Snatch 12kg: 5/5 Snatch 12kg with fleece gloves & talcum: 10min (5/5min) Snatch 20,24,28kg: 5/5 each
Oa swing 32kg: 3x 20/20 reps
Farm walk 2x24kg: 2min Farm hold 2x40kg: 2x 30 sec
Kändes kort och effektivt, fast det var nog ett ganska långt pass. La handsknatcharna först idag: det känns som att dessa snatchar är nåt av de bästa jag gör i träningsväg, fast ofta orkar jag inte med dom när de ligger sent i passet. Mystisk iakttagelse; när jag sedan körde snatch med 20 och 24 så kändes det jättelätt.
Juggling 12kg: a long time, some hours low tempo, just enjoyed hanging out outdoors
Martin's demonstration in Hamburg made me want to try som juggling. A year, or two, since last time. Lost the bell a lot, but towards the end I began being able to do some sequences without dropping it.
WKC has released a new ranking table for "strong sport" in OALC (there is a ladies table as well). Maybe, I could reach 16/16 with the 32 and some training, I believe I am somewhere above 10/10 now.
A while ago this video with Johann Martin, "Fifty years of struggle with the iron," was all over kettlebell-related sites on the Internet:
As mentioned, I had the possibillity to meet Johann Martin in Hamburg at the open competition of the German Kettlebell Club. As you might remember, I got very intrigued by Johann Martin's video (LINK), so this was a great and pleasant surprise for me.
Johann Martin is teaching olympic lifting, girevoy sport and strength training at Athletenklubb in Hamburg, and Mr Martin brought a team to the competition.
Johann Martin was very pleased that his video had got so much response and he planned to do a second, and perhaps third video. Still, he was a little perplexed and amused by the fact that several people over the Internet assumed he was Hungarian, Bulgarian, or of any other nationality. And, he wanted to tell that he was a German born in Khazakstan.
One of his students, Michael, was kind enough to write up a summary of Mr Martin's biography for me.
"...Johann Martin was born as a German citizen in Kazakhstan, where he started lifting mostly selfmade equipment by the age of ten. In Kazakhstan he finished his study at sports university after which he coached a lot of Kazakhstan people in 16 different gyms. All of them where build by himself.
If I remember correctly, he was exposed to Kettlebells in the Russian military in the 60s. Olympic Weightlifting, Kettlebell juggling and acrobatic skills where and are his specialities. He recieved Master of Sport by the UDSSR for Heavy Athletics together with the grade of Kettlebelltrainer of first category.
He also coached the first Kazakhstan Girevoy champion in the 80s, when the modern sport of Girevoy started. Besides coaching Olympic Weightlifters, Kettlebell Lifters and Strength Athletes, he practiced his acrobatic and juggling skills because his philosophy always was to build a complete athlete of strength and skill. 1993 he moved to Germany, where until now he is coaching mostly adolescents at "Athletenclub Hamburg". Some of his lifters compete in Olympic Weightlifting, some train for other sports like American Football. Training involves basic barbell lifts from Olympic Weightlifting, some kettlebell exercises and acrobatics.
... You are welcome to pay us visit."
Let me add a short passus for us who are not very familiar with German society. There are large communities of ethnic Germans in the former Soviet Union. In Kazakhstan, the number was in about one million in 1992 (LINK). With political changes - notably, the perestroika - many ethnic Germans emigrated. In 1992, migrants of this category from Kazakhstan to Germany numbered 114 382; in 1994, the number was of 121 517 individuals (Ronge, V. in, Müntz and Weiner 1997, LINK).
By the way, Martin was a friend and competitor of Valery Federenko's coach, Pantelei Filikidi, who also lived in Khazakstan before moving to Greece. In the past, Martin's and Filikid's teams had competed several times.
Today, in his 60's, Johann Martin still trains olympic lifting, giri sport, acrobatics (also with mat), and juggling. Those of his students who showed talent and interest for giri sport he guided on that path.
At the Hamburg competition, there were several Russians and ethnic Germans born in Russia; they seemed to use the term "giri sport" rather that of "girevoy sport."
Here is some cool moves that Johann Martin demonstrated: Note that in the double flips, one bell is going clockwise and the other counter clockwise. Great moves for outdoor practice during this summer.
Double snatch has become more popular. Do not miss how Johann Martin swings the bells outside his legs and that he keeps one foot in front of the other. When I asked, Mr Martin thought that he was the only one doing that in double snatch. A final word of warning, Mr Martin cautioned that many had lost their front teeth when trying out this feat:
Gloves, I was not happy using my old pair of garden gloves, so I took a pair of thick and cheap fleece gloves. Damn, 32/32 became my max with 16kg and I could not go 10 minutes even with hand switches! A 12kg would be good here. Went outside and snatched by Sjömanhustrun for the first time this year. A guy with a big beard wanted to sleep there as well. I explained I was doing gloved snatches and that the weight might fly away. He had no problems and promised to sleep around the corner of the statue's base. Wish all people were that easy-going.
After training, forearms feel smoked, but no calluse problem whatsoever. This must also be perfect rehab when you have shoulder issues. Your shoulder is dealing with 16kg but your grip working a lot harder. According to Russian coach Rudnev 16kg with gloves is like 24kg, and 24 kgwith gloves like 32kg (courtesy of my friend Ari's blog, LINK, Ari has just returned from a GS-camp in St Petersburg. This is how I came to think of gloves in the first place).
For ordinary snatch training it is probably a worthwhile complement for grip endurance.
Tired Monday, so I saved jerks for today. Happy with last sessions, though still tired. Last week, I went from no running at all to three sessions (stupid - I know). Maybe that's the reason? No leg or foot pains, however.
Belted deep squats: 16kg x 10 Belted GS squats: 64kgx 35reps Belted GS jump squats: 64kgx 35reps (barely made this one)
Kul att det verkar ske nån slags förändring avseende snatch. 10 minuter var nära idag. Fast jag har avancerat plötsligt i snatch tidigare och sen' halkat tillbaka till där jag var innan igen. Nog varken magi eller häxeri inblandat, men nån enkel ganska självklar grej i teknik eller träningsupplägg. Där skulle man haft en coach. Fast det har jag inte. Sen' så har jag ett komplext förhållningssätt till auktoritetsfigurer så jag hade nog tyckt det blev tråkigt att träna för en coach och slutat hursomhelst. Been there, done that :-).
Moynihan Institutet: Nya rön Det oberoende Moynihan Institute (LÄNK) har publicerat en intressant artikel om Program Minimum och förhållandet styrka/midjemått. Jag gillar det sistnämnda då det innebär att jag borde vara jättestark. Institutet förmedlar också några tankar kring så kallad kettlebell, eller girevoy, sport:
..."Here’s one point I can’t emphasize enough. Forget about girevoy sport (GS) training unless you are competing in that exercise in futility. Really, they should play that David Byrne song, “We’re on the road to no where” whenever one of those douchebags hits the platform. GS training is a bust. Stay away from anyone that tries convincing you otherwise. Honestly I think that most GS couches are sexual predators of the lowest variety.
Stick with what works. Even though they have banned me from their kingdom I think that Pavel’s stuff on kettlebell lifting is the gold standard today. Detractors are for the most part former disgruntled employees whose personal and professional lives seem to be in absolute shambles...."
Oa swings 28kg: 20/20 (unfortunately, palms gave up)
Drop sets make me very tired, but it does not feel like I have really worked afterwards. But I bet they are good. Edit--- Check here (LINK) for a version of GS drop-set: same weight but a drop in tempo: ingenious! Well, they say the smartest ones took the ship to the US...
