What did you train today? The gym’s been pretty busy these days, and my time has been limited. Between work and getting ready for our upcoming kettlebell certification, my training time is minimal. But, there is no excuse for not getting something done! I had 20 minutes to spare before picking lunch up at Fins, and heading to school. Warm ... Read More

Lots of people asking “How do I work my chest with kettlebells?” Here are two press variations to add to your arsenal if you haven’t already. One variation is a simple kettlebell floor press, the other is a little more dynamic. The second variation is one that I learned from Mike Mahler back in the old RKC days. Let me know if ... Read More

I’ve been getting a ton of questions about certain exercises that we’ve been throwing into our workouts and my own personal workouts. I’m going to attempt to answer as many of these questions as I can with a video. This one goes to out to Richard from San Diego, who happens to be one of our online customers. Richard had asked ... Read More

Lots of times I’m crunched for time and don’t even have 30 minutes to get my workout in. Actually, it’s just about every day! There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for not training due to time restraints!! My favorite thing to do in this situation is put a few kettlebell and body weight movements together, set my timer for 15 minutes, or ... Read More

I don’t know about you, but double kettlebell strength workouts get me all charged up! This type of training feels great while I’m doing it, and cranks up my energy level for the rest of the day! Here’s what I did today. Extended Jump squats 10 See saw presses 5/5 Renegade Rows 5/5 Racked reverse lunges 5/5 Power Wheel rollouts ... Read More

To hold myself accountable, I will attempt to record my workouts here. I’m not sure why, but I have not been doing get ups on a consistent basis. That’s just crazy because get ups make my body feel great! So, It’s’ back to get ups for me at least 2x per week.  I will also use them as a warm up with a lighter ... Read More

Yesterday’s Training Session: This was my first workout of the new year. Warm up: 5 minutes of joint mobility 3 rounds of: 10 kettlebell swings 10 push ups 5 pull ups 5/5 push presses Strength Session: I did the strength session with Laura 5 rounds of: Suspended 1 leg squats (28kg kettlebell) 5/5 Weighted pull ups (20kg) 5 ... Read More

Here’s a cool way that may help you progress to a one arm pull up. This is also a fun pull up option to use when pull ups are called for in one of our strength workouts. It’s nice to mix things up when you do lots of pull ups.  Mixing up your grips makes it fun and can prevent overuse injury, AKA elbow tendonitis for most of us. Of ... Read More

Decompressing with a kettlebell and a sledge hammer! I will try this one next week and see if I can get more then 6 rounds in 25 minutes. Get as many rounds as you can in 25 minutes of: Kettlebell snatches 5/5 Kettlebell Jerks 5/5 Pull ups 10 Box Jumps 10 Sledge hits 10 Who wants to join ... Read More

Back to the heavy bells! Things are starting to come together as I am feeling pretty good these days with the exception of a little elbow tendonitis. I attibute this to all the mountain biking that I’ve been doing lately compounded with high volume pull ups. I can’t stop! So, I will implement my elbow tendonitis protocal prior to my ... Read More