Back to work and back to the old routine. I’ve decided to return to Chuzzy’s 3 workouts and continue to work towards my goal. The break has been good. I can press 12kg without using my hip for 3 rungs of the ladder-5 sets. I just have to concentrate on the right side as I know it wants to move. Stress got to me before Christmas and I just couldn’t do it, but now this is fine.
My wrist feels better so I’ve slowly returned to 1 side TGU using 4kg and 8kg and just working on the first stage. This is where I am missing a watchful eye on form the most. I’m not sure if I am slipping back into bad habits as I didn’t really get a feel for correct form before we finished. However I can get up quite smoothly on both sides now.
The 16kg snatch ladders were a bit wobbly too. I managed 1,2,3 ladders (3 sets) but didn’t feel quite right so I used the 8kg , which was too light and then the 12kg to get a feel for snatching again. I finished with 100 12kg snatches, no setting down in sets of 5 each arm- the time felt ok too, but was not really clock watching. That felt good. I wasn’t sure I was still able to do this, but could probably do even more because I still had a little energy left and form was ok.
I like working on mine own for a bit. Chuzzy’s routine is good because work is busy at the moment so I don’t have time to plan my own. I’m going to add a fourth session with some heavy swings and 12kg presses because I like to do four sessions a week. All the knowledge I gained over the last block can now be applied at my own pace. I’m thinking about abs and lats as I work and stopping to make adjustments, trying to get it right. But don’t feel under pressure to get it right for the next session. I can take as long as I like and feel more relaxed as a consequence.
The door staff at the gym told me that Jennifer Aniston was in a feature about kettlebells in Look Magazine this week. I’ll have to get a copy. We had a discussion about safety and I have to agree with the concerns of the trainers there that people will hurt themselves if they just work from magazine articles. Publicity is good provided that people are encouraged to find good quality trainers to work with. I was tempted to go to a boot camp session this winter, just to try a different approach. However when I checked out the trainer who was running it I couldn’t find his name on the list of qualified trainers so I didn’t go.
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