Here’s a challenging and core strengthening exercise that will immediately yield transferable benefits for your functional strength. Until you’ve lost your core strength, you’ll never fully appreciate the need for developing it. If you have lower back or pelvic floor injuries, I do not recommend you trying this until you rehabilitate those injuries. For all you with healthy, strong cores – let’s take it to the next level. (more…)
The CLEAN is sometimes used as an exercise for strength or endurance: however, it is more often used as safe means to get the KB(s) to your shoulder(s) for other drills. This is a basic, traditional drill that every kettlebell lifter needs to master. (more…)
Around the Body Pass
“Around the Body Pass” is also known as the “Slingshot”. It is a powerful midsection and grip strength exercise unique to kettlebells. It develops strength, endurance, the skill of “matching the breath with the force”, and quick alternation of being loose and tight – essential in kettlebell lifting, martial arts, and sports. (more…)
It was the theme of last month – NEW! There’s something about that simple, little word that intrigues us. Why it even brings a smile to our face . . . new clothes, a new hair style, a new book, a new recipe, a new friend . . . NEW! As with every passing New Year’s celebration, people re-evaluate their lives, their schedule, their health, their goals, their priorities . . . and make a new resolution to improve. Have you? Perhaps you are convicted about improving your health, but lack time or the motivation to start. Does the thought of planning your own training program exhaust you? It need not be that difficult. If you are a busy person like me, then you will love this new training concept. (more…)
What is S.H.O.T.?
SHOT is an acronym for Superior High Output Training – and the way Jeff trains with a shot, it most definitely is just that. The training benefits are indeed superior, demand a high-output of energy, and offer numerous carry-over benefits to many sports and professions. Just as Jeff took the monotony out of high repetition kettlebell training, Jeff transforms an ordinary shot into a multi-plane, multi-dimensional, and multi-sport enhancement tool. (more…)