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Anchor Squats
Keep knees externally rotated
20-30 quality reps
Maintain a hard kettlebell rack position throughout
20 - 30 quality reps per side
x3 - (add swing/clean for advanced)
Lock out the working elbow, stiffen the forward knee, active through the straight leg
~15 reps per side
x2
Bend either the elbows or knees on every rep
Go for about 3 minutes per set
Never moving the anchored body parts while keeping arm straight
10 excellent reps per side
x3 sets w/o rest
Time the press with the grounding of the opposite arm
~8 per side
x3 sets
Parking the elbow inside of the knee while locking out the arm
12+ strong presses per side
x2
Bend the PLANTED leg knee each rep, standing tall after each rep
20+ per side
x3 round (add the row|advanced)
Bend the hips hard and get the bell to pass under the opposite leg
~12 reps per side
x3 (add row/clean | advanced)
Keep the bell INSIDE the working leg ankle bones
12-20 reps per side
x3
Keep the hips and shoulder forward (12 o'clock)
12+ reps per side
x3 (palm faces 6 o'clock | advanced)
Keep your elbow rested on the working side thigh
~6-10 reps per side
x3/4 (add knee extension | advanced)
Find the SWEET spot right befoer the hips snap to launch your bells up to rack/snatch
~6-12 reps per side
x2+ (very advanced)
Go for the full 8 minutes for one rep each!
Can you keep the kettlebell up in hand the whole time??
Hello!
My name is Johann Francis, CSCS, aka "Coach" Johann and I have an extensive background in fitness and nutrition. My clients (trained over 30k hours in 17 years) achieve success at every turn while on my programs and I am damn proud of it. I am a CSCS certified Strength Coach, a nutrition expert with a Nutrition degree, and an athlete.
The lifestyle and workouts I present, I PERFORM!
Enjoy them, make them your own!
I invite, nay, CHALLENGE you to form a habit within these next two weeks! These flows are a mix of this, and a mash of that. What I mean is this: we perform the moves and flow to build mobility. That mobility helps us get stronger. That strength builds more mobility inside a cycle of strength-benefits.
Specifically, these flows are propioceptive: they require both strengthening and stretching at the same time!
So, with agonist and antagonist muscles, you are stretching one set of muscle and simultaneously stretching the other side or other group of muscles. This creates great balance and strength!
This creates symmetry and prevents injury.
And this is a fanatic warm up.
Treat each day with the aim to get better but PRACTICE. Then, after you have secured the positions, add weight.
We use kettlebells because they require a different mode of fitness versus, say dumbbells. Kettlebells allow for more functional bone stacking and require full body movement and coordination. Thus, kettlebell usage and bodyweight movement are an opportunistic marriage which again, crease balance and overall strength.
Those of us who are used to being injured understand that injury prevention is so important too.
Starting today, try "Day 1 - Anchor Squats" and assess your body.
To burn fat, you have to build muscle. Period. Any quality coach will agree.
Friends, not all muscle is the same as we breakdown in this workout program. Type 1, 2a and 2x all have different purposes and sizes but targeting those muscle fibers requires education, science and nuance!
Strength, is the total body goal we are looking for.
Here's scientific, nutritional and metabolic Truth: the more muscle you build, the higher your metabolism, the more FAT YOU BURN!
Thus, we look to build muscle.
We look to periodize our workout into macrocycles, mesocycles and microcycle
Learn the language of Fitness!
Here are the 4 systems.
Endurance
Strength
Anaerobic
Burst
Learning how to gauge your heart rate helps alot too. But, we provide an estimate of what your heart might be.
Earn a generalized meal plan at the end upon completion to support your gain!
Before you start, take a look at this template and consider its use and message.
GOOD LUCK!