Me with Kettlbells :D

**Jonathan** · 24-07-2006 09:59 AM

Had a really good meet-up yesterday at my house, and we did strongman in the park. A friend brought up lots of kettlebells, so of course I had to have a pop!

The heaviest KB's are 40kg, and I managed to powerclean a pair of them:

And me pressing one with one hand - I managed 8 reps with my right and 4 with my left:

Getting lots of kettlebells is the next thing on my strongman wish list - fantastic for conditioning

Jonathan

**finlee** · 24-07-2006 10:10 AM

cracking!!!!!!!

**MartinM** · 24-07-2006 10:19 AM

Didnt reply to your other thread J but it was a REALLY interesting read! Sounded like a class day.

What park is that you are in??

**Jonathan** · 24-07-2006 10:36 AM

Cheers Martin! It was in the Meadows in Edinburgh - I live about two minutes walk from it, and we train strongman there, on the path that you can see to the right of the photo. You get a lot of bemused spectators saying things like "are you actually going to lift that?!" (refering to the yoke) or simply "respect" when you walk with the farmers!

Jonathan

**hailtotheking** · 24-07-2006 12:45 PM

Class! Mate i loved reading your training logs in the past - it was a refreshingly different read to the usual bodybuilding logs on the forum.

You really sound like, and look like, your making alot of progress.

I find it really entertaining that you do this kind of stuff just out in the street, in the park, in your kitchen, etc. If i tried to do that kind of stuff out in public where i live, i'd probably get stuff thrown at me

Mind you, from what i remember about Edinburgh, the people are a bit more friendly there.

**MartinM** · 24-07-2006 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Cheers Martin! It was in the Meadows in Edinburgh -

I thought I recognised it.

Is that where they have the fringe? My sister lives 2mins from there too! I'm coming up for edinburgh festival again this year, from the 4th-8th to see a few shows etc.

**Jonathan** · 25-07-2006 08:44 AM

Cool! I would have loved to have met you, but I am getting hitched on Saturday, so I am going to be away for a while afterwards.

HTTK - thanks for the encouragement, it means alot

These days, my training is similar to back when I posted my log before. Only difference is that we have a wider variety of strongman stuff, and I am back benching again.

People just stop and watch for a bit - most of them know that it is similar to the stuff on WSM. Some even want to have a go!

Jonathan