07-16-11, 11:18 AM | ||
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The website claims that the workouts are 30 minutes in length. How many workouts are actually 30 minutes in length though? A lot of these workouts seem to range around 10 minutes to 20 minutes. To me, that's a bit misleading. But like I've said here many times, it doesn't matter how much someone pays for a workout. If they use it often, then it's worth every single penny one pays for it.
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07-16-11, 11:20 AM | ||
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Laughter is the best medicine. Have you had your daily dose? Walking is Nature's Prozac! Don't let anyone judge you! It's your workout. Sylwia Don't Compare Yourself to somebody else. BE YOUR BEST! Chalene Johnson A Spark of Hope In memory of: Michael Sparkman October 11th, 2001-October 21st, 2008 Hope Fimiani August 26th, 2006-October 13th, 2008 |
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07-16-11, 02:30 PM | |
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Pam, I'm not sure if I should continue to post on your thread or just start another thread based on my ongoing impression of this set. Let me know how you feel, K. First, the person who gave me this set did so knowing that I would be fair in my evaluation of this set. I'm not out to dis this set or rave about this set. I along with Lorna, Anita, Martha, and a few other VFers started kettlebell training a long time ago, and I LOVE kettlebell training. But the hype over RKS does have me concerned because there is a high risk factor with kettlebells. My concern is the lack of instruction this set has. There are many people buying this system who has never done a kettlebell workout based on Rozy's thread. But according to Rozy on the Skogg thread, the Skogg tutorial has helped her clean up her form during the swings. During workout #1, which is all swings, one of the girls kept squatting during the swings, which is wrong. The swing is the foundation of kettlebell training. You have to build a strong foundation before proceeding. Even though I was an advanced exerciser when I started training with kettlebells, I considered myself a total beginner. For me, it took well over a year to feel comfortable enough to do a kettlebell workout. It took me even longer to do snatches and overhead squats. Today I did workout #3. This workout clocked in at 28 minutes. It's a good drill style workout based on supersets done for 3 rounds. Set #1 Half get ups Goblet squats Set #2 Suitcase deadlifts Reverse goblet lunges Set #3 Window wipers Alternating leg lifts My form issue with this workout was with the suitcase deadlifts. Like the deadlifts in workout #2, they squat during the deadlift, which is something that I don't do. As far as warm ups and cool downs go, the same warm up and cool down is on each disc. Both are very short. For me, it's not a biggie, because I always do a longer cardio workout before my strength work. I have to be warm and the mental fog has to be lifted before I do any type of strength work.
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07-16-11, 02:40 PM | |
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Yeah I learned my "swing" basically from Brook Benten's Butts and Guts LOL so im having a issue not going back into bad habits. Also, just wanted to note on my videos that I did them so I would be able to look at my form and make an effort to learn from my mistakes. I plan on doing a Skogg rotation later this month and hopefully ill improve even more. Also, with RKS the screen is kind of small plus im working so hard so im not really watching what they are doing....ok done babbling
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07-16-11, 03:50 PM | |
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I have been doing KB workouts for a while. I really like RKS but the weakest part of this system (IMHO) is the instructional DVD. I did not depend upon it at all. I utilized the skills and the techniques that I was taught by an RKS instructor, Cotter, Anthony from the AOS and Skogg's Youtube channel.
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07-16-11, 04:35 PM | ||
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What I'm addressing are the people who are buying this system who have never done kettlebells before. This is my main concern. This system has you advancing pretty quickly. Tomorrow is workout #4, and it is already a time based challenge. For the experienced person, this is a non issue, but it definitely can be for a newbie.
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07-16-11, 05:12 PM | ||
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I have to admit, I never even watched the tutorial of RKS. I found that Owen verbal cues are very good during the workouts, when you probably don't even watch the screen, I know I don't. Even though the set has its fault this is the first kb program that made me do heavy volume of the same moves and I feel the benefit of it. On the other hand we can debate all day long if it is a good or bad thing to put for example a relative beginner through 30 min of snatches. So IMHO the set is not very good for beginners, only for folks who somewhat mastered at least the first thing about kettlebells and their form is good. Doing 20-30 min of swings or any other exercises with bad form can be very damaging.
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07-16-11, 05:12 PM | ||
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Skogg (in 'Roots') states that even the most experienced person needs to be reminded of form and technique from time to time. I heeded that advice before doing RKS #16 (the snatch fest). I went back and reviewed Skogg's 101 instructional DVD on the snatch and reinforced to myself the techniques that I was taught by an RKS trainer. RKS is a very good system but is best suited for those more experienced with KB technique. |
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