Like this:

I’ve been finding kettlebell workouts awkward of late.  I’m never sure what exercises to run through.  So I burrowed through the internet, and came up with this little collection:

• kettlebell swing 20 reps
• biceps curl 10 reps
• push-ups 20 reps
• one arm kettlebell swing 20 reps total
• biceps curl 10 reps
• triceps push-ups 20 reps
• biceps curls 20 10 reps
• kettlebell rack squat 30 reps
• biceps curls 8 reps
• bottom push-ups (stay low and pump) 20 reps
• biceps curls 8 reps
• kettlebell figure 8 to clean 10 reps each side
• biceps curls 6 reps
• wrestlers push-ups (shift weight left to right each rep) 10 reps per side
• biceps curls 6 reps
• kettlebell clean and jerk 10 reps each side
• biceps curls 5 reps
• front/back push-ups (left arm in front, right hand back then switch) 10 reps per side
• kettlebell Romanian Deadlift 25 reps
• push-up plus (scapula contraction and retraction push-up) 10 reps
• kettlebell swing 25 reps
• perfect form push-ups 20 reps
• kettlebell swing 25 reps
• perfect form push-ups 20 reps
• kettlebell clean 10 reps per side
• push-ups 10 reps
• kettlebell swings 22 reps

I ran through this as fast as I could.  By the end I was pretty sweaty.  The only problem I have with the routine is that there isn’t a core component.  Once I’ve added that, this should be a really good kettlebell routine.  I used it instead of the SEAL workout this week, simply because I felt like it.  I figured I’d be much more engaged with a routine that I actually wanted to do.

Although I’ve been sticking to the exercise routine fairly well, there are a couple of holes appearing.  Diet wise I seem to be alternating days of low carb paleo goodness with refined sugar chocolate binges.  This is despite knowing that said binges will leave me feeling lethargic and shitty the next day.

I’m also neglecting the gaps.  I’ve been meaning to get up in the morning and work through yoga stretches every day for the last week, but it just hasn’t happened.  The beginning of half term gives me a chance to fix a routine for the morning, which will be good.  I’ve never been much of a morning person, rolling over and hitting the snooze button far more than is healthy.  As it’s the holidays I should actually want to get up.