Name: Playbook - Kellen Milad - PKB [PHASE 1] Session 12: Flows & Complexes
Uploaded: 2023-10-29T21:15:30.622Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: PKB [PHASE 1] Session 12: Flows & Complexes

Wonderful workout. Great quality of content for the time allotted. Finished in 1:15. Thanks Kellen!

Drew

Bianca

This workout features PRIMAL FLOWS & KB Complexes. 

Take the time to make smooth through and between each bodyweight pattern. For the kettlebell movements, use a lighter weight and focus on fluidity and technique.

• Active Side Bent Sit position - long spine, front leg gripping the ground
• Sweep back leg forward. 
• Rock back to your hips, switch leg position
• Wrap your straight leg back behind you. 
• Build momentum and speed. Add forward folds for stretch.

Side Bent Sit Hip Switches

• Start in a tight supine tuck position. Knees together, head & shoulders lifted off the ground.

• Create a small rocking action while maintaining the tuck.

• As you rock back to your shoulders, swivel your hips to the side to begin rotation. Find the timing to rotate 360 degrees.

• Alternatively, try bigger rocking actions. Rock back at an angle and allow your momentum to drive the rotation.

*Switch direction after each revolution.*

Rotational Rocking

Transition from ground sitting to half kneeling to standing 
• Rock back. Rock up with figure four legs.
• Shift your weight forward to transition to half kneeling.
• Set your stance and stand up - maintain stability and lower body alignment. Avoid collapsing knee
• Step back to half kneel. Pivot the leg and sit back. Rock back and switch your figure four legs.

Figure Four Get Ups

Work basic lunges in a variety of directions. Focus on maintaining balance and stability as you step into and out of the lunges.

• Start on one leg. Lunge forward, diagonally, laterally, rotationally, and across your body. Switch sides.

• As you become more familiar with the different angles. Add complexity. Alternate from side to side. Randomize the angles.

Multiplane Lunges

Flow Series 1

The H2H Swing is driven by dynamic hip extension with a switch of the hands at the top of the swing.

• With the bell in front of you, start in hip hinge with a strong grip on the handle & shoulders plugged in.

• Hike the bell back between your legs. Drive your hips forward and powerfully stand up.

• The hip drive causes the bell to float upwards into the swing. Switch hands at the top of the swing - replace your hand underneath or over the top.

• Allow the bell to fall back towards your body. At the last moment, hinge at the hips to “catch” the bell. 

Timing is key to a strong & safe rhythm - don’t break at the hips too early when catching the bell. 

• Feel the stretch through your glutes and hamstrings. Keep your shoulders drawn back / core braced. Use this stretch to load up for a powerful next rep.

Kettlebell Hand-to-Hand Swings

• Hold the bell by the horns at chest height.

• Keep your core braced & shoulders back. Sit between your hips. 

• Maintain a long spine as you lower down, bring your elbows to touch inside your knees.

• Pause and own the bottom position. Brace your core and drive straight up to standing.

Kettlebell Goblet Squats

• Start with the bell at chest height - one hand on the end of the handle, the bell resting in the other palm.

• Lightly push the bell away, extending your arm so the bell swings between your legs.

• Reach your free arm behind your legs to catch the open end of the kettlebell handle. 

• Keep core strongly braced. As you drive your hip and stand up, pull the bell around and catch in the palm. Repeat for prescribed reps.

Kettlebell Figure 8 Catch

KB Complex 1

• Start in an athletic stance. Lower your COG
• Plant your hands on the ground. Push through locked out arms and extend legs backwards.
• Allow your elbows to bend and lower your chest to the ground.
• In one dynamic action, press up and spring up onto your feet. Rise to standing.

Back Sprawls

• Start in a stable Single Leg Balance
• Draw your free leg back across your midline.
• Fall to the side, push off your standing leg + swing your free leg to carry you through the jump.
• Land softly on you free leg first and find stability. Repeat.

Lateral Swing Jumps

Stay low or elevate your hips. Focus on a smooth transition from hands to feet - land softly, no impact.

•Start in Deep Knee Bend.
•Reach to the side and plant hands.
•Shift weight into locked out arms and push through the ground.
•Jump or shuffle your feet past your hands.
•Land as softly as possible.

Lateral Shuffle Crawl

•Foot Hand Crawl Position
•Opposite foot & hand 2-point support
•Rotate away from the support arm
•Free leg passes underneath the body
•Plant foot & hand (Inverted Crawl position)
•Reverse to return to Foot Hand Crawl

Crawl Pass Unders

Flow Series 2

• Start in a hinge position, set up the same way you would for 1-arm swings.

• Hike the bell, drive your hips forward, and guide the bell up the front of your body to the rack position.

