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Five Things The Turkish Get-Up Teaches You About Life
Try to imagine an exercise that could make your life easier—a “magical” exercise that improves your response to everyday challenges and can make you into a better human being? Would you include it in …
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Team RKC—Restoring Freedom, Respecting Individuality, Realizing Full Athletic Potential, Rewarding Skillful Effort
RKC Team Spirit, Chicago 2014
2014 was a banner year for Dragon Door’s resurgent RKC, with 26 3-day and 28 1-day certification workshops in almost as many cities worldwide. And we already have 31 RKC …
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From Broken to Team Leader
I was broken in October 2012 at the RKC-II. It happened because I was stupid and I let my ego get the best of me at the certification. I thought that I only had a minor training injury prior to arrivi…
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Successful Training with Kettlebells--Four Things to Consider
When I started training with kettlebells, and right after I went to a beginner’s kettlebell seminar, it was really frustrating for me to only have a very restricted number of exercises for my training…
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3 Traits of Those Who 'Have What It Takes' for Kettlebell Training
To properly train your body with kettlebells, you must continually enhance your skills. Correct me if I’m wrong but the Wright brothers crashed many model planes before they actually took flight, righ…
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The 3-6-9-12 Program
It is when you feel like you can break.
You have put everything on the line.
Heroes have been made, dreams have been dashed.
It is the fourth quarter. I remember playing basketball that time, the time…
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Improve Your Windmill
The windmill is an excellent exercise to increase mobility, flexibility and core strength. As an added benefit, it also increases shoulder strength and stability. It’s a unique exercise because it eng…
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Smart Kettlebell Training for Competitive Endurance Athletes
Erika Woolsey, RKC from Fort Collins, Colorado running the Boston Marathon
For endurance athletes, time well spent is time working toward a specific goal. Unfortunately this often means strength train…
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