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I started kettlebell training when I was 50 , and thought it was amazing, I am still doing swings, snatches, cleans to this day ! I'll turn 71 this June.
You are amazing and an inspiration👍💪🏼
Nice! Very impressed!
That’s awesome!
Very specifically inspiring as I am taking on a renewed fitness adventure as *I* turn 50 this year!
That is impressive.
I never get tired of the way Mark lays it out for us. No debate, no waffling, no questions. This is The Way. So good.
This is the way
"A lot of modern training is about looking cool, not about being cool." 🔥
Then he cuts to a bunch of hipsters doing choreographed stick fighting with him in public. Lol.
Yeah, I get your point. I've never understood the "coolness aspect" of that either. @@Smellslikegelfling
Brilliant comment
Sad but true. Health and strength first!
The all kettlebell focused training, is about putting looking cool first.
I’m 70 and I workout 5 days a week and I always do 100 kettlebell swings (4x25 or 5x20 depending on the kg’s) along with a number of kettlebell exercises. Also, I was taught to open the hand at the top of the press and snatch. It helps keep the wrist straight and relieves the stress on the wrist.
Nice advice
Thank you for sharing
METRIC SYSTEM MASTER RAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYCE
Much respect sir
This is awesome! I’m 65, and I don’t know how many times I’ve tried to incorporate kettle bells, and ended up getting hurt. This is the best laid out plan of progression for function I’ve ever seen. Thank You
As someone that has used Mark's programs to get into the best shape I've been in 10+ years - remember weight loss is accomplished in the kitchen, and one of the easiest ways to get (extra) exercise in (and easiest to micro-load) is start by parking a little further from the entrance every time, then start getting somewhere early and walking around a little bit more every time, then do some stairs or hills, etc. If you increased your steps by 10 a day, you'd have added over a mile a day by the end of the year.
salute! 💪
Good advice. It's like stealth mini workouts... it's compound interest that builds over time.
I like that idea of getting somewhere early for a walk. That'd probably help my punctuality significantly.
@@utubepunkRed Delta Project suggests micro workouts. He talks about it a lot.
@@lymphomasurvive Who? What? Lol
I recently joined a gym. They insisted I meet with a trainer and discuss goals. They were speechless when I said my goal was to be VERTCAL. I had just finished 3 years of cancer treatments and was HORIZONTAL most of the time. I need a plan that rebuilds my body without the fast and outrageous goals. 👍🥳🤗
good video. I will be 77 next month. I do 60# swings 3x25 3 days a week. Also pushups, curls, squats and farmer walk. I have been doing the routine 3 days a week for years. I do cardio on off days. It allows me, at my age, to do active vacations and just be mobile and ready for anything. I would recommend some steady program as you move through your 50's, 60's and 70's. Remember the song "Don't Let The Old Man In".
Doing that kind of routine builds, and feeds the musculature and the nervous system of the body. It prevents what is called sarcopenia. i.e. muscle wasting, or atrophy. Just see all the old codgers in the homes that live on shit, and do nothing all day.
Your routine is excellent. I hope you are woofing some good protein and plenty of carbs also.
Think about getting into pullups, and chins.
I probably sound a bit dramatic, but at 75, I'm always glad to hear of other guys who w/o and look after themselves...no-one else will!
More strength to you.
@@sunriseboy4837 I am in my forties. Do you have any advice for me?
@@ElhabriBilal Yeah...get busy!
Wow, thanks!
I was told by a gym coach when I was 16 "you don't play sport to get fit, you get fit to play sport" that has stuck with me ever since. My work is quite physical, so I replicate the way I work at the gym i.e 30 second intervals, move around (keep heart rate up) and repeat. Then stretching/yoga to finish. Im 42, lean and outperform most guys in their 20s I work with. As a professional, gym and kettle work supplements my career, helps me avoid injury and keeps me working longer with better output. I see so many at the gym doing 6 reps then taking a 5 minute break inbetween, and have often thought, what real life situation does that replicate. Also people are so quick to up the weight but mastering a weight, speed changes, additional rotations, changing angles is a great way to mix things up imo. Great video thanks
I love your focus on fitness as a supplement to life and not the other way around.
This is the best exercise channel. It instructs me at 62 how to train rigorously w/o getting injured. I prefer KB training to my teen days of Olympic Weightlifting.
My new training goal is get in good enough shape to be able to manage 2 minutes of CPR compressions without those 2 minutes feeling like 1000 minutes
@KateSemple Hear! Hear! I feel your pain...
