Team Leader

Mosey'ed down to Albuquerque Friday to meet w/ my Team Leader (Highest Ranked kettlebell guy in the state) for some one-on-one time.

I went for a form check up and some help on designing a program for my local Y utilizing basic skills.

The funny thing was, I spend all this time telling my clients, "Are you glutes/abs,quads,lats tight? TIGHT! TIGHTER, TIGHTER!"

So while checking my form, care to guess what he told me? Yup, Keep those glutes tight!

He said its normal for folks who have been doing this for a while to loosen up a bit. We naturally seek a more efficient way to do things, in my case I would release tension a bit at the top of my swing. It conserves energy, which is what we naturally gravitate to. So, just like my clients, I am "learning" the basics with them!

He also helped me re-groove the C&P using a more vertical arm. Its a bit hard to explain, but if you have Return of the Kettlebell, look an Kenneth Jay's form on the Viking Push Press. The C&P is very similar with respect to the how vertical the forearms are. I will try to post a picture later on of what I mean.

He also helped me with some elbow pain using Z-Health drills. All of it R and I-phase stuff. This coupled with my new swing, my new C&P, life should be much better for me.

More later...