Blog Entries tagged 'Clean Press ladders'

Mike's training - Cont ladders & combo

mike@kettlebellsnz.com — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0100

After achieving 5 ladders of 5 rungs on continuous Clean & Press & Pull/Chin ladders I have increased from using the 20kg kettlebell up to the 24 kg kettlebell i of course dropped the resp back to only 3 runngs and have started with 3 ladders.

Cont C&P ladders 24kg/1-2-3-4/1-2-3/1-2-3
Pullups BW/1-2-3 / [...]

Mike's training - Continuous C&P& chin ladders

mike@kettlebellsnz.com — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

When I first started doing Clean & Press ladders I did them more in a continuous manner ie, resting only in between ladders. I thought this was how they were done and coulrn't understand why I found 5 ladders of 5 reps difficult compared to others. However it seems most people do ladders for strength with rest in between the rungs of the ladder. This makes them ideal when training with partners. So a 3 rung ladder would go

1 rep C&P right
p [...]

Mike's training - Clean, Press & Pullup ladders

mike@kettlebellsnz.com — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

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) ... r [...]