Fun fact: the Brachialis (not biceps) is the prime mover for elbow flexion. You could say that the bicep curl should actually be named Brachialis Curl, but that doesn’t sound impressive or cool at all. As you might know by now, one of my favourite subjects is writing about correct exercise naming and exercise variations, […]
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In co-operation with Muscle and Motion—one of the best tools to help people understand the movements and muscles used in exercises. Above is a video of the all-time Cavemantraining favourite exercises, battling ropes double waves. Like? You can see the original video below Caveman Trainer Goes Through Insane Workout.
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Over the many years we’ve been steadily growing as an online unconventional fitness community and magazine, and it’s awesome. We’ve hit over 4,128,935 views and 17,593 subscribers on our Youtube channel. Our website now has a bounce rate of 42% (the lower the better), our monthly pageviews are peaking around 18,000 and still growing. Our Alexa ranking
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Being a top athlete requires your body to sustain a high level of physical stress. Exposing your body to constant weight lifting, bench presses, push-ups, sit-ups, long-distance runs, and sprints week in week out may lead to an inflamed body, even though you may not be aware of it These physically draining activities can have
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People in today’s society lack a point of reference for suffering. They describe being so tired that they just can’t get out of bed, are too sore to workout, or are to quick giving up when a task gets difficult. What people think is an exhausting ordeal is actually quite within their realms of capability.
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In CrossFit, we’ve seen the Kettlebell as something to swing overhead and in some cases, pick up and carry to the other side of the room. We certainly get a lot of benefits from these two movements, but Kettlebells do have other purposes & benefits.
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There are so many aspects and modalities of training movement that it’s an ongoing of games, play and exploration of freedom in that concept. A lot of the rules that we have become accustomed to in training have been somewhat cast aside when it comes to training movement patterns. Thats not to say other areas
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Following is an interview I held with Kike Quesada Sanchez the president of K.S.E. (Kettlebell Sport España), discussing kettlebell sport in Spain. How new is Kettlebell Sport in Spain? Our Organisation started in December 2016; we did the presentation in January 2017, even though we have 1 year experience in the dissemination and development of
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The Kettlebell Sportstyle Swing is always done with one arm, never with two arms like you see used with the swing that most people are used to, the conventional kettlebell swing. There is a very valid reason why Sport Athletes don’t do the sportstyle swing with two arms, and that reason is; it doesn’t transfer to anything in the sport, i.e. Snatch, Clean or Jerk. Every kettlebell exercise used in competition is performed with one arm, hence there is no reason to do the sportstyle swing with two arms.
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Most gireviks will give you the look and grunt if you mention bicep curl and kettlebell in one sentence. If you’re real lucky, you’ll be able to walk away without getting a kettle ball thrown at you.
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You hear it all the time “unconventional this, unconventional that”, but what is unconventional? The definition of ‘unconventional’ is something not based on or conforming to what is generally done, and that’s exactly what these 24 unconventional kettlebell exercises are.
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The Hip Hinge together with the Squat are two of the most fundamental and primal exercises in existence. There is quite a bit of material on the Squat, but the Hip Hinge is mostly overlooked other than in books covering Deadlifts. Here at Cavemantraining we changed that, behold, the precursor to Deadlifting, Bent-Over Rows, CrossFit Barbell
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Hi, my name is Fredrik Berglund founder and headcoach of True Grit Kettlebell Club Pitea Sweden. I am the inventor of a new and innovative kettlebell product which allows a lot of people to safe money and easily progress to lifting heavier weights, the product is called Kettle Weight. As a professional lifter/coach I saw
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The Caveman Athlete Of The Month March is none other than Henk Bakker, AKA The Incredible Henkules. Name: Henk Bakker AKA: Henkules Age: 48 Speciality: Unconventional Training Weight: 122 kg Nationality: Dutch Personal best: 215 kilo bench-press, 270 kilo deadlift, 250 kilo squats No Gym….No Excuse!! I started weight training/bodybuilding back in 1986 when I was 16
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The Definition of a Squat and Hip Hinge Yes, you know what a squat is, you probably even know how to perform it correctly, but do you know the true and clear definition of a squat? Do you know where the scope of a squat starts and ends? In other words, do you know what
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This is currently one of my favourite kettlebell combo’s, I used it last week in one of our Caveman WODs. Because the exercise should be done with good form (shouldn’t all!?) and at a slower pace, this was a good candidate to perform for 5 minutes long, hence I put it in for 5 minutes,
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I think it’s a lot of bull to justify the American Swing with it being more natural to complete the movement, if that is the case, then why do deadlifts at all, why not complete it with a clean or snatch? Hold your horses, just because I don’t agree with the above, does not mean I don’t like the American Swing, I’m just saying the above is bull to justify it.
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I’ve decided to release a small part of the Amazon listed book on the hip hinge for free. I’ve recently rewritten it and added a lot more relevant content to it. The following is part of the book which goes into the reason for back aches and pains when performing the hip hinge, whether it’s
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How does one improve, how does one give feedback, should you give feedback or should you stay quiet and ignore? Personally I’m a very easy going guy, if someone comes up to me and provides help, I open up, accept and process. Admittedly, my initial inner dialogue can sometimes be that of “who do
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