After watching your videos for a few months with increasing intrigue as I continued my usual calisthenics and mainstream gym stuff, I finally tried lateral training with side to side swings, low to high and one arm club. I'm deconditioned but in the opposite direction of overweight; though I have had periods of enthusiastic training in my life (I'm 37), I've recently spent years on the couch and withered away until I was pretty miserable hobbling round the house. This long story is just for me to say, I've never performed any exercise that changed my life as immediately and dramatically as training rotation. I'd already been training again for a few months, but that movement melted the lock in my neck and shoulders, re-educated/re-connected my back and glute muscles, and got all my body firing and communicating as one team in a way that all my previous diverse and educated training had never touched. 3 years ago I was telling people I was getting arthritis in my left knee cos it was crunching and sensitive; those swings healed my left knee and hip in the first few days, as it exposed the profound weakness of my left side and began correcting it. I'm calling it the Jesus exercise cos in 3 days it brought me back to life and made a cripple walk freely again. Now when I hear you talk about how fundamental and essential these movements are for humans, I think you might be on to something 😉Thanks Mark, you're doing important work well
Forgive me, What exactly was the Jesus move and was it with Kettlebell or Club?
Training rotation, I believe. Gonna have to look that one up. Sounds amazing
@@crayzmarc The low to high heavy club move, mostly. Both sides then side to side swing. You can do it with kettlebell as long as you're super mindful. It should feel like walking, in the sense that the swings are powered by alternating leg drive, with feet planted. It will expose any imbalance or sedantary muscle, as the full body is required to do it smoothly. It should feel like constant equilibrium in motion the whole time, each swing feeling like a wave of tension from the foot, up the back and out to the hands like a cascade of dominos
@@erenjaegerbomb8653 thank you. I've got an Adex arc so can use that.
@@erenjaegerbomb8653 ruclips.net/video/_Yd8I7U44mw/видео.htmlsi=e8PI2ydjAHCz3txP thank you. This one right? Single arm. You should make one of Mark's seminars if you haven't already.
One of the best video about the whole strategy of building your body with kettlebells. God bless that I have started training. Kettlebells give me much more joy than any other fitness equipment.
I’m a week into the deconditioned program and loving it
I love the idea of breaking complex movements into sub-parts and actually drilling them. I'm enjoying the club rehab program in TOI and doing these seemingly simple movements over and over. It feels great!
What is TOI?
@@johnlocke_1 TOI is Mark's "Training for Overweight Individuals" exercise program.
That's a great point, it's all about feeling good not just looking good. So many bodybuilders look amazing but are unfit and unprepared for life in general. I won't go back to bodybuilding now because kettlebells give me all I need in half the time. Also they give me plenty of cardio too.
I have always said this about bros who point out having a 6-pack: just because you have them doesn't mean they're functional. Any actor can tell you the best definition comes from being starved and dehydrated and those actors aren't doing their own stunts.
I am currently trying to work up to 15 minute swings since I canceled my gym membership (for various reasons.) After seeing a lady do those on her balcony in a short, I knew I had to get back into kettlebells. I took a college class back when I was twenty but I never had a gym since that had them. Maybe it's because they are too convenient.
Super interesting take. Cause of this channel I ordered my first Kettlebell and am about to start the "journey"
Greetings from Germany
What weight did you start with?
NICE. Don't forget to join the Discod, Seb!
Me, as well. Hello from München.
@@davidlynch9049 You too!
@@noway7555what discord ? Can you send me the Channel ? 👀
I watched this video a few months back and was impressed by the functional and productive lifestyle aspect of the approach. I like the way Mark broke everything down into stages and explained their purpose. I just recently watched a newer video where he puts the stages of his program up on a whiteboard in a flow chart and explains the same concepts with a little more detail. The two videos together are a great compliment and really have me excited to start on my kettlebell journey.
For us who can’t afford to subscribe in a program yet, this video is tremendously generous. Thank you Mark, I learned how to strategize my KB workout at a beginner level. More power to you!
Thanks!
🙏thank you
I just started the beginner 3 exercises tonight. This is a perfect starter program for me as I’m over weight. As you’ve said, a larger person is not going to be able to lift there full body weight. These simple exercises with a little additional weight really does work your muscles well. Thank you!
