Kettlebell

Welcome to our brand new weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Sunday, we'll post up Breaking Muscle's top three articles of the week. These pieces have caught your attention throughout the last seven ... Continue Reading

The bent press is an amazing exercise that aids in thoracic mobility, shoulder strength and stability, and allows you to press a great amount of weight overhead. This article takes you through the steps of ... Continue Reading

Andrew Read once wrote a great article on why the American/overhead swing is wrong. This debate continues with little change in the overhead swing’s status as a staple in CrossFit workouts.  This ... Continue Reading

Just when we thought we knew everything about kettlebells, 2014 came along. A range of kettlebell experts wrote articles, including Master RKC Andrew Read, SFGII Craig Marker, and Kettlebell Sport coach ... Continue Reading

You can hear your mail carrier curse as he lugs your package up to your door. You squeal with excitement as the sounds of heavy breathing gets closer and closer. It’s finally here! You have been waiting ... Continue Reading

StrongFirst Master Instructor Dave Whitley (pictured below) is known for saying that the kettlebell snatch is a swing that ends overhead (he also says the clean is a swing that ends up in the rack). He ... Continue Reading

Designing your own workouts can be quite a challenge. Even the most experienced exerciser who has a clear understanding of how to properly execute a variety of exercises can struggle with laying out a ... Continue Reading

The kettlebell swing is an exercise often used in high reps to get the heart rate going and to burn calories. And for anyone who has ever done a swing, you’ll know it’s also an intense posterior chain ... Continue Reading

Would you like a simple way to cut fat? If so, then gather round and let me tell you this tale, it would do you none finer. It is about the kettlebell swing, and specifically, about doing 300 kettlebell ... Continue Reading

As a fitness tool, kettlebells have a devout following. For some strange reason, people who use kettlebells often seem to only want to use kettlebells. This tendency is strong enough that Steve Cotter – a ... Continue Reading