So here I am!
Mena: I
LOVE kettlebells. They get the job done in minimal time. I love RKS (some of the workouts) and Shut Up and Train by Lauren Brooks. Those are my favorites. There's always good ole deadlifts and swings with them also. I actually did take
ONE seminar
many, many years ago when I first started doing them. Just to make sure my form was correct and all was ok. (It was.) I'm not sorry I took it, but I learned my technique from the videos and maybe some books (I have several on kbs, they've been around for ions) It was so many years ago, that I told my nephew about them (who was playing football for college and now actually coaches) and he had never heard of them. And of course, within months they started training with them!
Always makes me proud when I can come across with a new training thingee as the old aunt and then it becomes mainstream!
Anyway ... You just have to be careful as low back injuries can happen, but it's kinda like everything else we do. I'm sure there's you tube videos and a lot more resources now then there was back when I first began with them. I say, try it. The man who taught the seminar I took always said, if you don't have a lot of time, at LEAST do 5-10 minutes a day of swings. This month, since I'm trying to get in more variety, I figured it's a good add on. (With minimal time). You need to be careful, you need to watch form, but I don't necessarily agree with the posters who say DO NOT DO KETTLEBELLS until you get proper instruction. JMHO and YMMV.
Pam: I see you mention rebounding. What kind of rebounder do you have? What kind of videos (if any?) do you enjoy? I'm always on the look out. I have a Bellicon. Best purchase (for me) that I ever made (before the Peloton and in conjunction with treadmill, elliptical, etc, etc.) Because it accommodates my weight and I don't "cone" with it. I have NEVER regretted that purchase. Use it all the time to stretch out muscles (bounce them out) and get rid of lactic acid build up. As a matter of fact, I was using it for the 30 second and 60 second time between KB sets during RKS. LOVE it .... And yes, I have a love/hate relationship with my challenges. Love 'em, then 3 weeks in hate 'em, then 4 weeks to finish love them again. Usually.
It's the comradrie that helps for sure.
Waves to everyone else. Gotta check in and get busy. The day's a'wastin'.
11/4/2019: Matt Wilper's 60 minute Power Zone workout for the challenge, 5 minute stretch,
RKS #2 workout (this is probably my very, very favorite of the RKS workouts. I am probably going to alternate workouts 1 & 2 for awhile and then move on. I know there's one that is set at night that I enjoy also. And since I mentioned to Mena - I really should get out SUAT as I recall thoroughly enjoying that one also).
11/5/2019: Rest day. I know I said I wasn't going to do it. . . I got up early to workout yesterday, but ended up on the phone (on hold for 25 minutes before I got a representative) with my bank, as something looked fishy in my checking account. They couldn't help me and the best they could offer was, 'It looks like it may have been a glitch, I think you're ok, but keep an eye on it."
SERIOUSLY ?!?!? I wasted over 30 minutes of my morning to be given a brush off?? And
NO EXPLANATION???? I was sooooooooooooo angry. There went my workout time.
Anyway , too tired when I got home, so yep ... rest day. Oh well, today's a new day.
Okey dokey, off to check the bank account and make sure it's still ok and then on to workout. Make it a great day.
Cleda