Hardstyle Kettlebell Certification New York City, NY, United States June 30, 2012

How to master the essentials of kettlebell lifting—and dramatically boost your power and effectiveness as a personal trainer or coach

Pavel and Dragon Door's one-day, entry-level kettlebell instructor certification workshop 

Hardstyle Kettlebell Certification New York City, NY, United States June 30, 2012

08:30 AM - 05:30 PM

Hardstyle Kettlebell Certification™ (HKC™) with Senior RKC Zar Horton and RKC Team Leader Andrea U-Shi Chang

Workshop Code # HKC224
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Discover all this and more in the course of your HKC training:

• Understand why mastery of the kettlebell swing is fundamental to high-level HardStyle practice
• How to develop power through compensatory acceleration and overspeed eccentrics
• How to train hip extension for back and knee health and athletic performance
• How to employ bracing and neutral spine—for injury prevention, enhanced performance and optimal transmission of force
• How to recruit the lat as a "core muscle" to improve the spine safety and glute strength
• How to increase power with the biomechanical breathing match
• A safe, effective modality for developing different types of endurance
• Explosive training techniques for more effective fat-loss
• The deadlift: the most "functional" exercise of all
• The two-arm swing and corrective exercises
• The concept of rooting and two key drills for developing it
• The one-arm swing
• The hand-to-hand swing
• Russian relaxation exercises to enhance the acquisition of skilful movement, increase power and endurance
   
• The two hundred year history of the get-up
• The get-up as an assessment tool
• The strength and health benefits of the get-up
• How to correctly perform the get-up and teach corrective drills
• How to move from mobility to stability, then from stability to strength—and why this progression is crucial for truly effective kettlebell work
• The get-up, shoulder mobility and stability exercises. The role of the lat in shoulder stability and strength—and advanced lat facilitation techniques
• How to employ and teach steering strength
• The concepts of leakage and linkage—and their importance for effective kettlebell lifting
   
• How to perform the goblet squat and corrective drills
• "Strength stretching" for the hips
• How to overcome gluteal amnesia
• How to most effectively stretch the hip flexors to dramatically improve athletic performance, back health, and posture
   
• How to modify the squat stance for a client with back problems
   
• An alternative squat exercise for overweight clients
   
• Why "sport specific training" is inappropriate for 99% of the coaches and athletes—and a powerful alternative