Invitational Kettlebell Meet 3/12/2011

12kg OALC 52L/50R 10 minutes

Invitational Kettlebell Meet 3/12/2011

12kg Snatch 66L/77R 10 minutes

Invitational Kettlebell Meet 3/12/2011

12kg OAJ 73L/86R 10 minutes

Great Lakes Kettlebell Championships 2/6/2011

OAJ 12kg

Great Lakes Kettlebell Championships 2/6/2011

Snatch 12kg

SE MI KB Meet

Mid Michigan Kettlebell Invitational

Time for the MMKI once again. I couldn't help but remember that last year I competed with the 12kg for all three events: OAJ, Snatch and OALC. What a difference a year makes in this sport. This year I competed with the 16kg in one event: OALC. My total reps was 105. I could probably have gone slightly faster, but I was worried about starting out too fast. My goal was to make at least 100 reps which I did. This set qualifies as a Level 1 OALC set for the IKFF and is a competition PR for me.

Mr. Sherman weighed in at just under 78kg. Nice job making weight. He made 172 snatches and around 70 jerks with the 24kg. Unfortunately, he also tore a nice chunk out of his palm during a three minute set snatching the 32kg which occurred at the end of the competition. He snatched it for 50 reps during that time.

Here are his jerk and snatch sets on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFsV2NjT7BQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1NOuPYEopc

Great Lakes Kettlebell Championships 4/17/2010

Results with 20kg: Left: 34 reps Right: 36 reps Time: 10 minutes

It was about a five hour drive up to Traverse City, but I had three days of rest before the competition. This was my first 20kg OALC set in competition and I am quite happy with it. There is room for improvement of course, but it gave me the opportunity to see where I am currently with this bell.

Interestingly, the 16kg and 20kg bell felt similar from a heaviness perspective. What I think helped me is that the fast pace 16kg OALC sets made this set at 7rpm feel slow by comparison.

Las Vegas Competition 11072009

I started out at 9rpm, but quickly dropped to 8rpm on the left hand. I had 42 reps on both hands for a total of 84reps. My score was 42. This event was the first time that I had attempted 16kg OALC in competition. I'm happy with the result.

Atlanta Competition 12052009

16kg One Arm Long Cycle results: 48 left and 47 right so my meet score was 47 because the score is taken from the low hand number. Prior to the meet, Coach gave me a goal of 10rpm with slowing the pace as needed. I enjoyed the challenge as I had gone 9rpm for 10 minutes in training, but had yet to achieve if memory serves 10rpm for even 8 minutes. Bottom line goal was to better my result from Las Vegas (84 reps total with a score of 42).