S&S/ROP Hybrid Kettlebell Program; Six Week Assessment

After this last competition, I began an Easy Strength version of the Rite of Passage. I train kettlebell swings, presses, and loaded carries. Fit into the rest periods are the correctives needed for my gaps, such as patterning, grinding, and doing the swing pattern, relearning tightness with a push-up plank. I even found room to …

Climbing the ROP Ladders Again; Six Week Self-Assessment

  Eight weeks into press ladders, six since the last assessment, its time to see where I am now. Sixty one-handed swings after I realized I should to push it a little to get into the five-minute window needed to progress. Get-Ups, same reps, more weight now with four sets done with the 44lb kettlebell …

Simple and Sinister, How I’ve Missed You

Over the past 6 weeks, I literally had been counting the days until I could begin Simple and Sinister again, with a certain variation, after I completed the boringly effective 40-Day Workout. I can say without looking at any measurements that as far as aesthetics go I am happy where I am. I look, feel, …

What Happened 25 Days Into The 40 Day Workout

At the time of this posting I'm over halfway through the 40 Day Workout, and for a recap... During the time, I read Easy Strength by Pavel and Dan John and was intrigued by the 40 Day Workout outlined in there. Five movements, same amount of reps broke up as you wish, lifting 85% of …