14 Kettlebell Squat Variations
This article will provide your with tons of information that will add a whole new dimension to your kettlebell squat training or that of your clients.
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Rik Brown AKA Mr Maceman
I started because I was a failure as a bodybuilder despite devoting years to it. I was unsatisfied with it being so subjective, with success being reserved for the genetically gifted. I learned that strength and conditioning, especially unconventional training could make anyone who is willing to work far better than they were before, despite their bone structure, skin tone, etc.
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Improve CrossFit Barbell Racking Mobility
If you use a barbell to work on your racking mobility, your collarbone and neck will be in the way to achieve further range, with the kettlebell you can keep going past this stopping point. Therefore, the kettlebell will allow you to get a better range of motion for your barbell racking position in your CrossFit workouts.
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Kettlebell Standing Pull-Over: For Mobility
The kettlebell standing pull-over is what I call this kettlebell exercise, it’s an amazing exercise that I use for mobility and strength. A light weight for mobility work and a medium for strength. This exercise is good for: shoulder strength tricep strength shoulder mobility tricep flexibility thoracic mobility lat flexibility grip strength full body stability If
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Tricep Push-Ups: Why Are They Working the Triceps?!?
Everyone knows that triceps push-ups work the triceps, duh, that’s why they’re called tricep push-ups. But do you know why they work the triceps more? You might say “because the elbows are tucked in”, but that’s like asking “why do you like french fries?” and answering with “because they’re good!”. It’s not because we
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The Goblet Squat or Rather Goblet Grip
“No, that’s not a goblet squat, that’s not a goblet squat and that’s also not a goblet squat nor grip!” Almost everything where people hold a kettlebell in-front of them with any type of grip is now called a goblet squat these days. The meaning of goblet has completely eloped from the naming! Let us
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Kettlebell Press
The Kettlebell Press is one of the best exercises you can do for well defined, strong and mobile shoulders. Unfortunately the kettlebell press can also be cause for a host of shoulder problems. When it comes to injury I believe there are two main reasons as I spoke about in my article.
Lots of People Are Getting Injured
Lots of people are getting injured throwing kettlebells, barbells and dumbbells around, and they want the world to know about it, they want to warn you about them.
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TOP 5 Banging Kettlebell Workout Songs
TOP 5 Banging Songs to WOD Too There is nothing better than a good kettlebell workout that goes paired with a good playlist, your kettlebell WOD may be written in gold and served on a silver platter, but if your playlist is shit it ain’t happening, the two go hand in hand. Proper programming and
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Kettlebells in CrossFit
Lets be honest, there isn’t enough of it, yes, there is a great amount of what a kettlebell trainer would not include in a workout (American Swings). Yet the kettlebell is a far more superior tool to the barbell in many ways, not all ways, but many ways.
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Excuses to Avoid Working Out—I Just Need to Get FIT First
Some people use it as an excuse to keep from doing what they know is going to improve their life but know will be hard and they then rather take the easy way out.
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How to Structure a Kettlebell WOD (Workout Of the Day)
There are many ways to structure a kettlebell workout of the day, but here’s what we consider the most optimal structure for any type of workout, but especially Kettlebell WODs.
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Forearm Pressure, Bruising and Pain from Kettlebells
One of the most common issues that kettlebell beginners report when they start with kettlebells is that they experience excessive pressure on the forearm, bruising, or pain from the bell part of the kettlebell.
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Kettlebell Life. Pursue Life, Not a Career!
What I’m going to tell you is not to boast, but is written in the hope you will pursue what makes you happy. I’ve not had an awesome childhood, so I left home at 15 and entered the military at 16, and never looked back. Left the country I was born in, the Netherlands, at age 19 (approx) and moved to Spain, which is one of the best countries to live in, for me, the sky is a different kind of blue here, unlike anywhere else, the mountains are so peaceful, the streams and canyons are absolutely beautiful.
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Update on Valery Fedorenko Course
Following is an update on the case of Taco Fleur against Valery Fedorenko, has a bit of a ring to it! So after these two open letters here and here, I took things to the Better Business Bureau, you can find the last response below. I’m pursuing this matter because of the way it was
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The Kettlebell Drop! From Overhead and Racking
The kettlebell drop doesn’t always get the attention it deserves as a topic of its own. The kettlebell drop goes from overhead lock-out into the racking position, note that the drop is different if you’re doing a full snatch and does not return into racking then. I’m covering the kettlebell drop from racking, the half
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Correct Exercise Naming and The Ambiguity of It
At the beginning of my Kettlebell journey I trained with several different trainers and often I’d find myself thinking
“this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing, that’s not a kettlebell clean”
But I’d soon find out that what they demonstrated was indeed a type of clean, the fact is that there are many different types of Kettlebell Cleans, they just weren’t specific with the TYPE of clean they were demonstrating.
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The Romanian Deadlift Is Not a Deadlift — Here’s Why
I decided that I had enough of calling the Romanian Dead Lift (RDL) and as of that day I’m going to call the RDL for what it really is, which is a “Hip Hinge Hang Lift”, I won’t be calling it a Romanian Dead Lift anymore, as the weight is not dead on the ground, I first mentioned this in an older video I posted on Youtube back in 2014
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Definition of a Clean (Weight Lifting)
Search the Internet for the definition of a Clean and all you’ll find is information on a Clean with a particular piece of exercise equipment, like for example a Power Clean with an Olympic Bar, you’ll also find references to Clean & Jerk, Clean & Press, but these are all specific versions of a Clean or a
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Valery Fedorenko Online Course Review
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