Double Kettlebells: Clean & Press, Long Cycle vs. Snatch | Dan John

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Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record.

Dan spends his work life blending weekly strength training workshops and lectures with full-time writing, and is also an online religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri. As a Fulbright Scholar, he toured the Middle East exploring the foundations of religious education systems. Dan is also a Senior Lecturer for St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London.

His books, on weightlifting, include Intervention, Never Let Go, Mass Made Simple and Easy Strength, written with Pavel Tsatsouline as well as From Dad, To Grad. He and Josh Hillis co-authored “Fat Loss Happens on Monday.”

Dan is one of the original practitioners of the "Kettlebell Swing" in the US and is widely renowned to be the inventor of the "Kettlebell Goblet Squat". He is the host of the weekly Dan John Podcast; discussing all things strength, kettlebells, Olympic weightlifting and athletic performance as well as doing live workshops, coaching and online personal training.

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[beatroot_red]

To me kettlebell long cycle has become yoga with weights. Especially during longer sessions your mind is pretty much blank and all you focus on is breathing, the correct movement and trying to withstand the mounting pain. I love it.

[duchaneaux]

Oh yeah. I read Russian champion Denis Vasilev’s programming book where he recommended 3 times a week of one of the lifts you want to get good at (so Long Cycle, Jerk, or Snatch), and go “up to” 10 minutes. So 1, 2, 3, 4, or 4, 3, 2, 1, or 1, 2, 3, 2, 1.

I personally chose the long cycle just because I love the movement, the constant motion with resets. It’s relaxing in a way, even though it’s very exhausting.

[jessebriggs]

I used to like the double kb snatch and didn't think it was dangerous until I tried using dbl 70lbers...
Didn't get hurt, but it's scary, and I don't think the benefits outweigh the risks.
The hope was that it would help the barbell snatch numbers....and it didn't. In full disclosure coach Dan John said theuvwere dangerous a long time ago!!

[carlosh]

Is it ok squeezing (clapping noise) the dbl kettlebell together in clean position stance on every rep.

-Carlos