The Giant: singles and doubles differences?

[meeksoul]

Hi all,

I just purchased Kettlebell Hard, along with Kettle Express Reloaded. The program for the Giant in KER is written for a single KB, but are there any differences from the Giant as published as a double bell program? E.g. recommended KB weight(s), sets, reps, rest times ? Or can I just run it as written in KER with 2 bells?

Thanks.

 

[hunter101]

@meeksoul I bought The Giant as a standalone, and it recommends doubles.

For your pressing muscles both are probably fine, but for the cleans doubles are absolutely superior.

 

[meeksoul]

@hunter101 I just finished a first run of DFW, and even though the press and squats are the 'focus' of the program, I loved how many cleans it made me do! Really gave me a lot of practice with those. I don't know why, but double cleans just feel badass.

 

[hunter101]

@meeksoul Double clean is awesome!

During my runs of The Giant I've started following up with barbell work. At some point during 1.1 with 28s I started setting new barbell press PRs, despite already being fatigued from C&P.

 

[hannah%E2%99%A5]

@meeksoul The program you find in KER is exactly the same as The Giant standalone program. It was originally written as a single bell program but works well as a double bell program too. Just run it as you written in KER.

 

[meeksoul]

@hannah%E2%99%A5 Great, thanks.