Back in April was the Tactical Strength Challenge. This was the first time I competed in the event. Just the other day I looked on the main website and found the results were finally up. Take a look. I’ve reposted the video of my events here. If you look at …
Hack Squat
I wanted to share with you an exercise that is not that popular these days – The Kettlebell Hack Squat. The hack squat is a great exercise to work predominately with the quads. There are several other versions of this exercise known as the hack squat. There is the machine …
Weekend Full of PR’s
I just had an awesome weekend in Minneapolis at the Smarter Strength workshop. What I learned there will have some big changes for the future. Look for a full review later on. There I taught others the basics of hand balancing as you can learn in the Secrets of the …
Tactical Strength Challenge
The Tactical Strength Challenge (TSC) is a strength competition consisting of three events: A three-attempt powerlifting deadlift Pullups for max reps Kettlebell snatches for max reps in a 5:00 time period You can find out more at tacticalstrengthchallenge.com I had the opportunity to participate in my first TSC last weekend. …
Plateau Buster Swing Handle Review
I’ve known Ryan Pitts for a couple years now. He was gracious enough to send me one of his newer pieces of equipment recently. And boy am I glad he did. For what I use it for it is pure awesome. You can pick up you own piece at Strongergrip. …
On Kettlebell Snatch Form
I have to laugh. This form stuff is so funny. I understand the snatch better than most people out there. I understand that form must be compromised to go this fast. Others do not understand this. But I don’t teach the snatch the way I show it in the video …
Dominate the Kettlebell Snatch
The time has come… And that time is to dominate the kettlebell snatch. As you likely know I recently hit 301 snatches in 10 minutes with the 53 lb. bell. Now I’ll finally show you how I did it. I have a series of videos that not only shows you …
Why you need to join us for the Super Human Workshop – Part 1
I figured I’d start a series that goes into more depth about some of the topics both Bud and myself will be covering at our upcoming Super Human Training Workshop. Far from being just promotional, I aim to teach you some useable information here. The workshop is set up to …
Huge Announcement Tomorrow
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you may have heard. I hit my goal! 301 snatches with the 24kg kettlebell in 10 minutes and multiple hand switches. I’ll have a video up soon (sooner if my editing program hadn’t just given out on me)… But that’s not what …
New Article at Old Time Lifting
I wrote a guest article for Rob Drucker over at OldTimeLifting.com. This one is called How to Strength and Power with Kettlebells. Be sure to check it out as well as the other great articles on the site. Rob has a tremendous physical culture knowledge.
Performing at Rise Above
Thanks to Doug over at Rise Above Performance Training I’ve got more video from the event. In a previous post, I talked mostly about the competition. In this one, we have the performances. I often tell people the difference between modern strongman and oldtime strongman is the first is competition …
Rise Above Strength Competition
My friend Doug Fioranelli invited me once again to his gym, Rise Above Strength, for their anniversary party. To support my fellow trainers and have some fun I drove out to Belmont and I’m glad I did. To start with there was a competition. This was different from last years …
Johann Martin
I’ve got some exciting projects in the works. More on those later. For now I wanted to share this video with you of Johann Martin in case you haven’t seen it. To me this guy is the ultimate athlete. Basically he does many of the things I do, he’s just …
Kettlebell Snatch Test
I’ve talked about the kettlebell snatch test a lot here in the past. Figured I’d write up an article that tells you the basics of this exercises, the different tests, a few tips on training it, plus a video showing it all in action. New Article –> Kettlebell Snatch
Swings, Swings and More Swings
I have to say I’m motivated to do more swings. Read an rough draft of Bud’s upcoming book where he details his kettlebell swing odyssey. And just last night on the Super Human Training Teleseminar Series we had Tracy Reifkind, the Queen of the Kettlebell Swing. As I was motivated …