Must confess… when I make this ahead, I make a little extra as a snack! It’s good hot, it’s good cold, it’s good today, it’s good tommorrow or the next day! It’s good marinated for a couple hours or just thrown in the pan! I love it! 🙂
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Ladders, ascending, descending make for great workout structures. I like to use a descending ladder when going a little on the heavy side, so that each rep is super high quality every round. The following ladder workout is a little different since each round is has some unchanging "bookends". Each round begins with 20 kettlebell swings, and each round ends with one handstand practice attempt and hold (thanks again for those awesome handstand blocks, Kirsty Grosart!)
The fun thing about this full body combo is how much it can be altered – I chose a "medium heavy" kettlebell for the 20 swings (a 26kg I happened to have indoors already) and a medium weight for the presses and thrusters (a 16kg). Decided to use the 26kg for the goblet squats though – and that was fun. I could go heavier on both kettlebells, but allow for more rest between rounds, OR I could go lighter on both and challenge myself to complete the ladder with the best possible form–but in the least amount of time! Let me know if you decide to try it, and if you make a cool modification of your own!
I warmed up with some floor mobility exercises – ankle circles, shinbox, bretzel, plow, light kettlebell armbar, and a few kettlebell halos from half kneeling. For fun I did a couple of kettlebell getups with the 16kg then… the ladder fun began.
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Honored to be on the PCC Blog again today! 🙂 Grip Strength for Greater Triumphs is my 16th post over there, and it’s still always exciting. If you are visiting because of that post, then thank you very much for clicking though. There’s a video below that demonstrates a drill that I hinted about in the blog post. It’s a fun way to add a little bit extra grip and coordination challenge into a pull-up training session or a circuit.
The idea below is best if you’re already able to do 5-6 solid pull-ups as the "hard part" is more jumping up and negotiating the unusual grip, and switching around. You’ll also notice that the side NOT holding on to the towel will pull harder. If you’re working toward a one arm chin up, you can also add this drill into your training (using a chin up grip) and then over time grab the towel lower and lower with one hand. It gets much more difficult VERY quickly… we could even say exponentially more difficult if you have a longer towel!
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