This isn't your typical walk of shame because the kettlebell front-squat walking ladder is a workout in itself. The load of the kettlebells in the rack position of each arm makes it difficult to breathe upwards in a faulty fashion. Instead, you must use belly breathing as your heart rate elevates with every set of squats. Here's what it looks like.
Walking Kettlebell Squat Ladder
Set up for a front squat with the kettlebells in the rack position.
Perform 5 squats.
With the kettlebells remaining in the rack position, walk 15 to 20 yards.
Perform 4 squats.
Walk back to the starting position, again with the kettlebells in the rack position.
Perform 3 squats.
Continue in this fashion until you perform 1 squat.
For years, I've been watching zombies, training zombies. They wander aimlessly from station to station, doing exercises haphazardly with really no rhyme or reason except that, "this one kinda' feels like it's doing something." Once in awhile, they'll grasp on to a particular program but they'll end up beating it into the ground, doing it for months and months until they've long since milked any effectiveness from it.
Getting banged up in the gym doesn't have to cost you all your gains. Here's your plan for when something hurts but training isn’t completely off the table.