Resting HeartRate – Overall Fitness Indicator?

I’ve been doing some research lately on resting heart rates and how that relates to overall fitness.  What I’ve found is that just like most things out there, the camp is divided.  Some believe that it is a very good, maybe even the best indicator of overall fitness.  Some believe that while it is useful, [...]

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When is it time to get a bigger kettlebell?

This is a question that is often asked on the Dragon Door forums. Lots of people will weigh in with their suggestions, mainly revolving around already being able to hit certain goals with the KBs already in one’s possession. The impetus for moving to a bigger kettlebell is to give the muscles more work to [...]

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Month 1, June 2009: Rebuild the Base

This is the plan Clif and I came up with for June. We wanted to focus on some of the basics to get back in the proper form, and start off a little easy. Click the image to see it full-size.
Kettlebell Plan for June

 June had two days per week where we did the clean and press, and swings. We tried to mix it up a little with intensity levels and volume. There was one long run day per week, and two days of SFP2.0.

For those of you who have never heard of it, SFP2.0 is the “stubborn fat protocol” and we learned about it on the Dragon Door forum. It takes Kenneth Jay’s Viking Warrior Conditioning (VWC) 15:15 protocol, adds a run, then finishes with some swings. Let me explain in more detail:

Start the workout by doing 10 minutes of snatches, 15 seconds with the left hand, 15 seconds rest, 15 seconds with the right hand, 15 seconds rest. That’s one “set” or one minute. Do that ten times. Then go for a 30 minute run, at your own pace. Upon your return, perform five minutes of two-handed swings. I was doing 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for five minutes. It’s one of my favorite workouts.

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