Garage Gym Chronicles: 11/14/2024 Training Log. Back

Garage Gym Chronicles: 11/14/2024 Training Log. Back

Ex 1: pullups-8,8,6

Ex 2: single arm dumbbell rows-2x12/12 (add weight next week)

Ex 3: big foot rows-6,5

Ex 4: kettlebell snatch-10/10

Ex 5: kettlebell swing pulls-2x15

Total Time = 37 minutes 

I was going to do kettlebell snatches or shrugs as exercise 4. I didn't feel like doing shrugs so I went for snatches. But, after the first set I got a wild hair and switched to kettlebell swing pulls (these are probably refered to as kettlebell high pulls or 2 arm pulls, but I think of that as a unilateral or double kettlebell exercise. So, for now, I'm calling them swing pulls until someone corrects me and/or educates me on the proper verbiage).

Kettlebell snatches and swing pulls both light up the upper back (rhomboids and traps) remarkably well. But the swing pulls force you to really retract those shoulder blades. You'll experience a rhomboid/middle trap contraction like never before, despite it not being much time under tension. I should probably reserve an entire video/article to that one exercise, so I'll shut up for now.

That post-workout oxygen depletion hits hard when I'm recording these training logs.

If you train today (please do), make it exceptional.