• The key is to keep your elbow close to guide the bell up rather than away from your body.

• Avoid the kettlebell banging into your shoulder by keeping your clean low. Think of cleaning to your waist.

• From the rack position, your hand moves away from your body allowing the bell to roll off your forearm. Hinge at the hips to catch the bell and re-clean.

*Perform 10 reps each side.*

Kettlebell Cleans

• Clean the kettlebell and set up a strong, balanced stance. Keep pelvis level, glutes and core braced.

• Squeeze the bell into your body as you sink into a partial squat, explode upwards and drive the bell overhead.

• Accelerate through the press. Your arm should be in line with your ear as you complete the press.

• Lower the bell with control, pull into down back into the rack position and cycle into the next rep.

*Perform 10 reps per side.*

Kettlebell Push Press

• Press the bell overhead. Align your body underneath - opposite leg will be light on the ground.

• Keep your eyes on the bell. Rotate your shoulders toward the bell. 

•Hip hinge and slide your free arm down your same side leg. Soften your knees, keep your spine long and core braced. 

• Eyes on the bell. Support arm stays in vertical alignment. Strong core. Press up to standing start position.

Kettlebell Windmills

KB Complex 2

•Sit tall with legs fully extended and actively open. Bolster your hips if necessary.

•Engage your legs and core. Lean from the hips. Reach your legs away and press down into the floor as you reach forward.

•Use a combination of gentle bouncing and static holds to build mobility.

Straddle Stretch

• Cross Sit + fold forward to stretch. 3-5 seconds. Switch sides.
• Rotate towards the bottom leg. Turn your body and plant your hands.
• Elevate your hips to transition to a high hip crawl. Hold 3-5 sec.
• Sit back and rotate back to cross sit.

Cross Sit to High Hip Crawl

• Start in a Foot Hand Crawl. Sit hips back to heels
• Shift weight forward and step one foot next to your hands
• Release the same side hand from the ground and extend into the reach & stretch.
• Plant the hand, step back, switch sides.

Crawl Lunge + Reach

• Focus on keeping your spine long and shoulders back in your squat position.
• Stay low in your wide stance squat. Shift your weight from side to side. 
• Use your hands in contact with the ground for additional support. Pull your hips down to increase hip mobility.

Squat Lateral Shifting

Stretch Flow

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 12:  Flows & Complexes

Juan

Awesome workout, exactly what I was looking for. Excited to keep working through them.

Kyle

Aeirus

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 1: Swings & Squats

Jake

Hadn’t trained like this in years! Apparently even my 46 year old self can still kill it! Kinda 🤣

Angela

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 2: Presses & Rows

Couldn’t do the finisher, it was just too much for me but excellent workout. Thank you

Andrea

Daniel

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 3: Cleans & Single Leg

Loved it! Current knee injury limited me in deep flexion so I did ground-seated reaches instead of deep squat reaches.

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 4:  Flows & Complexes

Nicki

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 5: Squats & Presses

My favourite one yet in this series. Especially the snatch windmill block! As always had a blast working out ‘with’ you.

Got through it, not easy on your harder days but it is worth it

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 6: Swings & Get Ups

These are rated for 60 mins but they always take me 90 mins. I guess I’m slow! Otherwise, they are still fantastic.

I’ve never been good at warming up or stretching. Love that these incorporate it so well that I don’t even mind and actually enjoy it. Great stuff as always

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 7: Cleans & Rows

Will

Maria Cristina Zago

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 8:  Flows & Complexes

These workouts end up taking me about 1:45.  They are still great though!

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 9: Swings & Squats

Well rounded and enjoyable. Finished with a ruck and felt like a great combo fwiw 🔥👍

Gotta work on those push up hah. Another great on in the books

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 10: Presses & Rows

Loved the rotational cleans. Challenging and Stabilizing!

This crossbody cleans are tough. Glad to see some single leg deadlifts in this one

Brenn

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 11: Cleans & Single Leg

Was a Little nervous After Reading the Reviews of this one. But I loved it and pushed through no problem.yay

For whatever reason, this workout was absolutely brutal. Legs were shot by the finisher. Pushed through and am better for it. Thanks, Kellen!

Travis

Erik

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 13: Squats & Presses

Great one! Last superset was challenging. A lot of kb getups 💥

Anton

Felt hard, had to modify here and there. Ciukd be just the summer heat…

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 14: Swings & Get Ups

🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️One more 🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️

Darick

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 15: Cleans & Rows

3rd time through and starting right over again.

Can’t wait to repeat this entire program over and over again. Great stuff and looking forward to more workouts like these

PKB [PHASE 1] Session 12: Flows & Complexes

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