishing that heavy weight. I have a required yrly fitness test. . Uploaded by. It’s essentially a moving support (which, I know, is a bit of an oxymoron). After that, I laid off the military press for a while as I had to practice my bench press to submit my video for my SFL, but somehow my kettlebell press 1RM had increased to 44kg during that process (probably because I was pressing the 32 or 36 about five times every day while warming up to do Pavel’s Power to the People). I realy want to try it. Just wanted to post my progress using this program. ... straight leg sit up 8 reps each 16kg bell 5 circuits of front squat, press, push up, renegade row 3 reps each 28 kg bell. The product list contains all of the items available for purchase. I hope that I can press 40kg after this cycle. Thank you! As a result, I could make the Press strength to get SFG 2 Certification. The easiest way to get stronger is to lift maximum weights. ... literally pressed himself on a program minimum. Brad is the co-author of Primal Endurance and The Keto Reset with Mark Sisson from Mark’s Daily Apple. Start each press from dead pause in the rack position. I have not tested with the two arm. Learning to move the weight very fast will require optimal biomechanics. Make sure to become good friends with a foam roller. Good luck! Excellent article Joey! Thanks! I used to pick up Muscle Media magazines to read his articles in the late 1990s and early 2000s (most were not on the use of kettlebells). Thank you! The point of this program was to upgrade your pressing strength, which is why I personally would not recommend it. Heavy weights move slowly because they are heavy. Feb 1, 2014 - This program is for getting you to a half-bodyweight kettlebell press, but will work just as well for getting you to the next bell size, whatever that is. I like presses too. It’s a pretty straightforward cycle if you take a close look at it. That will not be necessary. She took her 16k press from 1 rep to 6 (using the 16k). Im going to run the program again at 36kg so when it comes time to recert my level 2, my 1/2bw press (40kg) will be an after thought. What is RM (1RM, 2RM, 3RM, etc.). Mark opened the first ever kettlebell-centric gym, Girya, The Art of Strength in 2003. I tried both approaches, and they both seemed to work, so feel free to experiment. Following the end of my bench press-focused training, I did my third and final cycle of the Soju and Tuba—and finally pressed the Beast! Strength is a skill and one-rep max efforts are a specific subset of that skill. I hope you find it as useful as I did! Typically anywhere between 2-5 minutes. I purchased every one of his books and even though I don’t use all of his techniques, he has my respect enough to listen and learn. Great article! Less Burn, More Gains. My camera cut off Finished with 3 circuits of front squats, push ups, row into farmer walk for 3 rounds. No-one knows the kettlebell better than StrongFirst—it was our founder Pavel Tsatsouline who started the kettlebell revolution in 1998. If your lats are a weakness, do lat exercises first. You can “eat your way through a sticking point” in the bench press or squat. Neustále provádíme výzkum, vylepšujeme, experimentujeme. Join us. StrongFirst Worldwide. All went well. He has also trained and raced for ultramarathons and triathlons. and my available time to train is drastically reduced. The press i trained two series, once before squats and pulls, and once after, a standard Russian practice that allow the athlete to do more work while keeping the quality high. Thus, a little over a year ago I thought I would learn from his new organization, StrongFirst. Can you please tell me how much time should i rest between each hand and each set? I just did 3 cycles this program without doubt. The kettlebells give it a slightly different feel, but the goal is to work the medial deltoid and create more shoulder mass and stability. Awesome program definitely works. For example, Mark Limbaga used this program to increase his handstand pushup deficit. 117.9k Followers, 71 Following, 558 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from StrongFirst (@strongfirst) Do you suggest doing one-arm military presses or two-arm? Uploaded by. Reassess after each testing and new personal record. Also good call on not cleaning it. [ARTICLE] "When you see someone who has not been taught proper bench... press technique, the distance the bar travels is long, inefficient, and unnecessarily taxing. I've seen it before and thought it was a year's worth of standalone workouts and that didn't really interest me. Uploaded by. I felt like I’ve had some solid success on this program and never really felt under recovered, so I wanted to get this program review out to offer the program some visibility and a solid recommendation to those who may benefit from it. You can try this program with almost any lift, but it will be most effective with the kettlebell military press since many people get stuck at a particular weight and are not sure how to progress from that point. This, too, is a skill. Actually, the truth is you are not pressing it so much as you are supporting it while lowering your body to get under it. MILITARY PRESS—for those who refuse to get strong lying down BRIDGE FLOOR PRESS—a favorite of old-time strongmen and wrestlers, it is a bench press with no bench ZERCHER SQUAT—quick to learn and easy on the joints, it is “the squat for the people” If it’s your shoulders, start there. My girlfriend and I recently ran program. You can increase force by increasing either the mass (weight of the bar or kettlebell) or by moving the same object faster. I do have one critique on the use of terminology. The purpose of the speed day is to teach and develop perfect form and accelerative abilities in the standing kettlebell press. So basically, feel free to combine this with other strength programs as long as those don’t include the military press. Bench press; Hammer row . If the first cycle around you can only get 3 singles, the next time you do it, shoot for 4 (and so on). When I showed it to Master StrongFirst Certified Instructor Fabio Zonin while interpreting for him at the Seoul SFL, he was very impressed (he was explaining the step cycle to the SFL candidates, so this program turned out to be a perfect example). As important as the exercises and the loads are, your mindset is equally key. Despite chatting over Facebook on the initial concept, the overall context of our conversation did look (sound) like two lifters talking over a beer after a heavy lifting session. This program is designed specifically to increase your ability to press a kettlebell for a