Ready to try one of my favourite “Minimalist Kettlebell Workout”?

Today I did my favourite “Minimalist Kettlebell Workout” which I would be sharing in this post. Actually, I prefer to use the term “practice” instead of Workout as StrongFirst recommends and I have realised it myself too, that I make time to “Practice” my movements and get a “Great Workout” as a result of it. If you are still in the “Workout” mindset, do try changing it to a “Practice” mindset and notice the difference yourself. Also, break out of that “No Pain, No Gain” mindset as a result of applying this new change. Once upon a time, I used to think that if I am not feeling dead by the end of the workout, I haven’t worked hard enough in my session. But after learning Strength Training Principles from StrongFirst, I realised that this mindset leads to injuries. Let’s cut straight to the chase.

My favourite “Minimalist Kettlebell Workout”

comprises of just 2 exercises/movements:

1. Kettlebell two-arm Swings with 32 kg
2. Bodyweight Pull-ups

What I do is I alternate between these 2 exercises and keep increasing Pull-ups from 1,2,3,4 till I reach 10. After each set of Pull-up, I do 10 Kettlebell two-arm Swings with 32 kg. The reps of my Swings remain the same each set. In total I end up doing 100 Swings and 55 Pull-ups.

If you want to try this workout without Pull-ups, you can replace Pull-ups with Bodyweight Push-ups.

It’s important that you focus on doing the reps in Swings and Pull-ups with proper form and rest enough in between sets or exercises.

If doing reps till 10 in Pull-ups or Push-ups is hard for you and breaks your form, then just do till where you are able to perform these reps with good form.

Benefits of Minimalist Workouts

Minimalism was made popular in Kettlebell World by Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman and Co-founder of StrongFirst Inc. His “Simple & Sinister Challenge” is famous Worldwide. For more information on “Simple & Sinister Challenge”, here is a link on the StrongFirst website.

Please remember to share your comments in the section below after trying out my above mentioned workout.