10-10-20 03:08 AM - Post#903325    

Hello!

I once read a article about things you could do in your daily life to increase/maintain fitness. One of the things was walking to the grocery store and carrying your groceries back, here is the fun part: Try swinging your grocery bags slightly, increasing the swing until you reach a good amount of tension in your midsection.

Anyways I tried applying this slight swing to the suitcase carry and it just lights up everything in your entire body. I try to find a line on the floor( no wider than a 2x6") and walk with my feet close together (heel to toe). Forward and backwards.

So:
*Suitcase carry position
*Swing the bell slightly(the bigger the swing, the harder)
*Walk with feet close together in a heel to toe fashion forward and backwards.

I love this variation of the carry, i do it for 30/30 switching hands for 5-10 minutes with a 24k bell.

Dan John, thanks for everything you do for the health and fitness community, such a likeable guy!

10-10-20 09:56 AM - Post#903329    

Thank you.

Walking the line is really a good key. Literally, walking a line with suitcase carries. It just seems to highlight any and all issues.

Daniel John Just handing down what I was handed down... Make a Difference. Live. Love. Laugh. Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude) Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk. Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth. Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights. Reread great books. Say thank you

10-10-20 11:07 AM - Post#903332    

I’m going to try this. Lately, I’ve been working on keeping the unloaded arm close to my side, not moving. Instead of moving that arm for balance, Y try to sense the movement in my core as muscles fire and relax to balance the bell.

10-11-20 03:18 PM - Post#903371    

Walking a line has made a big difference in all the loaded carry variations, but especially the ones with a offset load.

Let me know how it went vegpedlr :) I try to move really slow and keep complete control when i take a step. I kinda have to, if I don't the KB will throw me.

I pair this exercise with hang variations & goblet squat holds, feel so refreshed after.