My small group was feeling very ambitious today - grabbing the largest of the kettlebells that I had brought out - luckily for them, there were smaller ones available - which they eventually switched down to - but we had some fun - and they got to enjoy the fact that I stayed up until 4AM last night pouring over the new Convict Conditioning 2 eBook - (pdf format fyi) because I … [Read more...] about Fried on Friday – Kettlebell Workout with Options…
Monster Monday Kettlebell Workout – with Optional Sandbag
Monday's small group class was really inspired by the fact I brought them some "presents" from my visit to Tallahassee's Laurel Blackburn, RKC Level 2 AND Dragon Door distributor for the Southeast USA. Read about the first day of that visit: Girya Girl visits Tallahassee Kettlebell Day 1 Anyway, true to form I brought a few things back for them - a 28kg, 14kg, and a "women's" … [Read more...] about Monster Monday Kettlebell Workout – with Optional Sandbag
Dragging Heavy Things Around with RKC Level 2 Laurel Blackburn
I spent this past weekend at Tallahassee Kettlebells with the only other female RKC Level 2 in the state of Florida, Laurel Blackburn. It was pretty darned intense. We kept joking that she tried to kill us both with this sled dragging experiment and Florida would have found itself down to only 3 out of 5 RKC2s... Thankfully we survived.... and talked form, strategy, … [Read more...] about Dragging Heavy Things Around with RKC Level 2 Laurel Blackburn
Choose Your Own (Kettlebell) Adventure Workout
An amusing episode from my fitness-boot-camp-leading days was when a particular camper very loudly and emphatically warned the other campers NOT to try and bargain with me: "OMG you guys, STOP IT, seriously, DO NOT try to bargain with her - it will NEVER end up in your favor... JUST DO THE BURPEES. Trust me this could get SO MUCH WORSE..." Which always sort of puzzled me … [Read more...] about Choose Your Own (Kettlebell) Adventure Workout
It really did change everything – at least in my experience….
Recently on Facebook, Dragon Door and John DuCane asked what everyone thought was "the most influential fitness book of all time?" Of course, questions like that give me brain freeze because I think back to the dawn of civilization and consider all the books in other languages I haven't read, etc. in short - total overthinking. I should have just looked over to one of the … [Read more...] about It really did change everything – at least in my experience….
Circuit for Kettlebell, TRX, with a bonus Tabata finisher
A little Monday fun for my small group - their skills are developing very nicely, but I wanted to test them on the press a bit - we used moderate to light(ish) kettlebells for this (for instance, one small woman who has recently come back to class used a 8kg and 12kg kettlebell - using the 12kg for the two hand swings and goblet squats. One of the guys was using a 16kg and … [Read more...] about Circuit for Kettlebell, TRX, with a bonus Tabata finisher
Ferocious Friday: Kettlebell Lower Body Focus + Mini Core Circuit
I really wanted to focus on legs a bit today with the small group - especially after making them do snatches right after clean and press practice on Wednesday - it was little mean, but it was the result of Coach Tim Shuman, RKC Level 2's new "Honey Badger Workout" (that's his deal, don't ask...) Ferocious Friday should always begin with joint mobility exercises and … [Read more...] about Ferocious Friday: Kettlebell Lower Body Focus + Mini Core Circuit
Double Trouble III – Let Me Give You a Complex – Kettlebell Workout
It was one of those "what am I missing" kind of days - I had been doing GTG* pull ups and tension exercises at random between household and computer tasks, but... it wasn't enough, I was getting antsy so I opted to just head out to the field next to my building with a pair of 16kg kettlebells and "see what happened" Here's what happened - feel free to follow along … [Read more...] about Double Trouble III – Let Me Give You a Complex – Kettlebell Workout
Hanging Around at Home – Kettlebell and TRX Workout
I sometimes make the joke that my apartment, or the surrounding fields, the parking space etc is the site of some of the most intense training in town - not entirely sure if that's true, but its fun to say, and well - until someone proves differently, I'm going to keep saying it. Its extra fun to say because for whatever reason we've had two verified celebrity sightings … [Read more...] about Hanging Around at Home – Kettlebell and TRX Workout
Friday ‘Funtime’
A little random Friday Funtime to keep everyone on their toes. A tough and crazy week for a lot of people, so its good to stay sharp with a nice workout, right? A range of "reasonable" kettlebells was available for my small group to use for the different exercises - typically going heavier with the 2 hand swings and swapping out as necessary. 4 Rounds: … [Read more...] about Friday ‘Funtime’
