Today‘s strength practise is a very simple one – To Lift a Thing.

The thing in question being our newest Kettlebell, a 24KG one.

The weight is still a bit too heavy for me at the moment to do swings with comfortably, plus yesterday was a long day of dance, so for today a warmup, followed by a few super slow motion Deadlifts is where it’s at instead.

(DL: lifting a weight from the ground using a hip hinge, as detailed in Pavel Tsatsouline‘s Kettlebell training book ‘Simple & Sinister‘)

When executed consciously and with proper form it’s a great posture enhancing exercise.

If you’d like to learn more, check out these great resources:

• Deadlift (Wikipedia)
• A step-by-step guide for the DL (NerdFitness)