Great kettlebell leg workout
Hi, it's been a while since I put fingers to keypad and wrote anything so I thought I would share with you a very intense kettlebell leg workout I did today in my garden.
Once I had gone through a mobility drill, I warmed up with some squats and swings.
OK, first up were 4 sets of pistol squats. These, for me, are still very much a work in progress. They are very intense since they require strength, stability and flexibility. I have always had the strength due to years of single leg, leg presses and lunges but initially struggled with stability and flexibility. Unfortunately the latter is still an issue and as a result I pistol squat off of a step to allow my non working leg to remain off the ground.
I did 4 sets of 10 reps with each leg switching immediately from one leg to the other. I used a 12KG kettlebell at chest level.
I then allowed 2 minutes rest before starting exercise number 2.
4 sets of double lunges. A double lunge meaning a forward lunge followed by a reverse lunge. I didn't allow my foot to centre between the forward and rearward lunge but instead swept it through in one smooth movement. This was a killer and really required a lot of concentration to keep things smooth and strict. I used two 16 KG kettlebells in the racked position for this exercise.
Third exercise was a front squat. Performed hard style, nice and slowly with maximum tension. Three sets of these finished my thighs off nicely. Two 20 KG kettlebell's were held in the rack position for this exercise
Forth and final exercise was a stiff leg kettlebell deadlift, again performed with maximum tension and concentration. I used a 32 KG kettlebell for this one.
That was basically it. Very much a strength endurance workout this one with one minute rests between sets and two minute rests between the different exercises.
Having said that, it still had my heart and lungs working hard as is always the case when you perform a tough leg workout.
So to summarise:
Pistol squat 4 sets with weight 10-15 reps
Double lunge 4 sets with two kettlebell's held in racked position 10-15 reps
Front squat 3 sets with two kettlebell's held in racked position
Stiff leg deadlift 4 sets working with one kettlebell
Just a quick mention about my 1K row that I said I would be doing on a previous blog.
This will be happening this week. I have had minimal rowing sessions so still believe it will be a valid test demonstrating the crossover effect between kettlebells and rowing.
Check bac in a few days for the results.
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