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@justagirl72 I’m in my second week and just started doubles. The first week I was traveling with just a single bell. Definitely got sore in my legs after switching to doubles. I’m doing 20kg bells. I’m choosing 20kg because I can do 10 reps on the press with those, and the goal of 30 rounds of...

@erythro I'll give you my pressing experience. I could press the 16kg for at least 1 rep when I started, but it was very hard to do and I felt weird things happening so I stopped. I dropped back to 10kg and practiced the movements for a few weeks. The press was nothing special, I felt like I...

@jesusrules1978 Do pushups/dips for chest, chin-ups for biceps and lats. A lot of people say S&S is not sufficient to cover all the muscle groups and is too low of volume. After a while I was won over to their side and switched instead to DFW Remix. But S&S is totally fine for a challenge.

@dmk741 I ran DFW pretty soon after starting kettlebells. I started by fiddling around with a 16kg,* practicing kettlebell movements for 3 - 4 weeks. Then did Simple and Sinister with the 16kg for about 4 weeks. I had started to work the 20kg into my sets. Then I started DFW Remix. I had already...

@pastortony I would think you’d at least want a 12 rep max or close that for the 10 rep scheme. I’m barely getting the 10 reps in myself. But I have two weeks to adapt, and I could go down a pound if I need to, I have adjustables.

@pastortony I just completed week 1, but with a single kettlebell. I'm traveling. Week 2 I'll start with double kettlebells. I'm happy that the program as written is flexible enough for me to be able to do that. The non-ABC days would be the press days, right? I thought he gave at least a...

@travis2014 I would start with the Simple and Sinister warmup as a beginner. One additional thing I do is sit at the bottom of one of the squats for 30 seconds, per Dan John. Other than a warmup that takes my joints through their range of motion, I don't do stretches pre-workout. I'm doing a...

@theheretic I started kettlebells at 43 years old, about 185lbs, 6’ 0”. I started as a complete beginner, I hadn’t done an exercise program in over 10 years. I started with the Simple and Sinister program. The recommended weight is 16 KG. That weight was way too much for me, so I spent two or...

@joellemarie197 S&S is fine for people just getting into kettlebells, that's what I did. But I found it got boring quick, and after doing research found that it's not the best use of your time. I would do it for maybe three months tops, then either incorporate other things into it, or move on...

@rprimus Working in the 24kg would certainly serve you well if you don't have access to the 20kgs.

@belovedsone Thank you. I have heard others say similar things about the 24kg and hypertrophy, so the 24kg has been my goal with which to start the Giant. I thought I would have to run DFW three times to reach 24kg. I didn't think I would match my strength progress the second time through, so...

Info: M 6' mid-40's c.190lbs. Hadn't been working out until about 4 - 5 months ago. I've run Geoff Neupert's DFW (Dry Fighting Weight) twice. I mostly did the Remix version the first time through, and either skipped the Remix days, or did an 'Easy Strength' version the second time through...

@jaysj84 A lot of people go right into the squats after the clean and presses, with another clean before the squats. As written you do the clean and presses, rest, then the squats, rest. I followed it as written. I used a heart rate monitor and would rest until I got to the upper end of zone 2...

@leaps He said concerning the book: ‘I developed a program for kettlebells and then I added another for barbells.’

@sozo1517 He's publishing a hypertrophy book, like, any second now. He indicated that it could be out by now. It's not. So maybe next week.

M, mid 40s, 185lb, 6' I ran DFW twice, from 18s to 21s, then ran the Giant 3.0 with 24s. I tested the 24s at 5RM, but this was just the press, not clean and press. I ran the Giant 3.0 with the 24s for four weeks, then took a light deload week and tested at 7RM for the C+P. I figure my 10RM now...

@josephhayes You got it. I was trying to explain without giving the program away, so it lacked clarity. The Giant 3.2 would be the same, +1 rep for each set after completing 3.1.

@josephhayes You add one rep for each day and do it for the four weeks. So your 3 rep day becomes 4 reps, for example.

@josephhayes It’s discussed in the StrongFirst forums. It’s unofficial. Basically you add an additional rep for each day of 3.0. It acts as a bridge between 3.0 and 1.0 if needed.

@kikelomo I'm in a similar spot as you. I have adjustables and ran DFW with the 21s. 21s become 10RM in the double press, and 24s became my 5RM in the double press (not my C+P, just press). Ran the Giant 3.0 with 24s, only got to 7RM with the clean and press. Now I don't know if I should run...