April 2, 2024
Yesterday I found this thread.
https://www.strongfirst.com/community/threads/russia.6390/
Went through it this morning.
There is some absolutely nuts slavic language kettlebell content.
(both linked in that thread and in general)
Vadim Ischeykin – I don’t remember what it was exactly, but I recall stumbling upon vídeo of him lifting something impressive bottoms up – far more than I could military ress at the time…as a high schooler.
(maybe a subconscious inkling of my future working it’s way in – I remember this feeling of “how can you get there” and at the same time “obviously it can be done)
And only in the last few months did I figure out what channel it was again.
Early morning and instead of sleep I’m looking at kettlebell stuff online, thinking about the next lift.
I’m getting obsessive.
For a couple days now it seems that every day I find another even more impressive russian language bottoms up video.
First I thought 48kg would have been accomplished by few, almost nil, and I’ve since found a handful, a half dozen or so.
But then it gets…impressive.
Dudes passing 60kg, which honestly I do see as possible.
Every video I make, everything I type up on the blog or in my little lifting log (wait I’m logging my lifts) – I put an “I’m going to bup 48kg” in there.
Announce it to the world!
Shout it to ever corner, a promise.
See, I’m obsessing.
Obsession can be good. Obsession can be bad.
It always impressed me the story of persian emperor darius having a servant who’s only job was to whisper in his ear “sire, remember the athenians” at meal time.
Obsession.
Those massive bottoms up numbers could be disheartening.
The top ones are all things I feel possible for me.
I’m already repping 34kg!
I’m a 6′ endomorph – I have the frame and wrist to get to those 60kgs area numbers!
The same numbers are just the landmark!
48kg?
I don’t even need to make a purchase.
I can stack bells.
I’ve already discovered strongly taping works at a price point of a whole $4.
This too applies to basically infinity.
I doubt anyone had an 80kg bottoms up press, but hey…they make 203lb kettlebells.
Living in abundance. I’ll have the equipment I need when I need it.
…..
Now, I didn’t watch it yet – but I saw a video tagged dbl 48kgs buc&p.
That’s nuts!
Double takes a lot more struggling.
I’ve done some light.
What I need to improve for heavy dbl bup is left side mobility.
I’d already figured that lots of light buc&p, slowly adding 4kgs, and letting the bell pull my shoulders back would give me the mobility over time.
And the windmill thing I did was quite good for loosening my shoulders.
That’s forethought to a degree anyway.
Right arm. Strong side.
THOSE bottoms up presses take precedence.
I’ll bup 48kg.
Can taste it.
…..
This started as the idea of getting a 40kg bup one morning when I surprised myself with the buc.
Now it’s shifted.
Especially once I was closing in on 10x32kg whether that was bup or buc&p.
Now I’m training with 34kg.
It’s soon to 36kg.
Once I’m at 10+ at 36kg, yeah.
I think that’s spitting distance of all the beast and better numbers.
The old time strongman stories of yesteryear were almost superhuman, but instead of cutting down as myth – look at it like this…
They started the kettlebell light, then over years of high frequency, slowly (by powerlifting prodigy standards) added weight to these easily tossing around weight performances.
Persistence & Tenacity
pon de replay – rihanna
it was surprisingly good PR music yesterday