WKC Worlds Will Snatch set 75/75 28kg

Chicago WKC worlds Jerks

Scott Tighe Master Of Sport Snatch Set!

Don't get mentally irregular!!

Despite doing all the correct things building up to an important competition, it is very easy to submarine yourself in the days leading up to your big day... It is normal to be nervous, in fact being nervous means you are ready! Not being nervous means that you don't care how you do... 

The week before you compete, make sure to reduce your workloads and enjoy your sets! Remember why that you started lifting Kettlebells in the first place... because you love it... Operating from this position will help remove a lot of the crazy pressure we can put on ourselves to hit certain numbers! I am not saying forget your goals, just stay relaxed, relaxed is loose, loose is fast and speed is strength!!! 

Trust your training, trust your plan, trust yourself! I have had some of the best results when the week before I was completely useless, feeling weak,  breathing off, hand position was off, rubber legs for no reason, catch is off during my snatch.... all sorts of silly stuff has happened to me... do not allow last minute sessions that suck define you as a lifter... they do not mean anything! Gotta rise above this nonsense and know that on game day you will be on! Stay relaxed and most importantly...have fun! 

World Kettlebell Club World Championships next week!

Next Saturday is a big deal for Kettlebell lifting in the United States! The WKC has the toughest rules and highest standards of any Kettlebell organization in the World! Doing well at this event is a big deal!! Good luck to all competitors!! I will be competing in the 28kg divison, the WKC is the only organization to have competitions with this size bell! 

I have enormous respect for any person that shows up to this event... Not many people are willing to put themselves out there to get chin checked publicly!! 

The Russian cup on kettlebell lifting 2011 Long cycle WK 63 kg .MP4

Ya know who I really like?

Once in while I train at my friend gym in my old hometown. Usually, I can only get there on a saturday. There is a core group of lifters that has been training together for at least 25 years! These guys squat every saturday! They have been doing this for a very long time... I was there a couple of weeks ago and it made me think.
I love people that stick to stuff! I do not care what it is either... Some people play tennis, some people go fly fishing, some people do crosswords, it does not matter what the "thing" is. For whatever reason, I find myself really liking the fact that not everyone is out looking for the next cool thing... Some people actually stick to things... These are my people!

10/17 +18 training

Monday...
feeling stiff from saturday!!
28kg snatch 6 min 15 rpms
concept 2 rower 10 minutes cool down...

Tues
rowed 2500 meters warm up like 12 minutes
2x20 jerk 3 min 12,12,12
2 min rest
2x24 jerks 3 min 12,12,12
2 min rest
2x26 jerk 3 min 11,10,11
2 min ret
2x28 jerk 3 min 9,9,9   toast!

16kg swings 30/30
20 kg swings 30/30
24kg swings 30/30
26kg swings 30/30
no rest... good time!

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World championship 2011 Ksenia Dedyukhina snatch 24 kg KB 143 reps.MP4

10/15 training

I trained with Scott Tighe today...
Not sure how many sets of jerks we did but it was a lot
We took plenty of time between sets and worked on improving technique...
The sets were 2 minutes long and we started with the 20kgs and then the 24kgs then the 28kgs...
After that we did some 20kgs snatches with some swings mixed in.. Then some straight swings, then some fast paced OAJs... This whole session took almost 3 hours...
I shaking afterward!! I am writing this on Sunday am... I am
Feeling the love today!

11/10-11/13 training

Tuesday..
I have not touched the 28kgs in a while...
here goes...
28kg snatch 6 min 12 rpms    (Tough)
5 min rest
20kg snatch 6 minutes 16 rpms

wens- no bells

Thursday
16kg oaj 20/20
20kg oaj 15/15
24kg oaj 15/15
2x28 jerks 10,9,10,9,10
5 min rest
2x28 jerk 10,9,12
3 min rest
2x24 jerk 9,10,13

Will Metcalf 2x24jerks 115 reps Beast of the East

10/10/11 training

Monday
16kg oaj 10/10-10/10
20kg oaj 10/10-10/10
2x20 1 min 16 rep
2x28 jerks 5 min 9 rpms  felt good but hard..
5 min rest
2x24 jerks 3 min 10 rpms
2 min rest
2x20 jerk 3 min 12 rpms
that is it..

WIll Metcalf 24kg snatch set 90/90 Beast of the East

Scott Tighe Beast of the East Snatch set

Beast of the East Report

This was IKFF meet put on by Adam Farrah. It was part of a big Crossift event at Durham fairgrounds... I am thinking that there was about 4 to 500 crossfitter competing in some sort of like Mini Crossfit games... Lot of people, lot of crazy outfits and high socks!! 

Anyway, we were lifting on an outside platform with some kind of quonset hut type covering roof system thing... It was pretty cool set up actually! we would have been in trouble if it rain though I think!!  Well, it was a beautiful day for any ind of outside event! 

This was a small meet with about 16 lifters or so... a few first timers, and some seasoned people. Adam did a good job organizing us to start at about noontime... He asked me to go over the rules and I was happy to help! I was there with some people that I coach, William Metcalf made his return to the platform after having serious Brain surgery a couple months ago... He lifted the 24kg bells and he did 115 jerks and 90/90 snatches pretty easily! Melissa Metcalf also returned to the platform after some time off after having some forearm trouble last year... She lifted the 12kg bell and did 70/70 jerks and 68/80 snatches... Scott Tighe lifted the 32kg bells and did 56 jerks and 42/50 snatches.. I lifted the 24kg bells and did 70 jerks and 60/60 snatches. Joe Egan lifted the 20kg bells.. he did 60 jerks and 110 snatches... This was a warm up for Chicago for our team and it was successful as everyone did well and didn't not get hurt! 

I always love to meet first time lifters! I really feel if you want to help this sport grow, nothing is betteer than getting out on the platform every time you can! Meet the new people and encourage them! I do not understand people who want the sport to grow but do not go out and support the events... But what do I know!!

That is about it for now... Time to get serious about the 28kg bells now!! 

Vasily Ginko, Vitalii Andriiash Long Cycle IUKL meet NY

IUKL World Championships NY 2011

Ilya Tashlanov jerk 32kg kettlebells 5 min -89 reps.MP4.MP4

10/3/11 monday training

2x24 jerks 12,14,12,12,12,12,15

24kg swings 50/50

20kg swings 50/50

Denis Gafarov IUKL World Champion 9/17/11

Aleksander Khvostov IUKL Snatch set

Do something... even if it is wrong!!

Since I changed my working schedule, I have a had a very hard time doing anything consistent.. This is not because I do not want to train, or because I don't have any events coming up soon... I do on both counts.. My problem with hammering out a new time for training is... I think about how it is going to or how it should look... While Im figuring and planning... Days go by...days turn into weeks and weeks turn into a month... Thats right, I have been half assing it for a month now!! Today, I came face to face with the fact that I have been completely full of shit on this whole.. "figuring it out thing"... I needed to do something with a kettlebell... anything..

Here is what happened,

10/1/11

24kg One arm long cycle 6 minutes switch on the minute 10 rpms

2 min break

24kg One arm jerk 6 minutes one switch 18 rpms   this was no joke!!

3 min rest

24kg one arm cleans 6 minutes one switch 20 rpms   again... hard

Great Workout! Going that fast on jerks and cleans is very challenging!