A rare instinctive workout

Typcally I like to follow a strict pre-determined routine when I train.  I thrive on this stuff but after 5-6 months of training like this I was sort of dreading the tabata timer so I decided to put it down for the moment and just did whatever I felt like doing.  Before I got serious about working towards a kettlebell teacher certification I would just pick up the bells and train random exercises.  It was fun!  I dont want to lose that experience so it felt great to just pick up the weights and do whatever I liked.  Here's what I did today:


First I simply started randomly jumping into handstand practice with my girlfriend Grace.  I suck at handstands, always have.  Years of practicing in the yoga school did nothing for me.  My yoga teachers were not good at teaching handstands.  Not one time did they tell me it was a full body exercise.  Since I've been training my body as one unit this past couple of years I've improved in anything athletic and I guess that includes handstands.  I was actually able to hold a few passes for .78 seconds.  OK, I still suck at em but now I'm gonna try and hit them 1-2 times a week.

Clumsy day #1 handstand practice

Next  I did about 100 non-stop snatches and 1-arms swings with the 16 kg bell
Then I laddered up from 2 reps to 7 reps of 2 hand swings and snatches.  So I did 2 reps of 2 hand swings (24 kg bell) followed by 2 reps of snatches (1 each side).  Put the bell down, catch a few breaths and then do 3 reps of 2 hand swings followed by 3 snatches.  I did this up until 7 reps and that was plenty.
I finished with Getups - I did a couple of sets with the 8 kg bell followed by 5-6 sets (each side) with the 26 kg bell and finished with 2 tough rounds using the 26 kg bell.

It was nice to put the timer away for a day but I'm already excited for my next pre-planned workout of Military Presses and Swings.  As much as I enjoyed the instinctual training the limitation is that I could easily lose focus on my main goal which is to get constantly stronger.