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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
Probably going to buy my fifth kettlebell since I started on kettlebell training back in August. This is more me starting too light than any sort of incredible progress. I think, overall, it was good for me to start light and "progress" quickly to make sure I have form down rather than start to heavy and injure myself. So now I have:
Adjustable bell: 8, 12, 20, 35, 40 lb
44 lb
53 lb
62 lb
70 lb (soon)
But obviously this hits the bank a little bit. No more so than gym fees would have, so not a huge deal. But still. I probably should have just started with the 53 lb bell and gone from there. I'm mostly progressing by doing clean and press and basically going heavier when I can do a five rung ladder (1st set, 1 rep; 2nd set 2 reps, etc) five times in one workout. A little more complicated than that, but that's how it's been going.
I had a 1RM in the strict barbell press of 175 lb back in January of this year, just to give a barometer of where I was in case other people are looking to pick up some bells as COVID worsens and the gym looks less and less appealing.