Formosa Fitness

There's still no central location that lists the kettlebell workout methods for some reason. You have to search around and read through the jargon to figure out how to use it. That's not so good. So I'm taking it upon myself to introduce the methods in a series of posts. Hopefully beginners will find this useful.

This is a video intro to ladders. The idea is to pick a technique, do it with one hand, do it with the other hand, switch hands and do two, switch hands and do two again, three, three, etc. 

The buildup looks like this: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. But you can stop any where along that progression you want. This is an ascending ladder.

There's also ascending and descending, obviously a much tougher workout with twice the reps: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

I show in this clip an ascending and descending clean ladder with the 20kg kettlebell.

I like this method since you can build some impressive numbers and go constantly for a longer time without damaging your hands. The constant hand switching helps.

Let me know if this is useful.