Alright, before you see the "strongman" in the post and write me off as a douche, hear me out:
Today because my gym is closed for the weekend, I decided to try and mix up my training a little. I have a 50 lb kettlebell that I use for exercises and a nearby hill that I sprint up and down for cardio, so I thought an interesting workout for today would be to carry it up and down the hill in a one-handed farmers walk, alternating hands on different intervals. The hill is about a hundred and fifteen or so meters give or take, with a forgiving but noticeable incline.
I thought I'd just hold it in my right hand, jog up, run down, and switch hands to my left and repeat the process. Big mistake! After the first sequence I was trying to recollect my brain from how hard it was. I eventually had to scale back and play around with holding sequences, as well as different ways of holding it (goblet style works pretty well too)
But anyway, I liked it because it reminded me of how guys in strongman competitions always have to carry weird shaped things and thus need a ridiculous amount of core and leg strength, not to mention anaerobic endurance to make things like this work. I have to say that after trying it out today, I want to give it another shot tomorrow (if my body forgives me in the morning). Does anyone else have any similar workouts that they want to share?
Today because my gym is closed for the weekend, I decided to try and mix up my training a little. I have a 50 lb kettlebell that I use for exercises and a nearby hill that I sprint up and down for cardio, so I thought an interesting workout for today would be to carry it up and down the hill in a one-handed farmers walk, alternating hands on different intervals. The hill is about a hundred and fifteen or so meters give or take, with a forgiving but noticeable incline.
I thought I'd just hold it in my right hand, jog up, run down, and switch hands to my left and repeat the process. Big mistake! After the first sequence I was trying to recollect my brain from how hard it was. I eventually had to scale back and play around with holding sequences, as well as different ways of holding it (goblet style works pretty well too)
But anyway, I liked it because it reminded me of how guys in strongman competitions always have to carry weird shaped things and thus need a ridiculous amount of core and leg strength, not to mention anaerobic endurance to make things like this work. I have to say that after trying it out today, I want to give it another shot tomorrow (if my body forgives me in the morning). Does anyone else have any similar workouts that they want to share?
