Kettlebell Articles

6-Week Shoulder Shock Ladder and Swing Volume Plan

Jay Armstrong, RKC TL

May 05, 2009 01:00 PM

A few months ago I put my students through a 6-week program. This program focuses specifically on the military press and swing volume. Each of the students that went [...]

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A Case for Becoming a Girevik (Kettlebell Lifter)

David Finley, RKC

Dec 29, 2006 06:42 AM

"Okay, Okay, I have heard all about Pavel and this kettlebell lifting deal. But, do I really want to lay down my hard earned cash, only to be burned by another charlatan [...]

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A College Strength Coach Puts Kettlebells to the Test

Chris Holder, RKC

Jan 10, 2005 06:33 PM

My name is Chris Holder and I am the Strength and Conditioning coach for Cal Poly's 20 varsity sports. We are a Division I institution with Division I-AA Football. We are [...]

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A College Strength Coach
Puts Kettlebells to the Test
Part II: “It’s a new day in San Jose…”

Chris Holder, MS, RKC Team Leader, CSCS

Oct 05, 2007 04:16 PM

The Move Picture this? it is a cold day in San Luis Obispo in December of 2005. I am coming off one of the most incredible football seasons of my coaching career. My [...]

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A Double Kettlebell Killer Combo

Jeff O'Connor, RKC

Oct 11, 2005 03:00 PM

If you?re like so many of us that are always trying to squeeze more training into less time, or are just cursed with the need to make things more difficult, this could be [...]

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A Kettlebell Success Story

Chris Pate

Jul 20, 2010 11:01 AM

My name is Chris Pate. I have been a Police Officer for thirteen years and am currently employed by the Tallahassee Police Department. I am a bicycle patrol officer [...]

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A New Way to Look at Balance

Gray Cook, RKC

Nov 26, 2010 06:33 PM

Gray Cook, author of Movement: Functional Movement Systems,with Brett Jones Co-presenters of the new DVD and manual setKettlebells from the Center—DynamiI wrote my [...]

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A Prelude to a Swing

Tom Corrigan, RKC

Apr 28, 2006 05:00 PM

There is no argument that the swing is the fundamental move of kettlebell lifting. It must be learned before moving on to the clean, snatch and other important lifts. So [...]

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A Pressing Matter

by Jason Marshall, RKC Team Leader

I remember hanging out at my buddy’s (Alan Martin, RKC) house when his first set of kettlebells came in. He ordered 5 bells. A 16kg, 24kg, 32kg, 40kg and 48kg. After the UPS guy finished cussing us, we opened the first box…which one do you think we opened first? The 48kg, of course! And the first thing we did with it?

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A Program Minimum for MMA Fighters

(How to Cure the Closet Curler…)

Steve Baccari, RKC

Jan 23, 2007 12:15 PM

First the program: Conditioning: Man Makers as described in Enter the Kettlebell! with some variations. Start with 10-12 minutes, but your goal is 15 minutes non-sto [...]

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