Not My Best Kettlebell Training Day

I've been working my brain extremely hard the last couple of days writing computer programs and it really showed in my kettlebell training tonight. I just didn't have the mental energy to push as hard as I did last time. Well, enough set up, let's see what I really did.

Warm Up

Walk 14:06, 0.55 miles for an average of 2.3 mph.

Circuit 3 circuits 5 reps each

• Prying Squat
• Lying Hip Extension
• Halo (each direction)
• Flying Dog (5 reps per side)

The Practice

• Kettlebell Swings 5x10x35# Two Handed
• Kettlebell Swings 5x11,12,13,14,15x35# Two Handed
• Kettlebell Swings 5x10,12,8,10,10x35# Two Handed
• Turkish Get Ups 5x1x35# (per side)

Cool down walk 22:42 minutes, 0.9 miles for 2.4 mph.

The warm up circuit took 12:54 minutes. I could feel the lack of energy even in the warm up walk and circuits. But I didn't feel bad enough to stop. the first 5 sets of swings felt pretty good, good enough that I went on and increased reps in second 5 sets. I thought I might be able to at least duplicate my last session but my lower back was feeling tight and I only got 50 reps total in the last 5 sets. Last time I got 65 reps in those final 5 sets. So that's 165 reps instead of the 180 I total I did last time. Oh well. Hopefully I'll do better next go round.

I complete my 5 sets of 1 rep per side of Turkish Get Ups. My triceps in particular were burning after two sets. Once I was done my core was super tight. I finished the kettlebell training in 32 minutes. So that means much lower intensity, few reps overall in more time. I knew I had done less work, not to this level of detail, but still I knew. So, I made sure I got in my cool down walk which was pretty slow, too. All I can say is I got it done.