Girevoy Sport Training Routines

Girevoy Sport Training Routines

How would you train for a Girevoy competition?
Good question! Any ideas??

Well if I was to enter a Kettlebell comp (which I fully intend to in the future), I would certainly apply some of the knowledge I have gained through training with kettlebells over the last several years.

There are certainly a few key points I would use to train for a kettlbell competition.

1. Kettlebell ladders Click here if you don't know what they are.
They're definitely a must to acrue volume to your girevoy sport training routine, get a lot of work done fast.

2. Greasing the groove GTG Go here for an explanation by Pavel at Dragondoor

3. Use different weighted kettlebells. Never get stuck in a rut with your kettlebell routine. Try using heavier weights for less reps to build strength and depth into your fitness. You'll certainly go stale on a continous high rep program. Alternate between heavy and lighter sessions.

4. Train short and often. Similar to greasing the groove principle. I manage to get many short but frequent training sessions in every week.

5. When all else fails or you start hitting plateaus try harder. Only joking! Although some girevoy sport trainers may feel they've hit a plateau they probably haven't. In my opinion only top level athletes hit plateaus as they're training day in day out yearly. In this case I would recommend seriously timing and using percentage style periodization to guide your training. Something I currently feel strongly against as it takes away a lot of the fun in training for me.

6. Increase the volume of your training in a wave (wave cycle)fashion
As an example of this style of training

Week 1: Total kettlebell snatches = 500 reps
Week 2: Total kettlebell snatches = 600 reps
Week 3: Total kettlebell snatches = 700 reps
Week 4: Total kettlebell snatches = 400 reps

Week 5: Total kettlebell snatches = 600 reps
Week 6: Total kettlebell snatches = 700 reps
Week 7: Total kettlebell snatches = 800 reps
Week 8: Total kettlebell snatches = 500 reps

This is an example of a very simple wave routine. Almost periodization but not as complex.

6. Taper off before your kettlebell competition. Make sure you reduce your training volume before a kettlebell competition. Don't train right upto it a fluff it at the last hurdle.

So there we go plenty of food for thought. Your girevoy sport training routine doesn't need to be too complex. Progression is the key and plenty of variety to avoid staleness.

Girevoy Sport Training Routines

Training versus Workouts

Training versus Workouts

Do you workout with your kettlebells or do you train with them?

What's the difference? Well....

It suddenly hit me the other day that there is a distinct difference between working out and training. 'Training' involves following a set program that follows a structure geared towards your goal and working out/workouts literally mean you turn up and train for however long you feel like training for just to say that you've shown up and done something.

Which is better?

Neither is significantly better as it should be you who decides what your goals will be with your kettlebell training or kettlebell workouts. I personally do kettlebell workouts at the moment despite heading towards a Tactical Strength Competition, the reason being is I train at other sports and use kettlebell workouts to increase GPP and challenge myself with unusal style lifts or heavy kettlebell lifts. I tend to follow a more specific training routine for other areas.

So, what do you?

If you're heading towards a kettlebell competition then you should be training and not working out. Check out this article 'How to training for a kettlebell competition'
for some ideas for kettlebell training.

Training versus Workouts