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Could exercise be fun and help you undo the dysfunction of your daily non-activities? Most people treat exercise like it is a bad tasting prescription from the doctor. They HAVE TO do it because som… Read more

Aaron Pierson performs a double kettlebell push press. The double kettlebell push press may easily be one of the most under-used skills when it comes to training clients. In many circles it’s become k… Read more

So many kettlebell exercises go overhead. Some move quickly like the Snatch (top left picture) and Jerk. Some move slowly like the Press (top right picture) and Bent Press. And some are simply just he… Read more

It’s spring, the weather is warming up, the flowers are blooming and the sun is shining. If you’ve been hibernating all winter and your workouts have gotten dull, now is the time to breathe new life i… Read more

(Translated from German. Prefer to read the original? Click here.) Robert Rimoczi teaching at Kraba Gym in Germany Have you noticed that what we want, and what we need is often light years apart? Es… Read more

THE BEAST: Russian Kettlebell – 48kg (106 lbs.) Life is hard and most of us are facing the very real prospect that what we’d like to do is limited by what we can actually achieve. For those of us who … Read more

The next movement in our Dirty Dozen Line-up is #9, The Get Up. The Get Up is often referred to as the Turkish (TGU) or Low Sweep Get Up. Just the mention of the movement conjures up fear, apprehensio… Read more

I can’t count how many people I run into, that have elbow pain and had to stop or back off their kettlebell or pull-up training. I’m sure you know someone who has developed pain in the elbows after wo… Read more

Shannon demonstrates a good and a bad Get Up stance The Turkish Get Up is the most versatile movement in the RKC system. It incorporates all seven of the FMS movement patterns – squat, hurdle step, i… Read more

Every New Years my wife feels like we should do something big! To be honest, I am not all that into going out when so many people are liquored up. I ask her, “why do you want to go out so badly?” She … Read more

Throughout my life I have trained for a variety of different reasons, competing in events such as team sports and endurance racing, to further my knowledge as a trainer by attending certifications suc… Read more

I love the Get Up, it’s one of my favorite exercises. I think it’s the ultimate show of strength to lie on your back holding a weight at arms length toward the ceiling and then methodically move thro… Read more