Victory

By way of introduction, this blog is to serve two purposes:

1. To be a workout log of my adventure with kettlebells.
2. To pour out my thoughts on all matters.

Firstly - I am working my way through the Enter the Kettlebell book and DVD. I completed 4 weeks of the Program Minimum which is essentiall 4 days of KB swings/Jogging and Turkish Get-ups. (google KB swings and turkish get-ups for videos). A fantastic program that was simple and effective.

Following the program minimum you launch into the Rite of Passage program. This program introduces KB Clean & Presses and KB Snatches. You do a C&P in a ladder format along with Pull-ups followed by some rep-work with swings or snatches. Quite brutal but again effective. This morning was a "medium" day of 5 ladders with 2 rungs of Clean & Presses and Pull-ups. Essentially you do a C&P with your left hand, a C&P with your right and a pull-up and that is the first rung. The second rung is 2 left hand C&P's, 2 right hand and 2 pull-ups. This completes the ladder. You rest for a minute or so and repeat 4 times. This is followed by 10 minutes of as many reps of KB swings you can do. This morning I reached 225 :)

This is the third week of twelve of this program and so far I am liking it. The workout lasts no longer than 40 minutes including warmup and is exteremely portable (all you need is the kettlebell) so will be useful for the next few weeks or so.

Secondly - random thoughts. Had a win over Telstra today following a complaint about a final mobile bill that was a lot larger than I expected. Was basically told by a telstra customer service person that my final bill would be around $250. When I was billed $550 I was a bit affronted. 15 mins. later on a call to Telstra and the situation has been remedied. Reinforces the need to take detailed notes on calls to the Telstras, AGL's of the world (employee name, employee id, time of call, date, etc).

Till next time.