Just purchased 2 Kettlebells each one a deferent wt. As a runner, I want to improve over all strength of my hips and core. December I have a Trail 50 miler, with 10,000 ft of elevation gain. Let’s go KettleBell leg strength and core is essential 🤙🏽 Thanks for your content
Good luck on your trail run. The faster you finish the faster you can rest and recover.
I saw some video from 2020. You got bigger pecs, shoulders and arms over the last years.
So i / we will also do, by following your programms. Thanks mark.
I was just thinking the same thing, haven’t seen this guy in years, he got a lot bigger
Thank you! I started with a club (mace bell) after finding you; I love it and now am going to head back to a bell. It’s been many years but I have been conditioning myself to get back at it after too many years of elbow issues. It’s so sad to hear that the human body has digressed so far over the years. We HAVE to get ourselves strong or we will die way too early. Thanks again for what you do, I am looking forward to training with you.
You sir, are the opposite of X-fit. Your guidelines are safe, effective, progressive. Very rare among kettlebell instructors.
Found you during Covid and continue KB. Amazing improvement in core fitness-back pain is gone. Thanks Mark
Oh snap, this channel!! Used to follow this channel all the time during pandemic and then lost it. Nice that it’s popped back
Love this approach! It's what kettlebell training is all about!
Great video! I’m pretty strong generally because I grew up on a farm and still help out. I love the quiet femininity I feel doing yoga, but want to add in kettlebells as I enter my late 30s. This is the best video I’ve seen about progressing over time. Thanks!
The fabricator! Definitely someone who would be fun to hang out with! Absolutely digging the ClubBell program. Lots of great instruction and a road map that will last for years with the Wildman Club. I am doing it 2 days a week with KB's swings hand to hand using Pavel's method 2 days a week as well. Swimming 3-5 days a week for about 45 minutes in the ocean. The most important thing to me is that I have been able to train without injury following the programs! And at almost 75 years of age that is important to me. I am thinking about the TGU' program because I am definitely a puss with that one. The Club bell program addresses it at some level. But, TGU I think is the missing link. Hopefully swinging bells until the last days on the Water Planet. Thanks Mark, for absolutely top shelf instruction!
I am in my forties. Do you have any advice for me?
I prefer club bells if I only had one to choose from. But I have both. Start with one of Mark’s programs and use his amazing instructions on RUclips. And hopefully when you reach my age you will be still swinging
Bought an 18kg adjustable kettlebell a few years ago
Never really got into it
This past year I’ve got 2x16kg, 1x20kg and 1x32kg
In the process of getting another 20kg and a 24kg kettlebell
At 55 it’s opened my eyes with how versatile kettlebell training can be thanks to your videos👍🏼
@markwildman "Stand up, to get up" perfect punchline.
Please take care of yourself Mark! Love your content and am very excited for all of your content to come. Have availed some of your programs and loved all of it. I even do the free stuff in your YT playlists! Keep up the good work and hopefully you help more people! All the best! 💯❤️
Damn this is incredibly well articulated and logical. How refreshing dude.
Thank you
You are such a G, Mark. Love you, coach.
You‘ve gotten huge! And you are calm and your strength can be literally felt. You are the best!
I am so glad we have a real instructor as good as Wildman.
I've recently come across a lot of kettlebell and mace videos with absolutely terrible and incredibly dangerous technique. It's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt or worse.
I just got an adjustable kettlebell off of your recommendation. Super excited to add it to my training! Thanks, I really enjoy the content you make.
How do you like it? Considering one too as I'm almost broke AF, lol
@@DirtRoadRemedy I like it a lot! I bought a single kettlebell for the reason of how expensive it is haha but it's worth the money. It saves space and gives you so many kettlebells in one.
If you buy one I've got a short video on a good way to keep up with the tools.
This is possibly the best video I’ve seen in terms of capturing key practical points in the context of the big picture. Thank you for the wisdom you provide for free, Mark.
I think I just found my new kettle bell work out routines. As one of the unfortunate remote office sitting people that gained some weight. This looks amazing!!! Inspiring.
Mark makes it easy for any age at any level. I’m 65, 144 pounds at 5’9”, recently retired from 17 years of driving a truck and sitting a lot. I prefer the swings and floor work with a 20 pound kettle for years of low back pain.
Thank you for the quality of your information and instruction! I was laughing at your comments about working on the farm. People ask me why I like Kb's so much. There are lots of reasons, but on top of the list is it makes me feel like I did when I was a kid and working on the farm. There's no better feeling mentally or physically than the satisfaction of working hard. And working hard with your friends and family isn't really work. It's fun and makes good memories!
