Strength Shop are now selling kettlebells amongst other things.

My previous dealings with these guys is all good and I would highly recommend checking out their UK Kettlebells, although I have not tried them I believe them to be of very good quality.

£68 for a great looking quality 40kg kettlebell can't be bad

Check out this previous post on Strength Shop after I bought some battling ropes, tacky and nose tork


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A bit of an update about what's been going on recently

Since my minor back injury (as minor as it was it still put me out of most kettlebell training and real leg work), my training has been reduced considerably to mainly seated barbell press, barbell bench pressing, some indoor rowing and grip work (mainly fat handle dumbbells).

I haven't particularly enjoyed being injured as it's put of some of my targets for the rest of the summer. I'm still debating doing a strongman comp in Northumberland on 7th August.

EVENTS

100KG Wooden Log Press for Reps

Hussafel Strone Carry for Max distance

Car Deadlift (Approx 260KG in Hands)

Basque Circle - 260KG for Max revolutions

Medley - 300KG Yoke x 20m + 120KG Farmers x 20m

Loading - 3 Barrells & 3 Stones in any order

So got a few weeks to do some training to get up to speed.

Also, I dug out some discus training footage from 1997 (see video below)

I was 22 yrs old in these clips at 19 1/2 stone, I have great memories from my days as a discus thrower and certainly feel that I have soem unfinished business that may need addressing before I'm to old and decrepid!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwhW_iMsX0w

Also, since my injury healed somewhat I did some 2 3/8" thick dumbbell work after Elliot Sands pointed me in the direction of David Horne's Grip Forum where people have been talking about what they can do with thick bars, so I had a go, see video below of 67kg thick handle dumbbell clean.



SO, now I'm nearly 100% I'll be back on with some serious training and my kettlebell targets that I had set for early July

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Nick Mckinless is currently selling a 48kg Australian Kettlebells kettlebell if anyone is interested

Check out the link below

Australian Kettlebell 48kg



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I was going great guns until a few days ago.

I've been training on some fairly heavy kettlebell lifting (I set myself a goal for the 7th July - Which I won't meet until later now, will let you in on what it is when it happens) and also been working on bench press, deadlift and barbell clean and press in preperation for some up and coming Strongman Comps and throwing events.

Anyways back to where I started, my lower back is tight/injured. I don't think I have torn anything, but I've tightened up my hip flexors to a point that they're so tight my lower back is screaming due to the tension in it.

Since my first ever strongman competition, I've experienced tight hip flexors. I've had tight hip flexors before but never to this extent, so I've worked on stretching them almost daily and had several deep massage sessions and active release work done on them but they got the better of me on thursday night after some medium weight deadlifting

I now feel like I'm about 75.

So, looking like I'll need some work done on them and will have to take things slowly for a while.

Shame as I felt a real peak coming on with the BUP's and pressing work.

So, I'm searching for self help on the hip flexor front

I currently do the karate style hip stretches and side bending (and searched the internet fairly thoroughly) but am looking to go one step further, with ???

Any help would be much appreciated

Cheer




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