Subject: Better grip endurance for your kettlebell swings, part III

Most likely the last two tips on how to improve your grip endurance—get strong and learn to relax—have taken care of business.

 

But if you need more, your grip endurance is in order.

 

Most athletes think that all it takes is making your forearms burn with pump. They are wrong; this is the worst way to develop grip endurance…

 

As you know, StrongFirst has a strong anti-glycolytic bias when training endurance. Science and experience show that this is the best way.

 

The classic Soviet model for making your type II muscle fibers more aerobic is to alternate short work periods and rest periods in such a way that the work is sustained at least for several minutes (and preferably longer) without burn and congestion.

 

Swing a light kettlebell, about half the weight of the one you are currently swinging for Kettlebell Simple & Sinister.

 

Do not use chalk. When you get a hang of the drill, go the other way: soap up your hands.

 

Switch hands on the fly every five reps. Practice relaxed explosion and “hard style laziness.”

Stop when your forearms start burning or when the quality of your swings is about to go down. Jog than walk for active rest. Enough for today.

 

In an S&S training session, do this after the get-ups and before the floor stretches. Once a week.

 

When ready, add a second set, as soon as you can pass the talk test.

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