We haven't been posting very frequently over the last few months (sorry!), but we have at least been consistent with our own fitness. We have been doing, on average, four workouts a week, as well as some swimming, yoga, and long walks with our dog.
We have also started training for the Strongfirst kettlebell instructor certification (http://www.strongfirst.com/kettlebell-instructor-certification-sfgi/), which is a challenging 3-day course. There are strict requirements for your fitness level, technique, and coaching ability. Attitude and 'grit' is also important, since it is essentially a 3-day-long workout, with the testing performed on the final day.
We're excited about this certification (as well as a bit nervous!) - it's been good to have something to train for. It has really helped focus our training, as we have put extra emphasis on particular exercises and technique. One of the new things that we have done lately is focus on double kettlebell training. This has been a great addition to our fitness repertoire, as exercises like double swings, clean and presses, and double kettlebell squats have been fun to work on. They're also quite challenging and have helped us gain strength, power, and conditioning.
We are still doing single kettlebell work (e.g. snatches), as well as regular exercises (e.g. pullups) in our workouts. In a recent upper body-focused workout, Alex combined sets of double (24kg) kettlebell clean and presses, with sets of weighted (32kg) pullups. We have included two short demonstration videos below, to show how this workout is performed.
Demonstration 1: Double kettlebell (24kg) clean and presses
Demonstration 2: Weighted (32kg) pullups
This was a fun upper body workout. By doing the clean and presses first, Alex found the pullups to be much more challenging (as he normally does those first in a superset). It was a quick workout, completed in under half an hour.
Best of luck to everyone in their workouts and in pursuing their fitness goals!
- Tannys & Alex
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