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I never anticipated that KB work would improve pull ups. Well... i anticipated :)) Pavel, fwiw, said that with KB presses, if you actively pull the bell down with the lat, that this would improve pullups. What were your starting pullup numbers? How long did you focus on KB sport? What lifts did you...

So by pulling you are referring to pull ups and such? I never anticipated that KB work would improve pull ups. It's just a completely different movement pattern. Deadlifts, depending on your strength and type of pull might be a different thing. Meaning KB work could certainly help deadlifts. I don't...

Are you sure about that? What led you to this conclusion?

By the way, kettlebells accompanied all my childhood and youth. Every gym at every school had them, they were always in the corner somewhere in every place that had some sort of training. Usually 32, I saw 24 and 16 kg only in the early 80-s. Main exercises were not GS related - GS was formally set...

I think you are saying something different though.....maybe even backwards? As is well known on this forum this is not unusual when I am involved in a conversation. But let me illustrate something. One guy on SF asks about his snatch form. Someone replies - too much squat, so that the lift is turne...

But if that's true, how is it not the case that more weight, more reps, more volume doesn't accomplish those ends better? Maybe V.F. can't strict press a 32 kg bell for 911 reps, but I would be willing to be that he can strict press one more times than any HS instructor anywhere. 1. Because more we...

This is one of the counter intuitive things.......you do not have to squeeze tight to hold more weight than you can deadlift. Look at it this way....have him go to a rack and put the pins at mid thigh or higher. Have him put 225kg on the bar. Can he lift and lock out? Yes. Did he need to squeeze the...

Relax. I'm enjoying the discussion and not trolling, so take it in a positive light. Fighting is what we do here, newguy. More weight is more weight, more reps are more reps, more volume is more volume. - Patently untrue and it makes me question if you have ever attempted to build muscle or might. ...

Who are these GS guys doing non GS things with KBs that no one else can approach? And who are the no one elses? Is an elite GS athlete really going to put up more double 48 kg strict presses than an olympic lifter? Do we really know this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6id6prrJohw But even more......

Well.......not to jump into another kettlebell war and I don't particularly care....... but you cannot state that there is a "fixed" form for kettlebell work...... Form and function. What are you trying to achieve? Your form will follow..... What does it matter one rep versus 100? A lot. A person a...

I am never wrong when I'm right. There is nothing you can do with a kettlebell that GSers can't do better. Juggling, body re-composition, etc. It's not all relative. That's why a guy who has excelled at GS can do non-GS things with a KB that no one else can approach. Who are these GS guys doing non...

Take that gay shit to StrongFirst. GS guys are better at everything kettlebell related, period. It's not even a comparison. Sure. If your sole measure of everything kettlebell related is max reps in 10 minutes.....I however am a freethinking individual and do not have to define the ball with the ha...

Take that gay shit to StrongFirst. GS guys are better at everything kettlebell related, period. It's not even a comparison. Sure. If your sole measure of everything kettlebell related is max reps in 10 minutes.....I however am a freethinking individual and do not have to define the ball with the ha...

Well, to be fair RKC was preaching Hard Style. The idea of which I personally dislike as well. A lift is a lift, and it doesn't matter if you do it for 100 reps or one. GS snatch, for example, is fluid and elegant, so why would you try do it some other way? Below is Khvostov snatching 24 kg, fuckin...

Was there a crutch? Meaning he had a van in front of him so he could draft....it was downhill......anything like that?

The physical activity component seems to be misleading. I "exercise" more than my grandfather did. My grandfather was far more physically active. I think that if you replace 5 to 8 hours of moving, of building, of cleaning, etc. with 1 hour of exercise the net result will be a decrease in calories u...

I don't know that insulin is necessarily the issue. But I absolutely agree that modern life makes calorie control insanely difficult for some people. And it is clear that some bodies have an easier time with this than others. Counting calories is one way. But if you do not have standardized cooking ...

Are there any well researched benefits to a ketogenic, actual blood markers that have moved in a positive direction, disease reversal, etc? I know tons of people are having good results with weight loss with the diet, but is that simply due to it being a diets that eliminates most people's trigger ...

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Is there rest between exercises?
Between circuits?

"You know...I did this last year. I essentially did a meat only diet during most of the week most weeks. This was solely for personal not diet reasons. I was in a real low point and just buying some 80/20 ground beef from target and cooking it with cheese and some onion for taste was easy. I leaned...

What kind of martial arts? It makes sense. Repeated explosive power efforts..... Judo and Muay Thai, mostly. I can see both of those being really difficult on a serious low carb keto diet. Any significant cardio-esque effort is hard. At least for me. Yesterday I was at the gym and I hadn't had a ca...

When it comes to meat only/keto low carb diets and exercise. For me - Low level cardio (think 120-130 beats per minute) doable, but tough. I will get winded and tired on the elliptical. Jogging for any distance is hard. Running for distance is impossible. Maybe it takes longer adaptation times, I d...

What kind of martial arts?

It makes sense. Repeated explosive power efforts.....

When it comes to meat only/keto low carb diets and exercise. For me - Low level cardio (think 120-130 beats per minute) doable, but tough. I will get winded and tired on the elliptical. Jogging for any distance is hard. Running for distance is impossible. Maybe it takes longer adaptation times, I do...

I haven't bought any training material in a long time, besides Furman's AoW, but I might pick this up. I wouldn't. This book is complete bullshit. 1st - I've got not problem with the idea that "sprint" training of some form is a good idea. I think it's a great idea actually. 2d - I've got no proble...