I really love this explanation and progression. I have found myself getting deconditioned in my 50s and am ready for a reset.
Pre kettlebell training I was 150 lbs, weak, couldn't hike far and or run a mile. I sat in a cubile all week and my back hurt. 4 years of training later I can hike 10- 15 miles on weekends, I'm 178 lbs, Mountain bike and do so much more. It works!
What does your routine look like? It seems like you've bulked up a lot going from 150lb to 178
@@NoRockinMansLand I go to a group fitness class 3-4 days a week where we do swings, squats, deadlifts, rows presses and all kinds of variations. We have kettlebells up to 106 lbs. It's mainly that I'm normal weight now and strong. When I was 150 I was super skinny and out of shape. Now I'm 5'10 180 lbs and have muscle now.
Absolutely great videos. I love the advice. Having been a sportsman for 50 years I find your advice refreshing. Anyone looking to start a programme should listen to your advice. I like the idea of working out in your work clothes its made me do exercises aĺl day every time I stop the van. Feeling good for it.
Thank you Mark for helping me get everything out of life that I am trying to achieve.
Just ordered my expansion pack for the Wildman Kettlebell. Let's GO!!!!💪🏻💣👍🏻
Nice
This is what I needed to help me reframe my mindset, regain the motivation to take my time and continue working on the basics. Thank you!
I do have all Pavel Tsatsouline training books, DVDs and two Russian kettlebells. I wish that I can beat my shell shock and depression to start training again. Peace.
start and make it easy. learn to succeed. training doesn't have to be crippling to be beneficial. you just have to do it. then do it again. start easy. it can be hard in a few months. the goal is to do it
@@MarkWildman 🤝
You CAN do it. You are powerful. You are valuable. Go inside to find your center, and honor that. Think only of who you intend to become. 🙏🏻💕
Put negative crap to one side my friend and feel the exhilaration, good luck
@@inthegym4679 🤝
I turn 70 in three weeks. This is my kettlebell workout that I do 2-3 times per week:
30 lb bell
85 kb swings, 60 s rest
20 clean & press each arm, 60 s rest
20 bent-over rows each arm, 60 s rest
20 each side glute bridge bench press, 60 s rest
26 halos, 60 s rest
20 suitcase dead lift each side, 60 s rest
I follow that up with a half-mile farmer carry with the 30lb bell, switching hands every 60 s.
Thanks for showing the suitcase deadlift.
Thanks young man. Turning 90 here. I do a similar workout. Hope you can do 20 years of fitness.
Thanks both - I turn 115 in a couple of weeks and just hit a PB, managed a TGU with 48kg. Stay strong, live long.
Yep same here
I've got my 4th birthday in 6 weeks
Wildman influenced me to start young and live strong.
I follow a program similar to yours, but I do 106 swings with a 35lb bell. 58 sec rest
Then I do a suitcase carry with a 50lb bell for 5x sets of 60 secs
My friends all tell me how young I look for my age
Thanks guys i got big birthday coming up turning 120, i still feel like a young buck and im definetly gonna try this workout and see if i can live to 200
@@Arganith You cant live to 200 you ridiculous, ridiculous man.
At the most I'd wager 193 if you keep up with the swings and the getups
Such a great Master Class i hv just learned from you Mark. I just bought a tiny 4kg kettlebell to starting off my journey following your great teaching methods. Im 61 yo, hv Lower back/ Lumbar spine degenarated. I know i need to strengthen my core, glutes n back muscles. This will help right ? Thank you so much for sharing great expertise indeed! God Bless you well
Makes good sense. I am pretty strong in swings, snatches, cleans, but still think this is the way to go. All these ‘little’ things remain valuable in injury prevention. As a 65 year old, balancing strength between sides is a key application of programs like this.
YUP YOU'RE STILL THE BEST!
Yup! Halos, inverted goblet squats and around-the-world too. Also, heavy club inside and outside circles, and shield cast.
Excellent video, I appreciate the progression/stages of the kettlebell program. I am at a zero with knee and back issues, but working up. The kettlebell is the in another league compared to other gym weights. Super happy with my bowflex kettlebell. Being able to start low and slow is ideal.
Excellent Video Mark! Thank you so much for the knowledge and everything you do!