single rep. No clue if it will work any thoughts? Back in spring of 2015, Mark Limbaga came up with the concept of a step/wave hybrid cycle. You could also change variations every week, if you like. echoing same question regarding upping the reps = intensity. Thus, the Soju and Tuba Program was born. I’m a big fan of low volume training and this is perfect for that. It’s just a legend, but ther… You can only do 3-6 repetitions above 90% 1RM effectively, but in this method you will be trying to do 30 reps with 100% force (or as close as feasible). Training can be done three times a week for a total of six weeks, or if you consider yourself to be high endurance, you can do this every other day for a total of 36 days. You do not not need to clean before each press. Westside uses jump stretch bands and/or chains to accommodate leverage in the squat and bench exercises, and while this can be done with a kettlebell press, it’s not done this way in the starting phase. The beauty of this program is that because it’s a type of step cycle you only need one weight/bell. the goal of assistance work is hypertrophy not actual strength increases . Soju is too strong for me though! ... I’m happy to share that StrongFirst just published an article of mine about pull-ups. Think of shoving the bell from rack position to lockout in one movement. I have been running the StrongFirst Reload program for Squat, Bench, and Strict Press for the past 8 weeks with Mag/Ort for Deadlift. Do not superset or tri-set the exercises. Bench Press More by Optimizing Your Bar Path; The Snatch Pyramid: Optimize Your Snatch Training; Special Operations Selection—How to Train for the Stress and Ambiguity of the World’s Toughest Test; Stop Fearing Heavy Weights; The Goldilocks Kettlebell Protocol; A Minimalist Kettlebell Program for Busy Professionals Host an official StrongFirst Course at least once yearly, to the extent that at least one trainer at the facility is a StrongFirst Course Licensee. This type of training addresses that problem specifically. Az SF a StrongFirst rövidítése, az SFG jelentése pedig StrongFirst Girya. Dnes vám předložíme velmi účinný silový program, který je založený na nejnovějším ruském výzkumu. Location: Index » Main Index » General Discussion » Dan John Q&A Deck » Kettlebell program from StrongFirst [ARTICLE+PROGRAM] Get brutally strong with a pair of kettlebells and one expertly executed exercise: the Clean and Press. On the second day, a variety of “same but different” versions of the press will be done. • Double cleans, press right. When I teach the bench press during the StrongFirst Lifter Certification, the path of the bar section is one of my favorites. I did not have access to a 32k to attempt. Did you understand how much time should i rest between each hand and each set? Rest as much as desired between sets, but for at least two minutes. Host a TSC (Tactical … EFF. I hope I get 20+ reps. What do you think about doing the press workouts (which are short – I started this week) combined in a slow circuit with pull-ups and squats (pistol or front). Take a kettlebell one size lighter (4kg) than your 1RM, and do the following rep scheme for your next eighteen workouts (if you’re in that area where one size lighter than your 1RM is “too light,” then use your 2RM/3RM instead). StrongFirst is a […] It is vital. (and your anecdotals on it seem to support that) just want to make sure i understand these terms as they apply to SF training. Each single rep has many components to it and you must get used to all of them, the setup, the breathing, the tension where you need it, etc. I have tried both, the GTG and single-session approach, and they both worked for me. Maybe at least 5 reps at 50-60% of 1RM? Bench press; Hammer row . A Program to Train for the Half-Bodyweight Kettlebell Press, Press the Kettlebell—for Healthy Shoulders and a Big Bench Press, Upgrade Your Strength with the Soju and Tuba Press Program, How to Improve Your Performance by Rebalancing Your Body: A Lesson from a World Record Strongman, Bench Press More by Optimizing Your Bar Path, The Snatch Pyramid: Optimize Your Snatch Training, Special Operations Selection—How to Train for the Stress and Ambiguity of the World’s Toughest Test. But what do you mean by “GTG” approach with also training benchpress? All sets are to be done on one arm before switching to your second arm. The body tends to look for shortcuts to save energy if it knows that it will have to struggle over longer durations. Their order of use should be decided based upon your weak points. Super effective Program for me! Awesome! Once he shared the basic concepts with me, I applied it to the military press, and ran with it. But as you saw in Part One of this program, you can maintain and even improve your strength and fitness with limited gear and space. This program is designed specifically to increase your ability to press a kettlebell for a single rep. In the deadlift and the squats (Zercher, front, and back), the bar path is generally a straight, vertical line. Just like you can’t spring fast with bad biomechanics, neither can you press fast or heavy. Both of the weekends that I spent participating in an SFL stand out as some of the most engaging, educational, fun, and inspiring times of my life, and I quite simply don’t have the words to say how grateful I am to be a part of the StrongFirst barbell program. Carousel Previous Carousel Next. I was just echoing what Master SFG Fabio Zonin said when he took a look at this and explained it to the SFL candidates here in Seoul. Are you supposed to clean the bell between each individual rep or hold in the rack position only prior to initiating each press? Your main goal is the press, so you’d better stay fresh and do your explosive work after your strength work. Uploaded by. The swings i’ll do on another day. Woul this probably also work for one arm pushups? Official Facebook page of StrongFirst®, the school of strength. pablo ito. The program has two parts, two workouts most effectively separated by two days. Use a weight one kettlebell size up from the press. Do not superset or tri-set the exercises. Today I started this again with 32kg. Nice article, Joey. Kettlebell Side Raises: Hold light kettlebells (or dumbbells) at your side and with slightly bent elbows lift them to shoulder level or slightly above. Minimalism at its finest. Started this program a couple months ago and was at a shaky 32kg Press after not overhead pressing heavy for almost a year due to elbow issues. The Russian kettlebell is a complete, no-compromise, extreme hand-held gym. Thanks for this great article! 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