RangerUpbitch’s BodyBlog

Today i received my much anticipated kettlebells from Performbetter.I purchased two 16 kg kettlebells and one 24kg kettlebell.

I’ve used several different brands including the very expensive dragondoor ones.  I am very pleased with the perform better kettlebells because first they were cheaper, second they are vinyl covered, and third the handles are similar if not the same as the dragondoor ones.  I got all three kettlebells for $270 bucks including shipping over to Iraq.  I would also like to add that the staff at performbetter was awesome helping me out with customer service etc answering all my questions very quickly even when I was showing no interest in buying the equipment right away.  I’ve used kettlebells before, but never my own.  I love kettlebell training and believe that they have helped me attain the level of fitness that i currently have.  I have several different circuits that I do mostly for metabolic conditioning.  I noticed I can run through a few rounds of the circuits as opposed to running and I get better results than running or walking on a treadmill for an extended period of time.  I don’t believe there is a substitute for kettlebell training and they would help nearly anyone trying to get "fit".  Any questions shoot them my way!  RANGER OUT!

I got my new toy for the gym.  it’s by far the best jumprope i’ve ever owned.  it better be.  it cost me 45 bucks including shipping to have it shipped over to Iraq.  i jumped yesterday with it and I jumped for 10 minutes for a cool down today.  I’ve read in several different spots that 10 minutes of jump rope at 120 turns per minute burns just as many calories as running for 30 minutes.  I’m not sure how fast of a run, but whatever.  My legs were tired when i was finished nonetheless.  if you love jumpin rope i recommend one of these ropes.  I use it to warm up and cool down.  It gets me a good sweat started before i hit anything else in the gym.  i think the MWR staff in the gym was getting tired of me wearing out and breaking all their ropes, so i got my own and it’s better then theirs so there. 

 Great peice of equipment for any home gym.  less than 90 days till i get till leave Iraq.  WOOT! 

Ranger OUT!

Well guys i entered a powerlifting competition that happened tonight.  It was my first official powerlifting competition ever.  It wasn’t a sanctioned event or anything but it was fun nonetheless.  I took 2nd place.  I lost by 2 10,000th’s of a point.  Talk about close.  Anyway i’m really happy with the results.  I didn’t have any personal records and i only failed on one lift.  We only were allowed two tries per lift, so I stayed conservative which is probably why i lost.  No biggie, i’ll win the next one.

Bench 250 good 270 failed…i did 275# earlier this week so that was frustrating

Dead 385 good 415 good

Squat 345 good 365 good

I got at least another 20-30 pounds on each dead and squat, I learned a lot about what i’m capable of and where to start in the future.  Good Stuff

So here they are

3 rounds of 20 reps 40# kettlebell swings, 40reps 50# pushpress, 60 reps air squats.  Time: 10:27

7×5reps deadlifts: 225, 245, 275, 295, 315, 335, 365 and 5×5 incline DB bench, 90# Dumbells

Today:  Joshie: 3 rounds of 21 L-Pullups, 21reps 40# db snatch, 21 L-Pullups, 21reps 40#DB snatch.  Time: 17:27

Ok so the past few days i’ve slacked off adding my workouts.  But here they are.

 Today was 5×7reps squat I went heavy at 335# and 7×5 reps of bench and i went really heavy for me…i was failing on reps 3-5, but i was focusing on the negative with a lot of help on the way up at 275#.

Yesterday

7 rounds 10 ring dips, 10 95# thruster, 30 27" box jump.  time: 16:27 This was a real smoker.  followed by medicine ball ab work

The day before

5 rounds of 10reps 55# kettlebell swing, 10 reps 55# kettlebell snatch and mills, 25 glute-ham-dev situps Time:10:27

Followed by: 5×10 55# dumbells shoulder press, 5×20 20# dumbells lateral raises, 5×10 270# shrugs

The day before that:

20 minutes of 10 dips, 15 205# squats, 25 situps.  i did 12 rounds and just under 21 minutes. 

THAT’S!  180 REPS OF 205#

this is one of my favorite workouts because of the sheer amount of volume of weight you push.

And the Jan 31st:

3 rounds of DEATH   of 15 reps 225# deadlift, 15reps 95# thruster, 15 pullups, 15 handstand pushups.  Time 12:29