I’ve been attacked by a “Form Nazi” on YouTube…. Normally, I don’t engage but I was feeling playful that day. And since I think it was instructive (except to the troll of course) I’m sharing the debate with you below. The video in questions was “How to Snatch Heavier Kettlebells” …
32kg Kettlebell Press x 20 Reps
The following shows a recent PR of mine. Pressing a 32kg or 70lb kettlebell for 20 reps on my left, or weaker, side. These are not the strictest presses on purpose. They involve both some side action as well as what I like to call upper body push press. Again, …
The Bottoms Up Kettlebell Press
The bottoms up press is a unique exercise that can only be done with kettlebells. It works the grip significantly and requires some balance as well. It can be done with some variations, but typically it is done with just one arm at a time and in a strict military …
Kettlebell Juggling Ranking Revisited
Earlier this week I talked about how paying attention in movement supports and grows your brain. I think there may be fewer great examples of this than kettlebell juggling! This is something I’ve done on and off over the years and am just getting back too recently. This started out …
Fantastic Kettlebell Juggling Video
One of my favorite things to see is my customers being successful! And on that note Clyde sent this video in. I don’t know about you, but that makes me want to travel to Alaska for the scenery! That’s one of the often unacknowledged benefits of kettlebell juggling. Since you …
Position Kettlebell Juggling
An idea popped into my mind to try kettlebell juggling from a number of positions outside of standing. I’m calling this position kettlebell juggling because the idea is any position outside of the normal standing position. Here you have one arm hanging, plank, squat and standing on one leg. I’ll …
Training Highlights from 2019
How was your year of training? What did you accomplish? I find it tremendously useful to reflect on and learn from the past…so that you can do even better in the future. So I’m doing exactly, that I’m showing the best of what I accomplished in 2019. Bent Pressing My …
Kettlebell Juggling + Agility Drills
Training should be fun! If it’s pure drudgery then its no wonder so many people aren’t motivated to do it. So sprinkling in some novel and crazy feats can be just the spice needed to keep you going on otherwise consistent work. Saw this from @junctiongirevoysport on Instagram and for …
Tool Agnostic aka Which Training Tools to Use
No, I’m not talking about the progressive rock band. (I’m actually a fan and just had the opportunity to see them live for the first time a couple months ago. Really looking forward to the new album coming out tomorrow too.) What I’m talking about is strength training tools. And …
How to Get Stronger at Home
You don’t need a big home gym to do it. That’s great if you have it, but just your bodyweight can be used doing exercises such as pushups, handstand pushups, inverted rows, pullups, bodyweight squats, pistols, hanging leg raises, lsits and more. Nothing gets rid of the most common excuses …
Heavy Over the Shoulder Kettlebell Juggling
I haven’t seriously practice kettlebell juggling in many years. But I’ve been doing just little bits of it in the last couple months. This is primarily because someone asked me to post some videos so I’ve been doing so on Instagram and Facebook. (Please follow or like me if you’re …
Getup and Press
Credit goes to my friend, Tyler Bramlett, for introducing the getup and press to me. Long ago he told me about how he used it to rehab client’s shoulders with it and I’ve used it off and on ever since. It takes the basic getup exercise (done with a kettlebell, …
Kettlebell Lifting Basics
In this article, I share with you how to perform four result-producing kettlebell movements as an introduction to this unique and powerful style of training. Used in conjunction with other training tools, the techniques I present here can greatly help you develop a higher level of physical development and fitness. …
Beast Pistol Squat
I’ve done beast pistols before but this is the first time in a while. I was happy to be able to get a rep the first time I tried without it being too much of a struggle. Now, I’ll be working up to a few reps in this shortly. I’m …
Research Benefits of Deep Breathing Exercises
What Deep Breathing Does for You Recently I came across some new papers on the benefits of deep breathing exercises. Like this paper titled, “Physiology of long pranayamic breathing: neural respiratory elements may provide a mechanism that explains how slow deep breathing shifts the autonomic nervous system.” (Yep, they pretty …