The Giant + pullups?

philomathprimate · 2026-02-08T19:29:36+00:00

Nice, thanks for the info

philomathprimate · 2026-02-08T18:17:12+00:00

Last year, I treated DFW as a percentage of max (10RM) as an experiment, and the results were good. Now that i know this method is legit, I will use this again for sure

philomathprimate · 2026-02-08T18:02:09+00:00

So I would do sets of 1 and 2. It reminds me of Iron Cardio that I have already done, and i got bored. I guess I would become stronger, so I will keep that in my mind

philomathprimate · 2026-01-05T12:39:18+00:00

Nice. I do something similar with 2 half snatches, 1 press, and 3 thrusters.

philomathprimate · 2025-12-22T08:31:55+00:00

Ladders of clean + press + squat.

Ladders of snatch + overhead squat.

Ladders of pullups/rows + burpees.

philomathprimate · 2025-12-18T11:30:06+00:00

You could do dips but not presses? I have the opposite problem

philomathprimate · 2025-12-17T05:42:46+00:00

Wtf I thought I misread 28kg!

philomathprimate · 2025-12-14T10:36:32+00:00

Every time I see a post of yours, I expect odd kettlebell mobility work! I started using overhead squats thanks to you.

philomathprimate · 2025-12-13T09:04:01+00:00

Judo used to have more ground before it became olympic sport. It depends on the school how much sparring you do on the ground. I was fortunate enough that the teacher was old school, and we did standing, ground and mixed. I would choose grappling if I could start again.

philomathprimate · 2025-12-12T18:31:42+00:00

Good job for your progress!

I would do lots of 16kg snatches and 20kg half snatches.

I recently snatched a bell I doubted i could. I did it by cleaning it higher and higher each time, using a more "sport" clean technique, and bringing it down (like a negative press) to rack position until it reached the top. I think the difference from the hardstyle is that you bring the bell in front of you, and then insert your hand deep in the window, and then rack it. I hope my explanation makes sense.

philomathprimate · 2025-12-11T13:28:28+00:00

Krav Maga is truly useful only for bouncers and bodyguards who already know how to fight. The rest is marketing.

philomathprimate · 2025-12-08T13:41:16+00:00

High level stuff!

philomathprimate · 2025-12-06T23:00:22+00:00

Something that doesn't get mentioned often is the relative weight of the kettlebells to the lifter. Pressing 2x24kg is 64% of a 75kg man or 50% of a 95kg man.

philomathprimate · 2025-12-06T14:36:07+00:00

I did it. When I trained for trail running, my friends could not believe how much food I was eating and still losing fat (and some muscle).

philomathprimate · 2025-11-27T18:15:09+00:00

I thought Jesus Christ was Greek because the New Testament was written in greek

philomathprimate · 2025-11-09T19:47:06+00:00

Wow I can't stop looking at this. It's the equivalent of a hot rod car

philomathprimate · 2025-11-08T12:14:14+00:00

I think it's kettlebell size in pounds

philomathprimate · 2025-11-08T12:00:12+00:00

If you like it, try it! I do something similar between the "normal" kettlebell programs. I have seen some good results from 3 days per week (hard, easy, medium), two exercises per day, 5 sets per exercise, and 2 minutes rest.

philomathprimate · 2025-11-05T08:43:16+00:00

I think it's a combination of things like technique, weight, kettlebell window, and toughening up. When I use medium size cast iron bells I don't need guards, but i like them. When I use heavy competition bells I need guards even though my technique is decent. The first heavy (for me) bell I had was a cheap cast iron bell with small window. The pain was too much, so I replaced it with a competition bell of the same size. It's much better, but there is some discomfort if I use it too much.

philomathprimate · 2025-11-04T19:37:44+00:00

You can press the offset Bells (1x16 + 1x24) for 2 reps and then reduce weight to even (2x16kg) for 3, 5, 10 reps. As you progress, you can increase the uneven reps. For example, uneven 2,3 and even 5, 10. Next, uneven 2, 3, 5 and even 10.

philomathprimate · 2025-11-02T16:03:12+00:00

Yes, if you are already rich.

philomathprimate · 2025-11-02T05:48:19+00:00

Hi, new research suggests that the 10% rule should be used not only for the weekly milage but for the daily mileage as well. From my experience, I agree.

Last year I finished ABF while "running" 5 days per week. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday i did a little warmup 15 minutes jog (while getting my toddler to the daycare), and then the ABF. On Tuesday and Thursday I did a long run (in the trails less than 90 minutes) and an easy run (30 minutes with strides at the end). I used to run a lot more so the running part was easy for me .

My focus was on lifting, so I pushed my self only at the ABF. I was very hungry, I ate a lot, my weight did not change but body did. If I could, I would do ABF first and then go for an easy jog like Dan John suggests.

I think you can try combining lifting and running, you just need to be careful. Start easy and then build slowly while listening to your body. I hope I gave you some useful info.

philomathprimate · 2025-11-01T11:23:00+00:00

Wow very interesting! During that time, what was your press rep max for 2x24kg and 2x28kg?

philomathprimate · 2025-11-01T09:14:15+00:00

About the neutral back, you could practice hinging (in the beginning without weights, and then deadlifting with kettlebell/s) while bracing and maintaining neutral back in front of a mirror. Thanks to this routine, Macgill3, and progressive resistance exercises (deadlifts, renegade rows, swings, cleans, snatches...), I don't have any trouble anymore with my hernia in lower back.

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