Sometimes it's a very good thing to keep it simple, and often with kettlebells and bodyweight you'll notice that there's a great power in keeping things simple. The same is overwhelmingly true as described by Marty Gallagher in his most recent post on barbell training over at the IronBible.DragonDoor.com blog. And while I don't personally do a whole heck of a lot of barbell … [Read more...] about Simple Workout With Classic Kettlebell Moves
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A Great Excuse to Drag a Bunch of Things Out to the Park – Workout and Skill Practice
On somewhat of a lark it seemed like a fun idea to drag a variety of favorite "toys" out to the park today. A friend met me for this challenge and I also wanted to borrow her slackline. Because mine is SO stretchy I'd been having to hang it so high between trees that when I was jumping or falling off of it with the usual frequency it was starting to stress out my achilles … [Read more...] about A Great Excuse to Drag a Bunch of Things Out to the Park – Workout and Skill Practice
Down by Twos… a Kettlebell and Bodyweight Workout
This is another fun "benchmark" workout that definitely let us all know where we are with our conditioning. Amusingly, the Primal Move warm up, Convict Conditioning Trifecta, the sequence and then the Primal Move cool down took about 40 minutes. According to my Armour39, during that 40 minutes, 409 calories were destroyed. That wasn't the goal, but it does explain why I eat … [Read more...] about Down by Twos… a Kettlebell and Bodyweight Workout
The 300 Nightmare Kettlebell, Battling Rope, and Jump Rope Workout
It was time to step things up a notch early last week. My approach to conditioning is very similar to my approach to abdominal training... it just kind of happens (very well) in the course of our general training. For instance with the kettlebell swing, there's skill, timing, acceleration/deceleration, strength, and conditioning components just to start. There's also a … [Read more...] about The 300 Nightmare Kettlebell, Battling Rope, and Jump Rope Workout
Simple Workouts that Can Travel with You Over the Holidays
Hope the season is bringing you maximum joy with minimum frustration! Was just thinking about all the magazine articles and blog posts out there which will be offering up all the usual holiday advice for surviving feasts (or not giving yourself a hard time for indulging--that seems to be a new theme this year), and well meaning, but often over complicated holiday workout … [Read more...] about Simple Workouts that Can Travel with You Over the Holidays
A mish-mash workout with a good friend
A good friend of mine, and fellow kettlebell enthusiast joined me today for a lunchtime workout. She has taken a new job which requires a LOT of heavy lifting (of people) in a medical setting - and had missed some heavy kettlebell lifting, as well as some intense cardio. Here's what we did: Short-style "Das Kettle" 1 Get Up each side 10 2 hand swings 1 … [Read more...] about A mish-mash workout with a good friend
The Doorbuster: An MMA Timing Inspired Workout for Kettlebell, Bodyweight, and Optional Ultimate Sandbag
While I was working on Mike Medrano's interview for Dragon Door last week, the idea of creating a conditioning workout based on the timing of an MMA fight was just too intriguing not to try. So, on Black Friday in total rebellion of the usual activities most folks were doing, we headed out to the park with a workout I jokingly named "the Doorbuster." Get Ups feature … [Read more...] about The Doorbuster: An MMA Timing Inspired Workout for Kettlebell, Bodyweight, and Optional Ultimate Sandbag
BIG Celebration at Dragon Door – Offer is Over, But Here’s a Workout!
Yesterday, Dragon Door celebrated reaching over 60,000 likes on their official Facebook page by offering free shipping for the contiguous USA on everything for 24hrs only. Hopefully you were able to take advantage of this offer—I did notice that readers of GiryaGirl.com did seem to take action pretty quick, judging from your clicks!!! I also noticed that many of you were … [Read more...] about BIG Celebration at Dragon Door – Offer is Over, But Here’s a Workout!
Carrying On: a Kettlebell and Bodyweight Workout
The weather has finally started to get really nice in Florida, so we took the small group workout to the park today. The soft grass there is just fantastic for Primal Move, the Trifecta from Convict Conditioning Vol 2 and more. Truth be told, we've been doing an experiment and have been adding the Trifecta to our workouts for the past month. It's been so fun, and has been … [Read more...] about Carrying On: a Kettlebell and Bodyweight Workout
Circuit Workout for Kettlebells and Muscle Ropes — with Mini Product Review!
The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Muscle Ropes. Our kettlebell small group is a tough crowd. While most of our workouts focus on kettlebell exercises and bodyweight exercises, we love to mix in some other simple tools from time to time. One of our collective favorites is a battle rope like the one pictured above which was sent to us for … [Read more...] about Circuit Workout for Kettlebells and Muscle Ropes — with Mini Product Review!
