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Dirty Dozen #9 The Get-up

Category_Uncategorized Phil Ross
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

Dirty Dozen #9 The Get-up

Category_Uncategorized Phil Ross
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

Elite Abs: "Hollow Plank Positions" (Part 1 of 5)

abs Keira Newton
Master RKC, Keira Newton shows you how to achieve a true “hollowed out” position with several different strength-building plank variations. *** Master RKC, Level 3 Z-Health, MCT. Keira first picked u… Read more

...It's Only the HKC!?!?

Category_Uncategorized Mike Krivka
I’ve had the honor and pleasure to attend pretty much every certification that Dragon Door has offered for over a decade and I’ve always been impressed with the extremely high quality, professionalism… Read more

Painful Elbows? Look at Your Technique

Andrea DuCane Andrea Du Cane
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

Fitness, Health, and Performance

athletic performance Max Shank
What is the primary goal of exercise? What is the primary objective to training at all? The answer is that it depends entirely on the individual. However, most of us will fall into the health category… Read more

What is the most versatile RKC movement?

athletes Shannon Scullin
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

The Four Pillars of Strength

Category_Uncategorized Mike Krivka
INTRODUCTION People are constantly looking for new ways to increase their strength. They get wrapped up in changing up reps, loads, intensity, and new exercises in the blind pursuit of strength. This… Read more

Martial Artists and the Kettlebell Swing

artist Jay Armstrong
When I encountered the kettlebell, it was love at first swing. I knew immediately that this was a tool that would complement (rather than interfere with) martial arts training. Traditional efforts in… Read more

Dirty Dozen Move # 8: The Handstand

athletic application Phil Ross
The Handstand, I LOVE IT! It’s such a fun exercise to do. I will tell you though, that it was very challenging for me to accomplish. I’m not a gymnast, I’m a 189 lb, 51 year old man who hadn’t done mu… Read more

The Only Three Ways to Build the Body

australia Andrew Read
There are only three ways to build the body – intensity, volume, and density. So why is it that we often look to only change one variable when seeking to improve? In textbook periodization the early p… Read more

Are You Really Missing Out?

barbells Josh Henkin
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

Combining RKC and FMS

australia Andrew Read
The FMS is a fantastic tool kit for any trainer, and when used in conjunction with RKC methods can provide a quick way to resolve almost any issue a client may have. But it can also be incredibly daun… Read more

It's in the Hips, Part 4

Category_Uncategorized Mark Bixby
In this fourth and final installment dedicated to better utilization of the hips, I show some crawling progressions to emphasize that we can sometimes skip mobility drills and just move instead. But … Read more

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