kettlebells

The kettlebell rules when it comes to developing strength endurance. While the barbell rules for maximal strength development, the kettlebell is king of the hill when it comes to that gritty stamina ... Continue Reading

One of the biggest benefits of the kettlebell is its simplicity. You can just throw it in the car and use it anywhere. So for this year's holiday wish list, I've picked out some kettlebells and a few nice, ... Continue Reading

Walk into a gym these days and you'll find people doing exercises that look more like advanced gymnastic routines than weight lifting. While there is definitely something to be said for new training ... Continue Reading

In an earlier article, I discussed Verkohshansky’s depth jumps and how his research was the starting point for modern-day plyometics. In this article I will describe the mechanisms of plyometrics. I'll ... Continue Reading

Click Here to Start Your Free Kettlebell Sport Workouts I fell in love with suffering when I found cycling. It was my first introduction to endurance sports and I dove head first into the training, the ... Continue Reading

Click Here to Start Your Free Kettlebell Sport Workouts I treat kettlebell sport like another job. In fact, if you add up the total number of hours I spend training each week it would definitely qualify ... Continue Reading

One of the things about kettlebells is that you can hold them in different positions and get a very different kind of press workout just based on your grip of the bell. Unlike a barbell or dumbbell, which ... Continue Reading

After writing my Every Plan Has Holes: Connecting the Shoulders, Hips, and Core article, I played around with different versions of the workout in our training sessions. I came up with one that seemed ... Continue Reading

Three years ago I started training for a strength goal called the Iron Maiden Challenge - a weighted pull up, a military press, and a pistol squat all with a 24kg (~53lbs) kettlebell. By training for this ... Continue Reading

My first Kettlebell Sport meet broke a nine-year competitive dry spell. It was the first time I had participated in any official athletic event since my freshman year of high school. So when I entered the ... Continue Reading

This coming weekend I am going to be part of a large group of people attempting to get a StrongFirst Level II certificate (My fellow BreakingMuscle writer Brandon Hofer will also be there, but with a great ... Continue Reading

The kettlebell snatch is fairly technical, but not nearly as much as the Olympic lifting counterpart. If you know how to swing a kettlebell, then the snatch is all built off of that foundation. But this ... Continue Reading

With a background as a former orthopedic physical therapist, I’ve treated many shoulder injuries throughout my career. I’ve seen almost every shoulder pathology and dysfunction you could think of from ... Continue Reading

I am a student of strength. As such, I can see benefits of many different styles of kettlebell use. I try to take the good components from each school or at least see the different purposes. I have ... Continue Reading