The week that was...

Now that the Aussies are back in a winning position in the Ashes, my life can return to normal!

Last week I set out some of my training goals for the next couple of months. This week I've been working out how to best tackle them. I mentioned last week that August would be a month of solid training in both Kettlebell Sport Lifting and Olympic Weightlifting. Well these two methods of training almost sit at the opposite ends of the training spectrum.

Weightlifting is about lifting a maximal weight once and Kettlebell Sport is about lifitng a sub-maximal weight lots of times. Can they be trained concurrently?- I think so. The problem with Kettlebell Sport lifting is that your sets can go continuously for 10mins at a time- in competition you have 10mins to Jerk and then another 10mins to Snatch. This can be not only physically tiring, but it can also be both physically and emotionally draining.

One of the ways I'm going to combat my dilemma is to use intervals for my Kettlebell Sport training, the idea here is that I shouldn't knacker myself out too much! For example I may break up all of my Jerk work into 20minutes of total work with 1minute of work and 1minute of recovery, over the course of weeks I will reduce my rest times until I am left with a single 10minute block of work. This is just one example I have a bunch of different variables to play around with in mind.

My overall session will look something like this 3-4times a week:
Olympic Lift: up to a single
Front Squat/ Over Head Squat: up to 5s or 3s
KB Jerk or Snatch: intervals or other sets
One Arm Jerks: 2min sets
Swings: 1min sets

It's all a bit of an experiment- I will be reporting in with my findings!!