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Welcome to our monthly focused improvement post. Here we have a distilled discussion on a particular aspect of kettlebell training. We try to go over various techniques of kettlebells, how to program kettlebells, and how to incorporate kettlebells into other modalities of training. 

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This month’s topic of discussion: Squats

• Describe your training history and provide credentials
• What specific programming did you employ for this technique?
• What went right/wrong?
• Do you have any recommendations for someone starting out?
• What have you done to improve when you felt you were lagging?
• Where are/were you stalling?
• What did you do to break the plateau?
• What sort of trainee or individual would benefit from using the/this technique/program style?
• How do you manage recovery/fatigue/deloads while following the method/program style?
• Share any interesting facts or applications you have seen/done
• Looking back, what would you have done differently?

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These threads are used as a reference. As such, we ask that you provide credentials of your lifting history and that you are an intermediate and above. For beginners we ask that you use this thread to enrich yourself by reading what others before you have done. If you are a beginner or have not posted credentials you will have a temporary ban if you make a top level comment.

Previous Monthly Focused Improvement Threads can be found here.

The mod team thanks you :)

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Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are *almost* anything goes. Please understand that although the quality standards are relaxed here compared to the main page all other rules are enforced equally.

You should post here for:

• PRs
• General discussion or questions
• Community conversation
• Routine critiques
• Form checks

For more distilled kettlebell discussion, check out the Monthly Focused Improvement Threads -- where we discuss one part of kettlebell training in depth

Please select flair and read the Wiki before posting.

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are *almost* anything goes. Please understand that although the quality standards are relaxed here compared to the main page all other rules are enforced equally.

You should post here for:

• PRs
• General discussion or questions
• Community conversation
• Routine critiques
• Form checks

For more distilled kettlebell discussion, check out the Monthly Focused Improvement Threads -- where we discuss one part of kettlebell training in depth

Please select flair and read the Wiki before posting.

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are *almost* anything goes. Please understand that although the quality standards are relaxed here compared to the main page all other rules are enforced equally.

You should post here for:

• PRs
• General discussion or questions
• Community conversation
• Routine critiques
• Form checks

For more distilled kettlebell discussion, check out the Monthly Focused Improvement Threads -- where we discuss one part of kettlebell training in depth

Please select flair and read the Wiki before posting.

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are *almost* anything goes. Please understand that although the quality standards are relaxed here compared to the main page all other rules are enforced equally.

You should post here for:

• PRs
• General discussion or questions
• Community conversation
• Routine critiques
• Form checks

For more distilled kettlebell discussion, check out the Monthly Focused Improvement Threads -- where we discuss one part of kettlebell training in depth

Note: All comments that are not entries will be removed from this thread.

Welcome to the r/Kettleballs Monthly Competition!

This month’s competition is: ABC: Armor Building Complex. Max rounds in 5 minutes.

2023 ABC competition|Results and Follow up post
2022 ABC competition|Results and follow up post

The ABC is 2 cleans, 1 press, 3 front squats. Here's Dan John explaining the ABC

Well here we go again for the 3rd instalment of ABC antics. The origin of this challenge is something Dan John wrote here at the bottom of this page. 30 rounds of ABC with 2x24kg in 5 minutes. It is so ridiculous sounding that many assumed it had to be a typo. But not only did Dan John confirm it was no accident, he explicitly told me that he'd done 30 rounds in 5' himself when I reached out to him. Because of this feat of inhuman strength, stamina, and refusal to put the bells down, Dan's name rightly sits atop our leader board. Will his 30 be topped, will he have company atop Mount ABC? That's what this month is about. Game on DJ

Now we would love to see someone dethrone him or get as close as possible but we also want to make this challenge accessible for everyone to participate. So it does not have to be done with 2x24kg bells, heavier or lighter - use what you can. We like seeing people put in work.

After last year’s competition wrapped Dan John asked me to remind him the next time we do it because maybe he’d participate. I sent him a note, no promises, but that’d be pretty cool to have him join in.

#Rules:

• Enter with a video link, your bodyweight, the load used, and the number of rounds completed. Enter as many times as you like. Do not create a new thread for each entry, just reply to me below your original entry, or reply to yourself and tag me
• Any implement may be used. Double bells, single bells, offset bells, barbell, sandbag, keg, tire, anything you can clean, press, and squat should be acceptable & if you're not sure just ask in the automod comment below
• All types of movements/styles are allowed so long as it is not some type of esoteric style that is attempting to circumvent doing work it will be accepted.
• The movement must be performed during the month of the competition
• Only videos that are uncut and recorded at their normal speed will be accepted
• Movements must be performed with a good faith range of motion -- egregious examples of poor ROM will be disqualifying

Note: we are doing this contest on the assumption that entrants will be trying to do the themed movement in good faith, rules are subject to change at any time to address concerns of tomfoolery. So long as the user is not trying to subvert doing work all attempts will likely be accepted.

#Scoring:

We will crown two ABC champions at the end of the month: The highest score (laid out below) and most rounds with 2x24kg bells regardless of score.

We have elected to use the DOTS formula for scoring here multiplied by the number of rounds completed.

DOTS calculator

Because we are unlikely to see more than 30 rounds, the DOTS x Rounds calculation should eliminate much of the higher rep bias in past contests. But ultimately, it's a competition, read the rules and let's get this going.

We may also award an individual who personifies the spirit of the challenge best. Meaning if someone gave an incredible effort, took the challenge head on or made it as difficult as possible but did not end up with the highest score, we can recognize that.  

Prizes: custom flair, bragging rights, eternal glory :)

Current leaderboard:

*oh my Guinness!

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Welcome to our monthly focused improvement post. Here we have a distilled discussion on a particular aspect of kettlebell training. We try to go over various techniques of kettlebells, how to program kettlebells, and how to incorporate kettlebells into other modalities of training.

***

This month’s topic of discussion: Swings

• Describe your training history and provide credentials
• What specific programming did you employ for this technique?
• What went right/wrong?
• Do you have any recommendations for someone starting out?
• What have you done to improve when you felt you were lagging?
• Where are/were you stalling?
• What did you do to break the plateau?
• What sort of trainee or individual would benefit from using the/this technique/program style?
• How do you manage recovery/fatigue/deloads while following the method/program style?
• Share any interesting facts or applications you have seen/done
• Looking back, what would you have done differently?

***

These threads are used as a reference. As such, we ask that you provide credentials of your lifting history and that you are an intermediate and above. For beginners we ask that you use this thread to enrich yourself by reading what others before you have done. If you are a beginner or have not posted credentials you will have a temporary ban if you make a top level comment.

Previous Monthly Focused Improvement Threads can be found here.

The mod team would like to show you our appreciation :)

Please select flair and read the Wiki before posting.

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are *almost* anything goes. Please understand that although the quality standards are relaxed here compared to the main page all other rules are enforced equally.

You should post here for:

• PRs
• General discussion or questions
• Community conversation
• Routine critiques
• Form checks

For more distilled kettlebell discussion, check out the Monthly Focused Improvement Threads -- where we discuss one part of kettlebell training in depth

Please select flair and read the Wiki before posting.

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

These threads are *almost* anything goes. Please understand that although the quality standards are relaxed here compared to the main page all other rules are enforced equally.

You should post here for:

• PRs
• General discussion or questions
• Community conversation
• Routine critiques
• Form checks

For more distilled kettlebell discussion, check out the Monthly Focused Improvement Threads -- where we discuss one part of kettlebell training in depth