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The Journey Doesn’t End with the Title

Category_Kettlebell Training Shari Wagner
My RKC workshop was in April 2009, and I didn’t pass at the workshop due to a failed snatch test. I submitted a video one week later to earn my RKC title. I recently stumbled across that fateful video… Read more

The Journey Doesn’t End with the Title

Category_Kettlebell Training Shari Wagner
My RKC workshop was in April 2009, and I didn’t pass at the workshop due to a failed snatch test. I submitted a video one week later to earn my RKC title. I recently stumbled across that fateful video… Read more

How Are Your Ankles?

ankle mobility Paul Britt, DC
Have you played a lot of sports? Do you wear high heels? If so, how do you think your ankles are doing? I have found that most of the people who I train tend to lack ankle mobility. This can be the fi… Read more

The Clean Viking Salute, a New Spin on a Kettlebell Classic

Category_Kettlebell Training Ryan Jankowitz
As a kettlebell instructor, I love performing kettlebell complexes and chains. I also enjoy putting my clients through complexes and chains—though they may not love them as much as I do. Complexes and… Read more

It Isn’t Sitting, It’s the Chair

Category_Mobility and Flexibility Jay Armstrong
We have all heard about the bad things that happen to our bodies as a result of sitting in a chair—slumped shoulders, collapsed ribcages, tight hip flexors, weak abs, etc. Yet, if you want to improve … Read more

Five 5s: Five Simple, Effective, Nourishing Kettlebell Workouts

bodyweight and kettlebell workout Nick Lynch
Sometimes, I just want to do a quick workout and either can’t or don’t want to spend an hour to do it. That’s why I put together this series of efficient kettlebell workouts which can be done in a sho… Read more

How to Nail the RKC Kettlebell Snatch Test Once and For All

Category_Kettlebell Training Dan John
The RKC Kettlebell Snatch Test seems to bother many people. It’s 100 reps, and quickly indicates the issue: Is it your lungs? Is it your buns? Is it your guns? During the snatch test, the skin comes o… Read more

Discover the Greatness that Lies Within You

Category_Motivation Lori Crock
This is the time of year when people adopt new healthy habits. Gym owners and fitness professionals see an increase in inquiries, and we make an effort to differentiate ourselves from others. In refle… Read more

Don’t Ignore These Two Common but Crucial Kettlebell Mistakes

Category_Kettlebell Training Keira Newton
As a Master RKC, I travel a lot. I love my job because I get to visit other gyms and teach people how to teach kettlebell technique according to the highest standards in the industry—RKC standards. In… Read more

Fine-Tuning the Get-Up

Andrea Du Cane Andrea Du Cane
How and when to use the high bridge and when to use the “step-across” instead of the “windshield wiper” At every HKC and RKC, I’m asked why we test the low sweep instead of the high-bridge. I also get… Read more

Simple Hand Training Drills To Compliment Your Kettlebell Training

Category_Kettlebell Training Ryan Jankowitz
Full disclosure—I love kettlebells. With that out of the way, I can share a few tips I’ve learned along my fitness journey. Some of these things I’ve learned through positive experiences, like reading… Read more

Be More Human

Category_Coaching Josh Henkin
I’m in a great position nowadays. I get to counsel many younger coaches and hopefully teach them the lessons I wish I’d known when I was first starting in fitness. Even so, I keep hearing the same que… Read more

Friend Zone Exercises

Category_Kettlebell Training Max Shank
Ladies, you have that friend who is awesome in every way but just doesn’t excite you. He’s funny, smart, nice, and doesn’t look horrifying–but for some reason he just doesn’t strike passion in your he… Read more

5 Reasons Every RKC Should Train for the RKC-II

Category_Coaching Matt Beecroft
In 2008, in Hungary, I completed my first RKC. As one of the longest-certified RKCs in Australia, one of the most important things that has kept me motivated as an instructor is furthering my educatio… Read more

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