Just tell me how much...

For those burning to compete in XARM.


http://strongergrip.com/Docs/newstuff.html

Hating Yourself as Much as the Weather?

I'm really back into this masochistic stuff lately. These types of training sessions are great because they're highly effective and short. If you're not puking after this one, you're not pushing yourself hard enough!

• 5 Water Ball Clean and Press
• 10 Power Overs (see 01:31 of this vid)
• 10 Burpees (see 02:25 of the same vid)
  
• 20 Medicine Ball Slams (see 02:12 of the same vid)
  

Repeat for 15 min. Rest between sets, not between stations. Try to limit your rest to no more than 30 sec.

Sh*t Sandwich Weather Workout

I tried this yesterday afternoon as the storm's shitfulness was at its peak. It's a pretty darn good strength and conditioning workout.

• Kettlebell Long Chain Clean & Press ladder up to 3 (1R, 1L, 2R, 2L, 3R, 3L)
  
• 5 dead-hang pull-ups (or substitute Renegade Rows or another pulling movement)
  
• 5 Deadlifts (or substitute Suitcase Deadlifts or behind-the-neck squats)
  

Repeat for 30min or a predetermined number of sets.

Select a weight that whips your ass, but that you can do safely for that amount of time / number of sets. Unfortunately, because I'm such a hulking behemouth (stop giggling), I didn't have the tools to go as heavy as I needed to. I used a 16-kg kettlebell (I need to finally get a bigger mamma-jamma), wore a 20# weight vest for the pull-ups, and did deadlifts with two 52.5# dumbells.

Bruce Lee - How Do Escape Armbar [sic]

Not the fanciest arm bar escape, but certainly the most instinctive and the one most Krav-like!



Here's Rickson Gracie to show you how to properly apply one, though:


As always, NEVER read the YouTube comments. My favorite xkcd perhaps said it best: Listen to Yourself.

Another KB blog with good workouts

Kettlebell Athletics

Recipe Showdown

Who's in to make the Bacon Explosion with me?

Kettlebell Routine

We are totally putting together a routine like this in the summer and we're going to film all of us doing it in a line!

Bacon is #1 in Awesoments

Oh yes--a table of elements of Awesomeness: Awesoments.

Check out #2 and #11! Oh, and #19!

Why didn't Al just Ezekial Choke Peg?

That guy on the right looks awfully familiar... Yes, that is indeed Ed O'Neill, who has been a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner for over 15 years under Rorion Gracie! Who'da thunk?

The journey to BJJ black belt is long and hard enough, but Rorion Gracie has, until fairly recently, been notoriously reluctant to promote Americans to black belt. Ed must be pretty badass.

XARM: OTT2?

This is, without a doubt, the most incredibly thing I've seen [this week].

If he's not too old to revive the Rocky and Rambo franchises, Sly is certainly HGH'd enough for an Over the Top sequel!

If you can't bear the awesomeness, just fast forward to 8:20.



Here's the original article.

Need New Exercises?

Here is a great website where many top trainers share their top 3 exercises. Some oldies, some newbies!

Favorite Exercises


From here, I found this website.

Don't worry, it's not just our class

Yes, sometimes Krav warm-ups look like this:

Finally united!

Why didn't I think of this sooner?

Let's stuff this f*cker with bacon!

The baconbell? Anyone care for some kettlecon? Not the most modestly priced receptacle, but certainly the most hardcore:


I think 150 lbs of bacon may have a greater volume than 150 lbs of sand, but I'm sure we could stuff a good 35 lbs in at least. Plus, if we nosh between snatches [PGL], it's a built-in strip set workout.

AOS Bulldog Beast

Bacon..the secret to living forever

Or at least to 114. Thank goodness I put Tivo in the bedroom, because I needed to rewind CNN this morning to make sure I wasn't just stuck in someone's crazy meatball dream. The replay confirmed they had indeed interviewed the new "oldest woman in the world" who credits her longevity with BACON ! Yes, you heard me, bacon. Surprisingly, she did not mention if they were wrapped around American cheese and Tater Tots. My new hero follows up this bacon bombshell by declaring "If it tastes good, I eat it." Wow. Words to live by. You go girl.



Here is the bacon touting article: Us News & World Report

In less delicious news, my snatch has taken a turn for the worse. I guess there's truth to if you don't use it, you lose it. I think we'll need a snatch refresher when this damn weather clears up.

Finally, here's a couple of random slashes for grammerkins P/Trick \\\ //// -M

Canadian KB Magazine

http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=11117