It took getting good at kettlebell swings for me to like them, and with my sense of desired freedom in training they really ended up serving more than not as the base towards kettlebell juggling.
Aside : you REALLY need a base of one arm swings or h2h swings for progressively heavier one arm kettlebell juggling.
I’m not much of a stickler for swing height on one arm and one arm swing variants like hand to hand.
I’ll do the most reps in a set with h2h as it feels all circus like showy and fun to me.
Though I CAN use full rom at 48kg, likely at sinister standard were it slowed down to emom (it’s a matter of wind not hands for me right now), I have much more fun letting the swing height shorten some and the reps slightly to significantly increase per set.
I generally don’t count reps during a h2h swing set, but upon video review unless I’m really looking for a reps PR where I need to know during/as I go that I’m passing it.
Off the top of my head my PR reps in a h2h swing set are in the 50s with 40kg and x36 with 48kg (though don’t quote me on that) counting each rep as a rep not a rep per side as a rep ie left = 1, right = 2, left = 3, etc.
For strict/correct/proper swing height I prefer the two hand swing to one arm swing variants.
The 2h swing very easily is simplified to “glutes for gas, lats (and abs) for brakes”, and to me seems the better “bodybuilding type” movement – my feeling the muscles work more, whereas h2h is more of a feat of strength, pulling the necessary strength from wherever it is available.
To. Make. It. Happen.
As far as for fitness between 2h and h2h it’s a toss up. It really depends on what EXACTLY you’re going for – a purposeful pump vs a surprise pump, the rep range/goals, the strength of the hand(s), on what you prefer, how you like counting, and more.
2h thrives to me against an interval timer.
They work better for me emom than does OASw/1h where I’m gonna end up going h2h and getting higher reps per set.
I have more fun with h2h, and simply don’t notice how many reps I’m doing during them. I’d have to count on 2h which is mentally more challenging.
CrossPosted : was first at reddit, but the blog got a few missing words added
"At The 40kg/48kg One Arm Swings Level" – Thinkings On Kettlebell Swings
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