I put up a new post at Breaking Muscle about different versions of the kettlebell snatch test. 3 Ways to Vary The Kettlebell Snatch Test for All Around Fitness The kettlebell snatch is fairly technical, but not nearly as much as the Olympic lifting counterpart. If you know how to …
300 Beast Swings
In working with the kettlebell snatch I got to a point where it was going a little stale. So I decided to shift focus towards a sub-goal that would carry over to that main goal. Instead of snatches I’d do swings. More specifically I set a goal to do 300 …
What is Perfect Form?
I received a response from one of my earlier articles where I stated that I’m not all that concerned with good form in my exercises. This is very much in contrast with what most people believe, so it is worth going into more detail. Good Form = No Injuries and …
PR Report 1-18-14
This one is much the same as last week’s. I’m really only working on three things right now: splits, one arm chins and kettlebell snatches. In the past, I, and many others have written about training the full body, the moves you should do, etc. Like doing an upper body …
PR Report 1-10-14
I’ve been working on my flexibility for the most part this week. I shot this video which shows me doing an isometric stretching variation in both the front splits and the side. You can see me get lower with each tense and release. I can tell I’ve already improved my …
How to Combine Bodyweight and Kettlebell Training
How to combine bodyweight exercises and kettlebell training? I published a big article on combining weights and bodyweight training recently, that’s been well received, but this time I’d like to focus on combining a specific form of weight lifting, kettlebells, along with bodyweight training. As I mentioned in the article …
How to Increase Your Vertical Jump Using Two Tools
What’s the best way to increase your vertical jump? It’s worth mentioning that I haven’t worked to increase my vertical jump specifically, but it’s something that just happened over the years. The one thing that has increased my vertical jump the most is kettlebell training, more specifically the kettlebell swing. …
First Steps in Kettlebell Juggling
Check out my newest post on Breaking Muscle about Kettlebell Juggling. Find out how to get started with it, why most people avoid doing it and much more. How to Get Started with Kettlebell Juggling Kettlebell juggling is an unconventional method of training. Although kettlebells have gained in popularity over …
PR Report 11-16-13
Lots of solid training this week before I hit the road to Phoenix, Arizona for Energy Medicine training. Several days of squats and lots of PR’s among them. This video includes: Front Squat 185 x 10 Front Squat 245 x 1 (new Max) Half Back Squat 455 x 5 My …
Tour of My Gym
I’ve been asked to give a tour of my gym, so I decided to create this video and share it with you. My gym is actually located in a two-car garage, but since the gym takes all the space, no cars go in here. Apart from various bodyweight training and …
8 Years of Kettlebells
I’ve been using kettlebells for a fair amount of time. And over that time I’ve used them for many purposes and with many different methods. In this article I’m going to encourage you to go outside of the box on whatever methods you may have come to know and use …
Top of the Kettlebell Swing Position
The top position of the kettlebell swing is where many people make mistakes. To do it properly, start with a couple of kettlebell deadlifts. Just keep snapping the hips, but don’t use your upper body to bring the kettlebell up. Do not bend your elbows in the top deadlift position …
Rotational Kettlebell Press
How to do the Rotational Kettlebell Press properly? This move actually comes from Girevoy sport competitors, a weight lifting sport with kettlebells. It’s a very efficient movement and unlike hard style kettlebell techniques, you aren’t using your legs or upper body primarily, but a rotating body movement. As you can …
PR Report 9-7-13
I hit a big sub-goal of mine this week with an 806 lb. wrestler’s bridge. My previous best was somewhere around 625 lbs. Just a couple weeks ago I hit a new PR in the overhead only portion as seen here. With the help of my friend Tyler I was …
PR Report 8-31-13
Overall it was a very good week. I finished up with the PCC the past weekend. As mentioned last week I hit my best ever full human flag which is pictured below. With a little more work on this (as I haven’t been training it at all) I should have …