Take Your Cleans Beyond the Barbell
Fitness is a fascinating activity, hobby, career, and sport. It infiltrates so much of our life, but most know very little about the history of
Fitness is a fascinating activity, hobby, career, and sport. It infiltrates so much of our life, but most know very little about the history of
I was the crazy one. Training with Olympic lifts in a commercial gym circa 2000 gave you the instant label of “dangerous.” It was not
The big three areas that keep people from progressing in their training are backs, knees, and shoulders. Unfortunately, most people think that they are all
It’s been thirteen years since I did my first RKC (Russian Kettlebell Certification). I wasn’t completely sold on the idea of kettlebells at first, mostly
About five years ago, I did something that I never thought I would do: I closed my training facility. After operating it for over a
In the thirteen years since I received my RKC certification as a kettlebell instructor, I have seen some interesting evolutions in kettlebell training. When I
“Which book or program should I go to so that I don’t make mistakes?” That’s the biggest question I get when counseling younger coaches. I
They are the exercises that give you butterflies when you see their names in your workouts. The ones you know are incredibly beneficial, but it
It is probably the first thing you feel when you lift kettlebells the first time. The humbling feeling of moving a weight that is often
No one would ever admit his or her training programs aren’t functional. That would be heresy! Maybe you think the term “functional” is overused and
Yeah, yeah, you’ve seen one, you seen them all. There is nothing “new” under the sun, everything has been done before, yada, yada, yada. But
Whenever I start speaking about sandbag training, I hear the famous basketball player Allen Iverson’s voice in my head. Why in the world would I
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