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How to Squat Deep without Hurting Your Knees, RKC Style

Mar 03, 2005 03:16 PM

While grocery shopping the other day we came upon a half dozen bags of flour that had fallen off the shelf and onto the floor. My three-year-old son, seeing that things [...]

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My Favorite Girevoy Sport Assistance Exercises

Feb 21, 2005 07:40 PM

When I ordered my first kettlebell in January 2002 it was completely unfamiliar to me. I had never seen one used and certainly never hoisted one. I justified the kettle [...]

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Kettlebell Split Snatch for Killer Conditioning

Feb 14, 2005 02:26 PM

Looking to shift your anaerobic conditioning into high gear? Fry your legs and sear your lungs in the process? Well Comrade, then step up to the split snatch! Since se [...]

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How RKC and PTP Training Have Made Me a Competitive Swimmer Again

Feb 07, 2005 01:47 PM

Just recently I had a competed on Master?s nationals swimming competition and had placed 4th in my age group. The placement sounds impressive but that had been out of 6 [...]

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Off-Center Core and Body Conditioning with Kettlebells

Feb 07, 2005 01:42 PM

I have often been accused of being a little off center? sometimes by my wife?and then sometimes by other people whose opinion has much less direct effect on what dinner i [...]

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Kettlebells for Surfing Strength and Muscle Endurance

Jan 12, 2005 12:41 PM

Matt the Wave Rat. This article will not directly address agility, balance, or explosiveness, although the dynamic nature of the exercises below will definitely enha [...]

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A College Strength Coach Puts Kettlebells to the Test

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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The Toughest Stand up Fighting You Can Imagine

Dec 21, 2004 02:53 PM

I am sure that most of readers have quite good idea what Muay Thai or Thai boxing is. My first live contact was with master Chang who worked as waiter in restaurant in Za [...]

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Strength & Conditioning for Taekwondo, the Party Way

Dec 21, 2004 02:34 PM

A few years back, I came across Pavel?s work. He totally screwed up my whole idea of strength and conditioning. I thought the best way to work out was to use supersets, [...]

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The 16kg Kettlebell Snatch 1000 Rep Challenge

Dec 15, 2004 12:51 PM

I am not exactly sure how it got started, but I blame Steve Cotter. In the late fall of 2003, talk arose on the Dragon Door Forum about doing high repetition snatches wit [...]

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