"Reverse Rest" and an answer to a question about progressive workouts :)
Today's workout is something that I've played around with before, but I've never posted a demonstration of it. It's what I'm calling "Reverse Rest"! My usual way of designing progressive work sets is...
View ArticleSet Up, Set Down, and more lessons about not being in a rush
For the last few weeks or so I've been practicing a more solid start and stop to my swing set up...and making my students do the same! It's been an interesting experiment! I don't like saying...
View ArticleMarathon Swings Tuesday :) 20 Rep Swing Progressions as a Jumping Off Point
As I mentioned last week, my focus for Tuesday morning swing training is longer sets, up to and sometimes over 100 reps. 100 reps takes 2.5 min and in my own personal practice once I exceed a 1 min,...
View ArticleNew Year "One Bell Challenge", long sets, dropped weight sets, and more :)
Gosh darn it! I hate it when I snatch a minute longer than I'm supposed to! It's probably because for some reason my entire body rotated to the left, away from the clock so I couldn't see it! The...
View ArticleSome Blasts from the Past - "I will be better, stronger and more fit at the...
I once had someone say to me, "It must be nice to not have 'lose weight and get in shape' as one of your New Year resolutions!" I had never thought about it because it wasn't something I needed to...
View Article20:16 NYE 2015 Round #1, 16kg Snatch 372 reps
New Years Eve 2016 resultsRound #1, 16kg snatches 372 reps10 minutes continuous, 20 rpm + 9 = 20953 sec rest10 R, 10 L, 10 R, 10 L34 sec rst10 R, 10 L, 10 R, 10 L, 5 R, 5 L, 5 R, 5 L = 6035 sec rest10,...
View ArticleNYE 20:16 Round #2, Swings, and Tuesday endurance workout 1-2-3
Gosh, it seems as if this was forever ago! Probably because I took a little trip last week to see my bestie Fawn in St Paul and then off to Milwaukee to snowshoe with Diana (and The Fonz!). It's...
View ArticleIt's Been Great! Let's Continue the Fun!
Hello All :) You can find me and my workouts here, on my website and blog:SwingLean
View ArticleWhat does "Accountability" mean to you?
I know what accountability means, and I get it, it's fine, but why does it not always feel right to me? I admit that sometimes it helps, it motivates, it can even be fun! Let me just get right to the...
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