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Back to basics

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After 2 months not working out, I thought its better to make my way back taking things slow, so I did the following for 5 sets with about a minutes rests in between:

With a 24kg Kettlebell:
5 Kettlebell Presses Over Head
5 Kettlebell Rows
5 Kettlebell Swings
5 Kettlebell Squats
First all right handed then all over left handed
15kg per hand Dumbbell Farmers Walk for 1 minute

This routine pretty much did it for me, especially grip was fading towards the end.

On an unrelated side note, some small people with over-inflated egos defaced the site with a script kiddie page like it was a big deal.
Yeah I use WordPress, yeah it used to have, has, will have exploitable bugs, I am well aware of it and this is just a personal site sharing personal experiences. Don’t pat yourself on your puny hung shoulders for this so called accomplishment. This does not make you uber hackers, just lazy lamers.
I pity you fools 🙂 ‘nouf said…

46 kg (101 lbs) Dumbbell Turkish Get Up

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Today was exercise day, so I did my swing, TGU, goblet squat routine with 32 and 24 kg KBs.
Then tried 46 kg dumbbell get ups as part of the GtG effort. Did a really sloppy, bad shape, injury bordering get up on my strong right side. Tried on the left but my hand was too sweaty and I was not really ready to push. So I removed two 2.5 kg plates and only(!) did it with 41 kg on the left.

No point injuring yourself. I think I’ll stick to 44 kg GtGs for another week or so before uping it.

44 kg (97 lbs) Dumbbell Turkish Get Up TGU

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Two weeks after doing Turkish Get Ups (TGUs) with a 41 kg dumbbell for the first time, I decided to give it a go with a 44 kg (97 lbs) Dumbbell on my rest day.

Considerably better form, solid up, with some stability corrections but nonetheless successful on both side on the first try 🙂

I will need to put up some videos and pictures or nobody is going to believe me anymore 😛

Greasing the Groove (GtG) is fun and motivating.

Turkish Get-Up with 40 kg Dumbbell

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After a condensed session of latest exercise routine:
2x (20 A1H KB Swing 32 kg – 2 TGUs Left/Right 32 kg – 10 Goblet Squats 32 kg – 90s walk – 400m run – 90s walk)
1x (60 A1H KB Swing 24 kg – 6 TGUs Left/Right 24 kg)

I have put 4 10 kg (22 lb) plates on a dumbbell bar and tried the TGU on my strong side (right).
1. try: I was dripping wet with sweat (hot day) and immediately sliding all over when laying on the floor, so I put down the weight right after I was able to hold it above my chest.
2. try: This time I was laying on a non slipping surface (piece of carpet) so sweat was not an issue but I was not concentrated enough and had to quit after a half TGU.
3. try: Put on Machinehead by Bush got in the “Zone” and pulled a decent TGU (although not quite Khalos Stenos style).

Happy 🙂

Note: It’s about 41 kg (90 lb) including the weight of the dumbbell bar.
My current bodyweight is 82 kg (180 lb) at 178 cm (5ft 10in) height