I recommend kettlebells and this channel to anyone who will listen to me. Currently trying to talk my sister into starting some sort of program. She's in the military and under orders to lose some weight, so she's killing herself in the gym. I sent her a couple of your videos, Mark, as well as a file breaking down the hows and whys and some dos and don'ts, and I hope she'll stick with it. Everyone needs kettlebells in their life.
It starts with 1 kettlebell. Then they start secretly replicating in the corner. Later they grow weirder handles. And suddenly they've assembled into a herd of peculiar and heavy knickknacks.
The kettlebell garden in my house has blossomed over the years.
😂😂😂 so true.
I dress mine up in wigs and glasses.
Set em up on the kitchen table and have conversations with them while I'm eating dinner
Like the Stanley Cup boom
I think I have 60? And I seem to have lost at least 15 bells over the years
very informative video! I have been using kettlebells lately and had so much fun its so addictive !!! been watching kettlebell videos also and your channel is very helpful
Wow training for health and strength. Hard to find that philosophy on RUclips. Just subbed, thanks for the great content.
What are other people's philosophy if not training for health and strength?
I enjoy this training. I use it both as the main course of a day's training and also as a warmup for heavier barbell movements. It seems to have helped improve my floor clean & deep paused barbell front squat
Mark, Some context: I do something active (110-170bpm) everyday for at least 1.5-2 hours a day. I'm 57. I use KB's extensively on days when I'm doing HIIT, SIIT. I then incorporate KB's into a variable WOD-like workout twice a week - high volume. I actively rest 2 days/week. My issue is shoulder mobility. I wrecked my RCuff on my right arm. I can't extend over my head so presses, snatch, barbell squats are currently not possible. Latest x-rays should a good amount of bone growth/arthritis. I have tried years of PT, mobility, foam, bands, Theragun, acupuncture, etc. I feel soreness in the bicept tendon (especially after working out). and usually a sore tightness and tenderness in my lat. With that said, I hang 2-3 times a week for 3x1.5 minutes and I do 10-20 sets of pull ups/chin ups in sets of 4-5 with full extension and slow. I really try to maintain proper form and a slow eccentric on everything. With that said, I'm sure there are a lot of people like me out there grinding through discomfort to stay healthy and live long. What KB movements would you recommend specifically for shoulder and back mobility. I do execute horn hold KB round the head movements (not sure what to call them) 10 in each direction, 3 sets. Also doing weighted arm circles with 2lb. DB's. Thank you in advance.
I'm currently using kettlebell to get in shape and be effective in a army. You said it's all about "take a weight and carry it all day long" , this is all army and war is about. I was confidant about this choice, but when you said it , it made even more sense
Good exercises and instructions, thanks.
I'm somewhat de-conditioned from having spent the last year+ working through a rotator cuff tear. I've only just in the past week attempted snatches and partial get-ups. This is good info
Subscribed. Good stuff. Clear and concise, realistic explanations.
this totally changed the way i look at my kettlebells. fantastic! thank you.
At 50 years old, I need a program to compliment my cycling. Great video, thanks!
One kettlebell, ten years, let's gooo! 🔥💪 Looking forward to tomorrow when I'll add box squats and swings for time to my routine 😊
Cool❤ thanks for laying out a clear vision.
Great video!
I like seeing all the older trucks in the background.
I found the Pavel PDF's on Pirate Bay back in the day and when Joe Rogan came out with his primate bells, I ordered the 1.5 pood howler monkey and learned very quickly that I couldn't swing it properly and needed to scale down to get my wrist and pelvis and back stabilizers to adapt - arthritis of the severe kind takes so much more care with these dynamic moves.
I didn't stick with it, but now I'm gonna get after it.
I was 200lbs 8 years ago. I'm 290 8 years later, I still think I can work out like before but the smallest things like standing and doing dishes for 25 minutes make me realize my core is gone. I got some olympic rings on a chin up bar to do inverted push ups and rows. but not alot of information for big people on how to get back into the swing of things, pardon the pun lol thank you Mark
I still follow a modification of Pavel’s basic ballistic lifting protocol I learned 20 years ago. I roll dice to determine how many repetitions for the day, then roll again to find out which weight I’ll be lifting. Some days are a warmup, others are cruel and unusual.
Awesome video, thank you 🙏
Did not know about adjustable kettlebells, very interesting!
