This way, I'll have to.

[opabinia]

I'm at work. When I get home, this will be my workout:

3x15 swing
2(2x5) military press
3(2x8) clean and jerk
5x12 pushup
3x5 Russian ballet leg thrust

Then I'll shower and run out for beer with pyrric.

Edit: make that 2(2x8) c&j, 4x12 pu, and zero leg thrusts. Out of oomph on the first, out of time on the rest. Still infinitely better than no workout at all.

Comments

[mvoid.livejournal.com]

i haven't been able to tackle the KB military press yet... at some point does the KB not hurt your arm (from pressing against it) anymore?

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

Assuming that you're holding it right (and either L or Zero can check it out) then at some point you stop noticing.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha. What he said. :)

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

It shouldn't hurt. If you come over, we'll see if it's a matter of form. Tiny details make big differences.

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

I need to get my ass mobile so I can come over and watch this and learn.

[mvoid.livejournal.com]

so some background: i am a big wuss. or at least, i am now that i've been made soft by years of desk job. back in my barbacking days running buckets of ice up and down stairs all night i was da bomb... but i digress.
the present: i got my KB months ago and tried using it and was WAY to heavy for me to handle safely. i lost interest for a while but recently (about a month ago) got myself onto a lifting routine with dumbells, in an attempt to build up my strength and get me to the point were the KB wasn't so bad. The other day I started doing elbow lifts as an augmentation to my shoulder/arm routine and noticed when holding it that it really hurts were it is laying against my forearm... I'm wondering if it's just that those muscles need to get used to being pressed against? I dunno... If it hasn't been sorted out by your next gathering perhaps you can point me in the right direction.

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

Hm, what weight did you get? A 36 pounder?

The clean (getting it up to your chest) is a bit technical. You should def get L or Z to check you out. The critical thing about arm placement is that your wrist must be straight, as if you were punching something.

Note that if you relax your wrist and let the KB bend it backwards, it actually hurts your forearm LESS, because the KB rests on a lower, meatier area. But, that is very, very bad for your wrist ligaments and capsule. So suck it up, keep your wrist straight, and take the pain as a sign that you're not doing something bad.

[mvoid.livejournal.com]

Right now I'm just picking it up off the ground and getting it into position for elbow raises (or two hands bottums up presses) without doing anything special... i'm frankly a bit worried about the shock to my forearm from the KB wacking my forearm... I really should just watch these guys in action...

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

"I really should just watch these guys in action..."

(cue 1970's porno-film guitar line)

Wacka-chicka wacka-chicka wacka-chicka wow-wow-wow...

And something else:

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

Even if it feels really freakin' heavy, you can still 2-hand swing it safely. Talk to my niggaz; they gots the 411 on the swizzle.

I mean, I can 2-hand swing a 145-pound KB. Can't do anything else with it, but I can swing it.

If you can deadlift it, you can swing it.

Re: And something else:

[mvoid.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I can swing it, but I wanted to get tips on form before I attempted it... it seems like only minor errors in form could cause injury...

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

So who do I have to call "The Corruptor:" you or MrZero?

If I can make it up there for the wedding party, get all the KBer's together and I will make you wish you had never been born. :)

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

So who do I have to call "The Corruptor:" you or MrZero?

I taught him deadlifts, but he bought a 'bell first. It's a toss-up.

get all the KBer's together [...]

This would be fantastic!

come to think of it

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

MrZ was hitting the 'bells nearly a year before I started. You should be harder on him.

[pyrric.livejournal.com]

Then I'll shower and run out for beer with pyrric.

Thank you for the order of these. I appreciate it.