Did you know that besides kettlebells, a pull up bar, the occasional "evil wheel", battling ropes, and some fun things from my friends at StrongerGrip.com, my training arsenal also includes something surprising—a video camera. This is a tip I picked up on waaay back in the days of VHS and Hi-8. Videotape yourself performing whatever movement or exercise you're trying to … [Read more...] about The Powerful Training Tool You May Already HAVE!
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Orlando HKC Experience – Helping Out, Testing, and More! (Part 2)
We came back from lunch and promptly started back in on the Get Up. I really love the get up - at first, waaaay back when (a couple years ago or more) I was first learning it, I thought it was actually very overwhelming. It seemed awkward and unnecessarily confusing, and somehow (now I have no idea how I was doing this) I'd always end up facing the opposite direction. … [Read more...] about Orlando HKC Experience – Helping Out, Testing, and More! (Part 2)
Fry the Abs on Friday – a Kettlebell and Friends Workout
I'm still working on the review of Convict Conditioning 2 that I wanted to post last night, except that I of course got sucked back into the book when I was referencing specific parts for the review and ended up just reading it all over again. Did I mention it's really good? Anyway..... in celebration of doing clutch flags in the the park yesterday, I made a fun Friday … [Read more...] about Fry the Abs on Friday – a Kettlebell and Friends Workout
Practicing the RKC 6 – A Kettlebell Workout
Pretty sure I got this complex or a version of it from Tim Shuman and/or Geoff Neupert (who is really good at that whole complex thing), although after talking to some friends it's actually really really close to Jon Engum's Deep Six workout Anyhow, one of my clients did a doubles (not the snatches) version this week as well. Its a good way to practice all six of the … [Read more...] about Practicing the RKC 6 – A Kettlebell Workout
Variation on Program Minimum
We have more beginners at the Friday 6pm class here in Winter Park, so its a great day to focus on the basics (which is really something on which EVERYONE should be focusing). Since everyone could stand to review and continue to progress with their basic kettlebell swing and get up, I designed a very basic plan using a variation of the Enter the Kettlebell program minimum as … [Read more...] about Variation on Program Minimum
