Category: Kettlebell Training

It’s a rite of passage from man or woman to legend. One of the first movements I ever learned with a kettlebell was the mythical, semi-legendary Turkish Get Up – a long-time staple in the training arsenal of the feared and revered Turkish wrestlers, dating back (according to some sources) over 200 years ago. One of the most unconventional-yet-effective ways of training for full body…

“Many of the old school strongmen used to claim that hand strength was the ‘last thing to go’, and I well believe it.”–          Paul Wade, author of and The secret to “Old Man Strength” In my humble opinion, nothing in the world of strength training is as exciting or as misunderstood as grip strength.  Shake hands with any man or…

3 Lessons from Assisting at RKC Israel “Well, congratulations, Aleks.  You passed.”  My Team Leader, Cortez Hull, shook my hand from across the table where he and his assistants sat, almost an hour after the October 2010 RKC certification had ended and nearly all the participants (save for my team) were gone.  I’d been waiting with baited breath, hoping for good…

Please check all that apply… So, you’ve probably been won over by the no-BS simplicity and straight-forward training style of the mighty .  If you’re anything like I was, you’re probably already feeling the bite of the iron bug and can’t wait to jump into the deep end feet first!  As much as you’ll come…

Five years ago when I swung my first , I tried to tell everyone about how awesome they were.  Really, like any chance I got.  The problem?  No one really seemed to understand, and it was all for a good reason – practically no one knew what a kettlebell was!  Just a few short years…