Boise Kettlebell Lifting

Sponsored by Idaho Kettlebells. www.idahokettlebells.com (208) 412-6079

Brent Brown's Blog (188)

September 14th, 20111

Workout:

Rest day

Nutrition:

Water: 0.5 gallons

8:00a - Noon:

Two eggs, onions, peppers, olive oil

Five sausage links

2000iu…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 15, 2011 at 12:35am — No Comments

September 13th, 20111

Workout:

Six, four rung ladder of strict presses and two-handed swings
- All swings @ 28kg
- First rung of presses @ 24kg
- Other rungs of presses @ 20kg
- Extra minute rest between ladders
  - Took an extra minute (two minutes total) between ladder four and five…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 13, 2011 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

September 12th, 20111

Notes:

Butchered a pig, so you'll be seeing more pork products... home grown by my ten year old, not that I'm proud or anything... :)

Workout:

12 minutes of sprints. 30 seconds on, one minute walk
Wasn't nearly as bad as I had imagined. May have to do this more often. …

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 13, 2011 at 12:50am — 1 Comment

September 11th, 2011

Workout:

First TGU @ 20kg! Woot!
One minute each arm of long cycle press @ 16kg
- Two minute rest
One minute each arm of snatches @ 16kg
- Two minute rest
One minute each arm of push press @ 16kg
- Three minute rest

45 seconds each arm of long cycle press @ 16kg
- Two minute…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 11, 2011 at 11:25pm — 3 Comments

September 10th, 2011

Notes:

Sorry no log from yesterday. The floods in the east coast caused some chaos for us at work. Although nothing compared to the folks actually over there. :(

Was a pretty normal rest day. Only cheat to report was a couple Jack Daniels with diet cola. That, plus sleep deprivation, knocked me right out. :)

…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 10, 2011 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

Yesterday...

So... Had an emergency at work yesterday and ended up working from 9:00a -3:00a. But I still got my workout in!

Glad today is a rest day tho... :)

Added by Brent Brown on September 9, 2011 at 9:41am — 2 Comments

September 8th, 20111

Workout:

Four, four rung ladders of strict presses & two-handed swings
- Swings, ten reps @ 28kg
- First rung of presses @ 24kg
- Other rungs @ 20kg
- One minute rest between ladders

Nutrition:

Water: One gallon

…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 8, 2011 at 9:23pm — No Comments

September 7th, 20111

Workout:

20 minute circuit of wall pushups and swings
First set of swings, one minute of hand-to-hand @ 20kg
Second & third sets, one minute of one handed swings @ 20kg
Rest of swings, one handed @ 16kg

Nutrition:

Water: One…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 7, 2011 at 9:00pm — No Comments

September 6th, 20111

Workout:

Three, four rung ladders of strict presses and two-handed swings
- First rung of presses @ 24kg
- Presses for rest of rungs @ 20kg
- All swings @ 28kg

Nutrition:

Water: One gallon

…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 6, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

September 5th, 2011

Workout:

15 minutes man-makers, snatches & running to the end of the block and back
Snatches, 30 seconds each arm, about five second per snatch @ 16kg
Runs were not fast at all. I'm not build for speed. :-P

Nutrition:

Water: 0.5…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 5, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

September 4th, 2011

Workout:

Jim workout!
Circuit of counter push ups, kettlebell rows @ 24kg, two-handed swings @ 28kg
- Seven sets in 15 minutes
Practiced one handed swings
Practiced snatches

Nutrition:

Water: 0.5 gallons

…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 5, 2011 at 1:45am — No Comments

September 3rd, 2011

Workout:

Five minutes of TGU @ 16kg
20 minutes of two-handed swings @ 28kg
Five minutes of hand-to-hand swings @ 20kg - 28kg

Nutrition:

Water: 0.5 gallons

8:00a - Noon:

Homemade chicken…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 3, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

September 2nd, 20111

Workout:

Rest day

Nutrition:

Water: One gallon

8:00a - Noon:

Three Lipo6 black caps

Two eggs, onions, peppers, olive oil

One chicken habanero sausage

2000iu vitamin-D, 1000mg krill oil

Opti-Men multivitamin, 1500mg…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 2, 2011 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

September 1st, 20111

Notes:

LET'S ROCK SEPTEMBER!!!!!!

Workout:

Four, four rung ladders of two-handed swings and strict presses
- Swings @ 28kg
- Presses @…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 1, 2011 at 9:00pm — No Comments

August 31st, 2011

Notes:

First time running in a while. Way less painful now. :)
My wife read Everyday Paleo. Lots of new items on the menu! :-D
Ok.. The Lipo6 black caps are significantly more potent than the standard caps... Zing!

…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on August 31, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

August 30th, 2011

Notes:

The fourth rung really ups the intensity :-0
Doh! On the last rung of the last set I remembered that Jim told me to take an extra minute rest between ladders! I'll be remembering that on Thursday... :)

Workout:

Three, four rung ladders of two-handed swings & strict presses
- Swings @…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on August 30, 2011 at 8:17pm — No Comments

August 29th, 2011

Workout:

1x2 (each side) of TGU @ 16kg
10x5 of goblet squats @ 16kg
7x5 of snatches @ 16kg
1x10 hand-to-hand swings @ 16kg
4x10 hand-to-hand swings @ 20kg

Nutrition:

Water: 0.5 gallons

8:00a -…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on August 29, 2011 at 9:00pm — 13 Comments

A Performance-Based Comparison of Kettlebell Methods By Steve Cotter

Good article! :)

PDF:

http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/59_07_Cotter_Kettlebell_Methods.pdf

Video:…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on August 29, 2011 at 2:44pm — 2 Comments

August 28th, 2011

Workout:

Five minutes of TGU @ 16kg
Two, four rung ladders of two handed swings and strict presses
- Swings 10 reps @ 24kg
- Presses @ 20kg
A bunch of learning about snatches under Jim's expert tutelage

Nutrition:

Water: 0.5 gallons

…

Continue

Added by Brent Brown on August 28, 2011 at 11:13pm — No Comments