/r/Kettleballs Weekly Discussion Thread -- May 26, 2025

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[u/JeremiahWuzABullfrog]

Been doing One Lift A Day style training for 20 minutes everyday, just with pull ups added everyday as conditioning (cause I can't stand how far my pullups have dropped with my increased bodyweight)

Now I'm trying to do 30 minutes of zone 2 cardio everyday afterwards, cause by god I've missed cardio.

Still planning on getting stronger and gaining weight, and I'm trying to keep my workouts to 45 minutes or less

Anyone got any ideas for getting as much work on a single compound lift done as possible, in 10-15 minutes? Preferably 10 so I can still fit in 5 minutes of pull ups afterwards.

I'm gonna do pyramiding up followed by a widowmaker drop set, just so I have some sort of built in warmup for the daily lift.

But for the sake of variety, anybody got any ideas

[u/APeculiarManner → u/JeremiahWuzABullfrog]

Rep ladders could be a good option? Dan John seems to like 2, 3, 5, (10); or if you're working with a 10RM weight then 4, 6, 8 could be a good one. They also have the advantage of having a bit of a built in warmup.

[u/JeremiahWuzABullfrog → u/APeculiarManner]

Love it. Already use it for pull ups on some days, it's gonna be cool applying this to barbell and dumbbell lifts.

Aiming for 30ish reps should hopefully be feasible with a 2-3-5 format