Please Let It Rain

I didn't want to train today. Looked out the window and saw storm clouds gathering. I train outside in my carport, when there is a heavy thunderstorm the concrete is often too slick for safe footing. I hoped for heavy rain all the way home. Alas, it didn't happen. Changed to workout clothes and procrastinated a bit, still hoping for rain. No dice. Got to work.

Original Strength Reset

• Cross Crawl - 20 per side
• Crocodile Breathing - 2 minutes
• Head Nods - 20 reps
• Rolling - 4 reps left and right first leading w/ arms then legs
• Rocking - 50 reps
• Crawling - 3 minutes
• 2 "Naked" Getups per side

I think I'm going to move the cross crawls to the end of my os reset. Swings were good. I felt myself getting a little tired, losing a bit of power in set 6. I had to focus and get myself in a groove to finish the final four sets strong. It was tough but not as tough as yesterday.

Tomorrow calls for 150 reps. I think I'll split things up and do at least 50 swings before I go to work then get 100 after work. Good night!

300 Swings Ramp Up Day Three

Still ramping up to the full 300 kettlebell swings a day. Warmed up with an Original Strength Reset.

Original Strength Reset

• Cross Crawl - 20 per side 
• Crocodile Breathing - 2 minutes
• Head Nods - 20 reps
• Rolling - 4 reps left and right first leading w/ arms then legs
• Rocking - 50 reps
• Crawling - 3 minutes
• 2 "Naked" Getups per side

The warm up took 15:30. The real work was 10 two hand swings every minute on the minute (EMOM) for 10 minutes. Total of 100 swings with the 20kg (44lb) kettlebell. I started getting winded around set 7 or 8. Evidence of how de-trained I am. Both sets 9 and 10 took longer than the usual 15 seconds to get 10 swings and I started them a few seconds after the top of the minute. So the 10 sets, including rest, took 10:16.

I've Been Sick for Three Weeks

I've had a terrible cough for three weeks. I've had two rounds of antibiotics. I'm still not well though not coughing as much. I decided to jump into Pat Flynn's #300SwingsADay Challenge. Since I'm still a little sickly and haven't been practicing my kettlebells for months I decided to start out with the ramp up program yesterday. I didn't do any warm up or any other exercise. I just got home from work, took my stuff inside then headed right back outside and got my 50 swings done.

Today I started out with an Original Strength reset then got on with the swings.

Original Strength Reset

• Cross Crawl - 20 per side 
• Crocodile Breathing - 2 minutes
• Head Nods - 20 reps
• Rolling - 4 reps left and right first leading w/ arms then legs
• Rocking - 50 reps
• Crawling - 3 minutes
• 2 "Naked" Getups per side

Both days I did the swings in EMOM fashion. Only took 5 minutes. The OS Reset took 17:53 today.