Author: Tom Denham

Simple and Sinister: Week Thirteen

It was raining early in the week, so I trained inside. To make life simple, I did everything with the 16 kg bell, but doubled the number of swings from 100 to 200. When the weather got better, I stayed lazy and kept training...

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Simple and Sinister: Week Twelve

I began week twelve on 17 February and was just about to start my third workout of the week on Wednesday, 19 February when my sister Mary called to tell me my parents home had burned and they were both in the hospital being...

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Simple and Sinister: Week Eleven

Snow and ice kept me training in the living room all week. I took a step down from two-handed swings with the 32-kg bell and did one-handed swings with the 24-kg bell. I was amazed how light the 24-kg bell felt after swinging...

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Simple and Sinister: Week Ten

I have been doing the Simple and Sinister kettlebell workout for ten weeks now. This means I have completed 5000 swings, 750 goblet squats, squat curls, and halos, and 500 get-ups. On any given day I could have done more work,...

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Simple and Sinister: Week Nine

I moved up to the 70-pound kettlebell for two-handed swings on Monday and did fine. I finished swings on Tuesday before it began to snow. I moved inside to do getups. On Wednesday and Thursday, I did everything inside. Because I...

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