Today was heavy volume Clean & Press & Pullup day.

For those unfamiliar with ladders they are a great way to build strength by building up a high volume of low reps without burninging out by doing too many reps & fatigueing.

Ladders are ideal when working out with a partner because by alternating reps you build in escalating rest periods as the reps increase.

Today I did 10 sets of 3 rung ladders, ie,

1 rep right side Clean & Press (C&P) ... rest for partner to do the rep (imagine training with partner)

1 rep left side C&P then rest

1 Pullup -then rest

2 rep right side C&P then rest

2 rep left side C&P then rest

2 Pullups then rest

3 rep right side C&P then rest

3 rep left side C&P then rest

3 Pullups then bigger rest of 1 minute between rungs

Start back at 1 rep and build to 3 again.

I did this 10 times in about 50 minutes and therefore did 60 reps pressing the 24kg kettlebell with each arm and 60 pullups

Next week I will increase to the 28kg kettlebell and cut back the sets and maybe some of the rungs off the later sets .

From about the 5th set onwards I started having slightly more rest before the pullups as they are a weak movement for me.

I am not used to doing such a high volume of pressing and after injuring my shoulders last year it will be interesting to see how they handle the volume