A good session has a warm-up, prep work, workout, and a cooldown. Most of our online kettlebell workout sessions have a follow-along prep work video. For the people that do not follow our workouts, here is an explanation of what prep work is and how to design your own prep work for a kettlebell workout. …
A compound exercise is an exercise that involves more than one muscle group at the same time to action a movement. It’s the opposite of an isolation exercise where the target is one muscle or muscle group. Compound exercises are multi-joint exercises and isolation exercises are single-joint. A good example of a compound movement is …
What is a full-body kettlebell workout, or any full-body workout for that matter? First, we have to define what we’re measuring, is it the feeling of having worked the full body or having specifically targeted all parts of the body with movements that recruit the muscles as prime movers? There is a difference, and usually, …
A time cap on a workout or task of a workout means that you need to complete the work within that given time cap. If you do not complete the work within the given time cap then you have failed the workout. Not making it within the time cap can mean that you did not …
It should be noted that there is a difference between intensity of weight and the perceived intensity from physical activity. The latter is about defining the intensity of aerobic activity and its affects on heart rate and breathing, and part recovery (how fast). The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion uses the following scale: The ratings …
This article explains how the scoring for kettlebell workouts is designed by Cavemantraining. This scoring system and formulas are in use for all our kettlebell workouts and are used by our athletes across the world.
The only close to accurately programmed kettlebell workout is the one that is individually tailored to you by a professional or yourself with the right programming knowledge. With that knowledge, you should know how to scale your workouts accordingly to your abilities. You scale workouts by:
What is the right kettlebell weight to use for the kettlebell exercises or kettlebell workouts on our website and what is a light, medium, or heavy? Our workouts have a prescribed weight, but that doesn’t mean you should be working at that weight, and when it comes to weight, what is light for one is …
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Rx means prescribed and in the context of exercising, it refers to the prescribed reps, rounds, or weight for a task. On our website, we’ll use it to give you an idea of weight to use for workout tasks. However, no matter what is prescribed, one should always go by their abilities and scale the …
When an exercise is programmed, you will come across terms like: What do these terms mean? Switch at Will Meaning To switch at will is to switch sides for the exercise or combo whenever you want to. This means that you can switch after performing 1, 2, 3, or any rep on one side and …