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If you train long enough there is one absolute guarantee, you will make mistakes! Most people look at mistakes as a negative, but in fact they teach us so many valuable lessons. We learn what works fo… Read more

On left: In my body-building days / On right: Most recent pic – feeling huge I’ve been thinking about writing this blog for quite a while. I’ve been struggling with this issue since I was a teenager.… Read more

Spencer Ross Demonstrates the Kettlebell Press There are not too many many things cooler than pressing heavy weight over your head. The Kettlebell press is one of the best methods available to enable … Read more

This blog initiates the first in a series of 4 posts with companion videos about effective ways to better utilize the hips. While I’ve invented nothing in the series, I have hopefully ordered things i… Read more

Overview The strength of the RKC is its reliance on the development of the six fundamental techniques that are taught as part of the baseline RKC curriculum: the Swing, Clean, Front Squat, Press, Snat… Read more

The Goblet squat and the Front squat are two of the most important, and most neglected of RKC exercises. In this video, Master RKC Keira Newton demonstrates with student Brittany Branch where some p… Read more

Workout #1: The Chewie The scene of this tale is set in my very own home, approximately three days ago, and is the particular account of how I tested the workout which you will find down below on my w… Read more

Overview The SAT, or Snatch Assessment Tool, is a tool that I created to help trainers and kettlebell practitioners alike to visually assess and correct their Kettlebell Snatch technique. Working with… Read more

Picture courtesy of Cathy Raimonda, HKC The Kettlebell Front Squat is a key movement directly applicable to virtually every sport and to ALL sports requiring explosive power and strength positions. Th… Read more

I hope you enjoyed my last post and video on the low or pendulum swing. The second exercise I came up with during my knee re-hab was the kettlebell deadlift row. This is an incredible back and lower b… Read more

Complex creation is a delicate art. If not constructed thoughtfully and with a proper understanding of the primary function of the thing itself, you will not have a complex. You will have tapioca. You… Read more

Kettlebell exercises can be segmented into two general categories: Ballistics and Grinds. The simplest distinction between the two is that Ballistic exercises are for the most part executed very fast,… Read more