If you've been following me for a while, you know I'm a fan of Kettlebells. I use them often for my own training as well as for the training of our athletes at The Underground Strength Gym.
About 7 1/2 years ago I posted a video of The Kettlebell Combat Complex where I used a 70 lb Kettlebell. That is still a go to favorite of mine.
But this time around, I wanted to show you how Underground Strength Coach, Travis Stoetzel crushes his garage gym workouts with a kettlebell. Now that Travis is a family man, he's been doing some fast and intense home gym workouts like this:
[youtube width="640" height="360"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn77zc4dYLk[/youtube]
Here are the exercises with the appropriate sets and reps:
8 Minutes of:
A) Deadlift x 6 reps
B) Hi Pull x 6 reps
C) Ground to Overhead x 6 reps
D) Goblet Squat x 6 reps
Then, 3 sets of:
- Strict Pull Ups
Get as many reps as possible on each set (Max Reps) using any grip for your pull ups, no kipping, swinging or half reps. Not sure why I have to tell people to perform a full range of motion all the time but I like to cover all bases, exercise technique needs to be respected.
This is just 1 of the The Garage Built Body Tests. There are many more to utilize and push yourself to the next level.
Your Action List:
Put yourself through Travis' garage gym toughness test and drop your comments below.
Even better, provide a Video of you kicking ass with the challenge.
STRONGER is Better.
Frank DiMeo says
Nothing quite like simple basics done well!
Matt says
Starting out with the 24kg bell.
Awesome complex