kettlebells

If you’ve hung out in gyms for long enough you know one thing – the bench press may be the lift the bros all use to signify their dominance in the gym, but when it comes to displaying true alpha-male ... Continue Reading

Dear Coach, Hey, this is a question for Andrew Read or whoever can answer it really, but in regards to the article on Adding Muscle with Kettlebells: How I Build Up My Grapplers, is it a must to use ... Continue Reading

Today’s article is an exercise in learning why you shouldn’t believe every headline you read. The recent study "Effects of Weightlifting vs. Kettlebell Training on Vertical Jump, Strength, and Body ... Continue Reading

One of my previous jobs was helping a group of very talented beach volleyball players get stronger and faster. At the time I had just started fooling around with kettlebells on my own and even though my ... Continue Reading

It was just a few short years ago that I discovered kettlebells after thirty years of weight training. Yes, thirty years of training and it was only a few years ago that I discovered kettlebells. Up until ... Continue Reading

Last week in part one of our interview with Jeff Martone we learned how he discovered kettlebells and why he declared them the tool that saved his body and changed the course of his athletic life. ... Continue Reading

Click here to read other journal entries and articles by Andrew Read, and look for his new journal every Monday as he trains for Ironman Melbourne. Journal Entry 4 - Rest, Recovery, Fluffy, and Full ... Continue Reading

For Jeff Martone, life before kettlebells was an interesting, but frustrating one. He lived a life on par with a professional athlete, training daily teaching military and law enforcement, after years of ... Continue Reading

Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. On this week's list - tips for prospective CrossFit coaches, why weight loss supplements (still) ... Continue Reading

Kettlebells aren't only for elite athletes. As these articles show, they benefit all fitness enthusiasts, from mature athletes, to pregnant women, to experienced Olympic weightlifters! Read on for ... Continue Reading

The world is changing. Every day as a species we get more and more feeble and less and less able to handle tasks our forefathers did without needing any special training at all. The world is ... Continue Reading

Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the seven most popular articles of the week. The top articles this week covered a wide range of topics, from RKC certification, to the fourth ... Continue Reading

Thomas Edison once said, "The doctor of the future will give no medicine; instead he will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, nutrition and the cause and prevention of disease.” If ... Continue Reading

In part one of our interview with Master RKC Instructor Andrea DuCane, she shared in regards to her first endeavor as a kettlebell instructor - to translate a system built for the military and ... Continue Reading

Kettlebells are gaining popularity as a method of training strength and conditioning. There are a lot of claims as to what can be accomplished with kettlebells, but what muscles do they really ... Continue Reading

You’ve heard the story before. “I wasn’t athletic as a child,” it starts. Well, did you ever hear the version where not only was she not athletic, but the kickball captains fought NOT to have her on their ... Continue Reading

Now that kettlebell training has become popular with fitness professionals, the mainstream population is finally catching on. Seven years ago, when I picked up my first kettlebell, it was rare to find ... Continue Reading