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An Interview with RKC Team Leader Paul Britt, CK-FMS, Primal Move Instructor

By Adrienne Harvey SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat’l Instructor

I discovered them in 2005, when I was working as a police officer. I had always been into powerlifting and bodybuilding—and was always at the gym. My wife wanted me to find something that didn’t take me away from the house and kids for up to 2 hours.

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An Interview with Steve “Coach Fury” Holiner, Senior RKC, DVRT Master Instructor

by Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

Basically this is a second career for me. I grew up as a skate punk in Long Island so I was always active. I was never on any kind of team until I started at Five Points Academy, but I was into skateboarding and much later, BMX.

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An Interview with Christian Arai, RKC Instructor

by Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

It wasn’t until I had consistent and focused kettlebell training that I discovered this tool could very well surpass the shape I was in during my competition days. Since I’ve worked more consistently with kettlebells, I’ve noticed that some of the greatest

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An Interview with Carl Sipes, RKC Instructor, CK-FMS

by Adrienne Harvey SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

When I moved out to California in 2003, I was lucky enough to start working with someone who had just ordered a set of kettlebells. I was introduced to them while they were still early on the scene! I thought they were interesting and had never seen anything like them before.

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An Interview with Zach Even-Esh, Author of The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning

by Adrienne Harvey SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

When you train hard in ways that break the rules, you learn about yourself. You learn that you are capable of achieving any success you want. So, I wrote The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning for people who want to be inspired, who want to learn, and who have an open mind.

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An Interview with RKC Team Leader Annie Vo

by Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

I was never a natural athlete. In high school, I was in marching band but kind of made it a point to avoid doing much physical activity. But when I went to college on a full academic scholarship, I had no concept of how expensive New York would be since I came from a smaller town near LA.

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An Interview with Samuel Hartman, RKC Instructor

by Adrienne Harvey SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

Like many people, I started out as a runner. After graduating from college, I wanted to get in shape and it's kind of a cliché, but I decided I should just go run for exercise. I got decent at it, and was consistently doing eight-minute miles and having a good time until I injured myself as a lot of runners do.

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An Interview with Pro MMA Fighter Lawrence Dunning, RKC

by Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

In college I started to get into combat sports and began competing as an amateur boxer. It evolved to the point that training for triathlons became a way of maintaining my fitness for MMA.

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An Interview with RKC Team Leader Nick Lynch

by Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

My kettlebell training began because of my own injuries. I also noticed that many people who came to my studio had numerous existing injuries. Many athletes in the US train with Olympic lifting—which is really its own sport.

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An Interview with RKC Team Leader Lori Crock

by Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS, Primal Move Nat'l Instructor

Oddly enough, I didn’t like kettlebells at first! The kettlebell swing was a very unfamiliar movement, and I didn’t understand it. But I became intrigued by kettlebells because until then, I’d liked everything else in the gym.

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