I use standard 25lbs dumbbells to protect from tennis injuries. It lets me do a lot of wrists movements in several positions. It took me close to 1 year to get to 50 wrists rotations per hand in hand in front of my face position. I do not want to get higher in weight because it lowers my shot's precision. I also do not want to keep any weights on top of my head/body and do everything really slowly to avoid injuries. I think 25kg is a lot for a men to use a lower limit. I play sports for 30 years and consider myself in an ok to good shape. The most heavy thing modern person needs to handle is airline baggage which has 21kg weight limit.
Great stuff here Mark! Thanks for all you do!!
Everyone deserves fitness. It can bring us together.
Some great info here!! Thank you Mark!!
Love this content! Looking forward to more!
This video is VERY helpful for the Wildman roadmap I'm still working on.
Hello Mark, appreciate and love all of your content. Do you have any modifications for arthritic knees? Thank you.
Often people will
Prioritize single arm club to improve knee function
Thanks Mark!
Love that video so complete!!
I just got a 25 lb club today... My kettlebells continue to collect dust and shame me with their presence. I always feel like I SHOULD do kettlebell's... Maybe I'll give this Pavel 10 minute thing a try.
So far I like what i'm hearing. Some of the reasons I miss construction was the free workouts that built conditioned muscles that lasted for years.
keep preaching brother. another nice challenge!
Thanks Mark
👍👍 Very logical and very motivational
I exercise 6 times a week, the total exercise time is about 400 minutes with various aids, including clubbells, macebells, kettlebells... However, I cannot bring myself to practice any "drill" for endurance strength. I find it extremely boring... I practice a lot of repetitions (20-40 per set) only with CB, MB and KB. I literally enjoy other types of training with the help of slow repetitions, feeling, isometrics (which is immediately followed by isotonics). Exercise should be varied. Doing hundreds of repetitions of swings, snatches, DC, etc. during one training seems reasonable to me to do at most once a week or once every 10 days. When Mark mentions working on the farm, isometric strength is also used on the farm. And isometric strength isn't just about X or XY minutes of light weight isometrics (eg carrying 10kg kettlebells in each hand). I'm not criticizing it, let everyone practice as they want. However, it is necessary to understand the fact that exercise designed for endurance strength builds muscle volume minimally. Just look at the number of KB, CB and MB lecturers (Mark and the blond Dutch guy don't really belong there though...) who have the bodies of ordinary building builders. Just bodies like "I can't say for sure if you're doing weight training...". For example, Jeronimo Milo or Lebe Stark (he is better off) or similar. Strength training (especially when it comes to endurance) simply won't build a body that will make women drool over you. It will lack certain aesthetics. That's why NOBODY should limit himself only to exercises with KB, CB and MB, but should also add resistance bands, and at least 1/4 of "bodybuilding" exercises. Isolation exercises should have their place for everyone who is involved in body training. Doing hundreds of repetitions of strength exercises with a kettlebell is brutally boring and just destroys the joints. Every KB enthusiast should devote a lot of time to sit-ups, because the lower back bends much more often than it pulls the chest to the knees... Minimalism in exercises and types of load is the road to hell.
Due to time and space constraints I’ve only been using KBs for about the last 8 years. I’ve improved swing technique and I now do alt hand swings, side presses, floor presses, and snatches. I also time myself and work within zone 2
Thank you, Mark.
“So lighter weights get a greater core response”
- That’s an intriguing assertion! I want to hear more!
How does that work?
The muscles at the extremities shoulders arms are not taxed so much that they disconnect from the core letting the core muscles work more efficiently
I think you are correct but... Looking down the wrong end of the telescope.
No muscle works on its own, it shares load across as many muscles as possible as this is more efficient for the body.
The more taxing for the main moving muscle, the more it will off load to other muscles.
This is the same as when the glutes are too weak to do what is asked, they offload to hamstrings and lower back where necessary. Lower back muscles are small and weak and are easily injured during these times.
Thank you for breaking this down
Moving up in poods was a tough process way back when. This is a great gradual process for modern crazyball enthusiasts.
2019 i left the gym because they closed the doors, started with kettlebell and never returning to the gym. 1 hour of training kettlebells and your done, compared to 2,5 hours in the gym.
You don't need to train 2.5 hrs in a gym haha you can have a very efficient and hard training in less than an hour especially if you're not doing junk volume 🤷🏽♂️ lifters have done that for a while. Bodybuilders too.o.
Agreed.
You only need one exercise band too.
Looking forward to your builds. As to lights, let’s see what designs you can come up with. I always like lights that you can move for a specific purpose. Like the pillar light but on top of the rig.
Go Mark!