Strength training seems to wreck your posture? Four ordinary explanations, what the trials actually show, and how to restart kettlebell training without the loop.
Kettlebell Training and Posture: Why Strength Training Feels Like It Is Making You Worse Read More »
Severe aortic stenosis from a bicuspid valve ended my kettlebell training at 53. What a fit man’s heart failure looks like from the inside.
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Full dumbbell routines plus where a kettlebell suits the job better. Where the weight sits explains most of the disagreement between the two tools.
Dumbbell and Kettlebell Workouts: Which Tool for Which Job Read More »
A headache after kettlebell training has three likely causes. How to tell dehydration, migraine, and exercise headache apart, and when to see a doctor.
Headache After Kettlebell Training: Dehydration, Migraine, or Exercise Headache? Read More »
Adjustable kettlebells and dumbbells or a machine? Two meta-analyses find no difference in muscle growth. The real trade-offs are space, cost, and increment size.
Adjustable Kettlebells and Dumbbells vs Machines: What Actually Matters at Home Read More »
Search for the kettlebell Turkish get-up and you will find it filed under beginner content, usually with a starting weight attached. One popular retailer suggests men begin with a 16 kg kettlebell and women with 8 kg. Other guides tell you to practise it early in your kettlebell training. The exercise gets described as a
Is the Kettlebell Turkish Get-Up a Beginner Exercise? Read More »
Should you keep your cervical spine neutral during the kettlebell swing, or should you keep your eyes forward as you hinge? I have been promoting keeping the whole spine neutral, including the cervical spine. I obtained SFG Level I and II, but this is not something I took from StrongFirst. In fact, StrongFirst has traditionally
Kettlebell Swing Neck Position: Neutral Spine or Eyes on the Horizon? Read More »
Your leg muscles are a second pump for blood. Kettlebell swings drive it hard; a vibration plate gives a brief local lift. Here’s when to use each.
The Muscle Pump: How Kettlebells and Vibration Plates Support Circulation Read More »
Kettlebell Kings didn’t shut down — it was sold twice in under a year, the founders sued both buyers, and the company that ended up owning it walked into a financial crisis of its own.
What Happened to Kettlebell Kings? The Full Story Read More »
The exercises, technique standards, and how strength is built are the same for everyone. Five things genuinely change for women over 40, and one widely repeated claim about hips and stance turns out not to be true at all.
Kettlebell Training for Women Over 40: What Actually Differs (and What Doesn’t) Read More »
A weighted vest adds load kettlebells can’t reach: carries, walks, pull-ups. It doesn’t belong on kettlebell swings or presses. Here’s exactly where it helps.
Three Kettlebell Mistakes That Lead to Injury (and How to Fix Them) Most kettlebell injuries do not come from the kettlebell. They come from loading a movement before the body is organised to handle it. Three patterns account for a large share of the problems people run into: a spine that loses position under load,
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I have watched the same thing happen for close to twenty years of coaching. Someone picks up a kettlebell, trains hard for six or eight weeks, sees real change, then somewhere around the third month the progress thins out and the bell starts living in a corner. The story they tell themselves is usually about
Why Kettlebell Progress Stalls Around Month Three (and What Actually Fixes It) Read More »
There is a phrase that has become a kind of modern religion: follow the science. Say it and the conversation stops. Debate ends. Whoever invokes it holds the moral high ground, and anyone who questions them risks being labelled a crank, a contrarian, or worse. Trust the experts. Trust the institutions. Trust the consensus. I have
Follow the Science — And Question Everything, Including the Kettlebell Experts Read More »
Your fifth toe controls ankle stability, knee alignment, and balance during kettlebell training. Research shows why barefoot training fixes the problem shoes created.
The Smallest Toe in Your Foot Is Controlling More Than You Think Read More »
If you are over 50 and have never touched a kettlebell, this article is for you. Not because you are fragile. Because you are not — and the science says you have far more capacity than anyone has told you. In this article: The Lie You Have Been Sold Somewhere along the way, the fitness
Kettlebell Workout for Beginners Over 50: Why It Works and How to Start Read More »
An exercise is a fundamental movement pattern with a clear purpose, core mechanics, and identifiable outcome. It is defined by what the body is doing, not by every small detail of how it is performed. An exercise variation, on the other hand, is a modification of that same movement pattern that preserves the core intent
Kettlebell Exercise vs. Exercise Variation: Understanding the Difference Read More »
There are two main grips used in kettlebell training. There are many more than that, but these two are the most common ones that we all use for racking and the overhead position. Each of these two has its benefits. In other words, there are clear reasons to use one of the other and vice
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“How do you go about going up in weight with a kettlebell? What are the requirements that you think make it a good idea to go from 12 kg to 16 kg?” A couple of variables to cover before the answer. They are: exercise goal, exercise variation, and the difference between being ready to start
When/how to move up a kettlebell weight/size? Read More »
Kettlebells and overtraining are hot topics, especially for beginners. Here are some of the common questions to which I will provide a simple answer that you are not going to like because it’s not an answer that is simple to implement. Questions: “Is it okay to carry on with your normal workout routine alongside kettlebell
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