Comments on: Gina, Gee You Challenged ME! Kettlebell Workout | Body Weight Workout

By: Marianne

Marianne — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:37:01 +0000

In reply to Aliona.

Hey Ali, nice to see you back here. Yeah, it’d say it’s time for an upgrade, but keep up the great work!

Talk to you soon 😀

By: Aliona

Aliona — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:09:29 +0000

Hi Marianne,

It’s been a while since I wrote here. Sometimes life was just busy, but sometime I was lazy … oops, but it is true  I hope this time I won’t disappear for so long 

Did this workout yesterday and I love it!! I did some modifications though, cause I don’t have a pull up bar and my heaviest KB is 7kg (15 pounds). Time to upgrade, LOL! So I did reversed pushups (using two chairs and the broom) instead of pull ups and did 3 rounds of the conditioning and tabata sections. It was great!!

Marianne and Gina thanks to both of you!!!

Ali

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sun, 29 May 2011 14:21:29 +0000

In reply to Emma.

Glad you liked this – it was great workout! 🙂 Nice job on the TGUs and Pull Ups too!

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:09:45 +0000

Hi Marianne and Gina,
This was a great workout. I’m all done with my Funk-a-thon now, so I was looking forward to getting started with these workouts. A few reps then:
TGUs set 1 14kg 3 each side
TGUs set 2 16kg 3 each side
3 pull ups
Alternating swing 37, 36 – 16kg
Burpees 18.5, 19
Side to side steps 74,74
Alternating row 36, 34 – 16kg
Skipping 129, 145 (It’s a good job I’ve got Mickela’s workout booked in next as I think I need a bit of skipping practice 🙂 )
3 pull ups
Far too tired to count reps during the tabata 🙂
I’d been neglecting my TGUs and pull-ups lately, so this gave me a kick up the bum to get going with them again :).
All in all, a top workout. Thanks guys!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:27:47 +0000

In reply to Marty. Thanks Marty. They may work better that way. I'd have to do them outside on the wooden beams to really see. But 20 seconds isn't much time. I'd probably only manage about 2 LOL!

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:04:25 +0000

Thanks for starting to post some of these workouts – can’t wait to try this one. Thanks, Gina! I liked how you had the Turkish Get-Ups immediately after the warm-up, to kick things into gear before the main workout.

Just a thought – maybe pull-ups could work in tabata if they were jumping pull-ups instead?

By: Mickela

Mickela — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:15:19 +0000

Hi Gina hi Marianne
that is a pretty well rounded workout. looks like a lot of fun and kettlebells and jumping rope are my favorite workout tools. this weekend (too much sailing) I will give this a try and see how my numbers compare to yours.

Cheers

By: Marianne

Marianne — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:20:57 +0000

In reply to Gina. Well done Gina, you sound like one strong lady! :D :D :D

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 26 May 2011 00:54:49 +0000

In reply to Marianne.

I love pull ups too. Before I was pregnant I could do 6. By time I was 9 mos along I could do 2. Now I am back up to 5. Struggling to get in that last rep, but I’ll get there.
And you are looking so super fit these days.
I admit, at 4 am after feeding my 4 month old I always check your site online before I go back to bed to get some ideas for my workout that day. My 3 year old tried to lift my 35 lb Kettlebell yesterday. Ha! In due time I told her. 🙂
Keep up the good work on this site. Loving it!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:28:44 +0000

In reply to Gina.

Thanks Gina. It’s amazing you can still fit a workout like this into you busy life with young kids (plus husband haha) – Brava to you girl!!

It was great that you included pull ups, because that was just the sort of workout I was after 😀 Thank you!