Doing a quick youtube research for Mike @ The Big Stick–he asked about a core exercise I found this video. This is all kinds of awesome and should be the new internet sensation.
The first one he does is called a Turkish getup. Those are really tough. He does them again at 3;40. That’s a core builder to be sure.
Now I wouldn’t recommend his variation on the snatch move with the throw & full spin rotation on the kettlebell. I can’t imagine that’s good on the shouders. But At 2:25 he does what are called Conans–which I have an affection for if only because Will calls me Conan on occasion.
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Requisite Disclaimer: These are intermediate-advanced exercsies. Not for beginners really. Except for the ones he does where he brings the kettlebells through his legs–minus the tossing them up into the air. Or the ones where he has the bells tied to a rope and drags them across the ground with a forward press at the end.
Obviously, with anything go slowly and learn the technique properly before going more heavy duty into it.
Kettle bells and medicine balls are all the rage these days. It’s amazing how these things are ccyclical. I keep waiting to go in the gym and see dude with handlebar mustaches lifting those barbells with the big balls on the end.
One of the toughest routines I’ve seen are these two MMA workouts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tWm_CANid0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G61d0feaIgReport
My trainer makes me do Turkish getups on a regular basis. I can tell that they must be very, very effective, in that they are so bloody difficult.Report
The current “big thing” seems to be variants of “stuff people used to do”.
So dumbbells? Stupid. Nobody ever did anything like a dumbbell.
Buckets of water/kettlebells? Brilliant! Do deep lunges with kettlebells!
One of the sillier workouts involved hitting a truck tire over and over again with a sledge hammer. One of the less silly ones involved flipping the truck tire end over end and walking across the guys’ back yard over and over like that. “Organic Movement” or some hippie crap like that. “It’s not about the cosmetic muscles, it’s about the real ones that will allow you to do real things that you’ll encounter every day.”
Tell it to Trotsky, pal. Just give me my diet plan and get back to barking “AGAIN!” at me.Report