New Orleans Kettlebell Competition

Cypress Fitness will be hosting their 2nd annual New Orleans Kettlebell Sport Championships on July 26th, 2014, at 9am. Contact me, or the gym for details, if you're interested in attending as a spectator, or to compete.
This event will be sponsored/regulated by Ken Blackburn with the IKFF.

IKFF Worlds

Sensible Being: The Hindu Pushup

I ran accross this and thought it was worth posting. It's a very impressive performance of Hindu Push Ups, by Laren Umphlett. This is how they were meant to be done, for very high reps. Click the grey link below, read the post, and watch the first video. Enjoy!
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Sensible Being: The Hindu Pushup: The Hindu Pushup, known in India as "Dand", is a very misunderstood exercise. In fact, I searched the internet for a video of a good example...

Sunday Workout at The Fly

At The Fly w/Brandon; a beautiful day on the river!

JM Warm Up, with lite sprints

Complex:

Hindu Push Ups x 10

OAJ w/26kg x 10 R/L

Goblet Squat x 10

Sprint 45 yds

*1 st 3 rounds; OAJ w/26kg, G/S with 18kg

*4th & 5th rounds; G/S with 26kg

 
 

Swing / F-Walk Complex:

1H Swing w/26kg x 25R, F-Walk x 45 yds

Switch hands

1H Swing w/26kg x 25L, F-Walk x 45 yds

Rest

2nd round = 20/20

3rd round = 15/15

4th round = 10/10

5th round = 5/5

*great combo!

A group pic of our recent IKFF Kettlebell Cert at Cypress Fitness, 5-22-12.

Back Row: Brandon, Katie-Ann, Kelly, Jo.
Front: Brandon, Shamus, Brian, Claude, Ken, David, Danny.

Practice & Workout

Practice:
2-22kg DJK Practice 2 x 5
22kg Snatch practice 5 R/L x 2
22kg Swing Practice 10 R/L


Workout:
24kg Swings: 200 Alt. (100 R/L)
Trying to get my hands back in shape; it's a little slow, but I'm making progress.

Well, I'm IKFF Certified, but I still have a lot of work to do! The course was very intensive, and challenging! Thanks to Ken & Claude for the excellent instruction!