They really are under used for development

Do you think it was better for mass just because you could do more volume? Also I find it interesting that with a movement like this it's not about the weight, it's about how your body responds to the position of it. A 55lb kb in a single arm front rack causes your body to brace and hold tension far more than a 55lb barbell on your back for example.

@@matthewhawke8902 yes I think the volume is what helped. Doing the “heavy” Zerchers- I only did sets of 3-5. Using the racked squat, with one KB it’s usually sets of 10. I have also benefited from double KB Front squats. It seems that any load over 150lbs tweaks my knees. With the KBs I can keep the loads much lighter while still doing functional squats and increasing strength and mass (to a point)

For competition bells. It could start at 6 or 8 kg. 10 k, 12k. Because the sets are super long the weights start pretty light. I don’t think 7 or 9s exist but if they did, I would say that, good female competitors get up into the 16 and 20s. The best of the best get up to 24 which is bonkers. But for newer athletes, 8, 10 and 12… but I think some people can start with 6 depending on previous training

10 sets of 10! To much volume! I’ll bet I get more abs activation out of less than 30 reps than you doing 100. That’s absolutely ridiculous!

@@charleslaurseniii6151 do it more better.

Yeah dude. Nice work! I've worked my way up to 10 sets (on the minute every minute) of 15 swings at 20kg, with some of the sets single arm. I've been wanting to get more of a squat thing going on though ... these seem perfect! Kettle bells have changed my life! No idea what volume to start at.

Maybe too much for you. If it works for him, wtf do you care?

Anybody can do whatever they want, that reply was unhelpful though, having said that, I too am not into the large numbers on squats ( do get the rationale given available weighs etc, but it's way too monotonous for me, in addition at higher sets the workload got taxing and annoying, compared to club / mace work / or tut tgu's - not monotonous 😆), some could thrive on this of course and good luck, ( as alternative decided to aim for varied squat work in a week, break it up into a suite of squat movements, and then try keep a track of that workload, this is a weak spot for this strategy !). I'm looking at a combo of deck squats + goblets at medium volume ( 15 - 45 reps per block ) to plug into a weekly tetris, that's with club work that's leg heavy and single leg deadlift ( 2 sessions light / heavy per week, great movement). But yeah building to 20 * 5/5 30+mins of kettlebell front squats, I bailed on this one, but if you had say two squat days per week, with intermediate weight, try it on

Let me talk about this in a live because it’s a big answer. Let’s do that tomorrow. 12 noon la time should be 7 or 8 in most of Europe. Good?

What are the basic requirements to get into selection in the country you are working in

@@MarkWildman yes im fine with that. 👍🏻

​@@MarkWildman The requirements are bench pressing 75% of your bodyweight for 10-20 reps, 10-15 pull ups, jumping with two feet 2,45 meters, running 3,2 km in 12 min., 100 meters sprint in 13,4 seconds and a obstacle race. To stay in the unit you need to run a lot and do a lot of calisthenics. by the way I'am sorry for the late reply, I have waited for your livestream, but maybe I didn't catched it or it wasnt live.

Definitely start with a swing program, then a clean and press program. Then really build rotation with a club program like mill / squat program. Then the ground to shoulder sandbag sets really round out that idea

Hey Mark, So I've worked my way up to 15 swings (20kg) every minute on the minute with a few single arm sets (20 kg) thrown in. Ifollow that with 5 Turkish Get ups (20KG each side) and then either bench press or pull ups on alternate days. Is it time for me to progress to your KB clean and press program? Or should I keep progressing my swing and get up to 24 kg? Thanks.

@@MarkWildman thank you so much. I'm currently working on my Tetris of Design spreadsheet based on what I've learned from your channel and kB swing, c+p and sandbag are all in there! Will there be a sandbag program at some point? For now I'm just going to follow the farm boy strength video you had a while back but would be good to have a structured program with progressions.

Wasn't there a series of videos 'workman' that did this exact movement ( lifting from back of tailgate) ?

I know it's been a couple weeks since you asked, but maybe I can help provide some insight. I had an umbilical hernia repaired two years ago. I had started doing kettlebells per Mark's videos at that time, and didn't find that the exercises made the hernia any worse. I was using very light weight though, so that may have prevented any injury. Since everything in kettlebell pretty much ends up being core exercise, though you will eventually run into a point where kettlebells might cause your hernia some issues. The one thing I can say is that after getting it repaired and being able to restart kettlebells and clubs, my core has gotten so much more fit. So if you can get it repaired, and then get started again with kettlebells, you will do yourself a ton of good. Hopefully you can get there.

Older MW videos talk about full reps for both sides with at least a 1 minute break between sets due to the “grind” nature of a squat.

I've used 1 minute rest as ripdime mentioned, lately been using HR monitor ( because these grinds for higher reps rocket mine) and start new set after HR drops below some threshold, the rest period varies then depending on variables and also over the course of longer workouts with cumulative workload, but it does settle to fairly predictable intervals with consistent trainind, or the talk test works well :)

I have many videos on it. It’s an excellent thing to do

The shape affects this. That’s what competition bells are good, they alleviate this problem

40 % of it

@@MarkWildman Great. What about the rest of it?

@@tomasoboselli7388 I'm gonna guess heavy club training.

You have a lazy butt. Try doing activation exercises like glute Bridges in your warm up before doing your squats. Low back pain is a sign that it’s doing all the work and your abs, obliques, and glutes are lazy. If you haven’t started try single arm club swinging it helped me.

theres an old weightlifting joke... do any exercise with bad form to turn it into a lower back exercise. if i were to guess, you either have issues with anterior pelvic tilt generally or if its just this exercise that is giving you problems when you lean back at the bottom you are aching your lower back. go with a lower weight if possible, slow the reps down and really focus on keeping your lower back straight while flexing your abs and glutes as you drive up.

Lots of downward dogs, bear squats, get a feel for what your lower back is doing.

@@cioran1754 thank you. I appreciate the advice.

@@EmorettaRobinson amateur hour here, but they tuned me in 👍

I’m not Mark, but yes. Add sets

@G04TH I'm sorry but thank you.

Add sets. Build to 100 total on each side

@@MarkWildman wow thanks generally how much time between sets please?

@@MarkWildmanHi Mark, sincerely, how many people in the general population, not to mention groupings like older people etc, are ever going to build to 200 squat reps (or should) ? I get say 200 club swings, because the demands are not the same, but surely grinds are whole different thing. Just to be super annoying, so no worries, any chance on reviewing the scoliosis question, in comments, from last q&a?

Just buy the adjustable. It’s worth it

@@MarkWildman adjustable competition? From where/who?

SoCal and Kettlebell Kings are good ones. I tried titan and had to return it - all offer 12kg to 32kg

@@mangoldsparadise thanks 😊

@Nicholas Mangold hey sir ordinarily how much time between sets would one take please?

K

I think you may have entirely missed the point or you are intentionally missing the point.

@@MarkWildman I kind of don't. I feel like regular snatches is a bang for your buck exercise to begin with.

@@troymatthews2037 you realize this is a playlist to teach basic techniques in a logical order for people who are new to kettlebelling?

@@troymatthews2037 or do you just not like my video title

@@MarkWildman no it's not that. I'm just always trying to improve on something. Like why not throw a windmill in the armor building complex? I just feel like they're something else that could be done after the three front rack squats that's all. Like anything. After three front rack squats do a snatch to a windmill for example. Or snatch