Why I Stopped Kettlebell Training
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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Headache After Kettlebell Training: Dehydration, Migraine, or Exercise Headache?
A headache after kettlebell training has three likely causes. How to tell dehydration, migraine, and exercise headache apart, and when to see a doctor.
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Kettlebell Swing Neck Position: Neutral Spine or Eyes on the Horizon?
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
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Kettlebell Training Results: Survey Reveals How Quickly To Expect Them
A recent online survey reveals how long it generally takes before seeing kettlebell training results. The survey was conducted by Cavemantraining, an online kettlebell education company, which sent the kettlebell training survey to over 13,000 kettlebell users subscribed to a highly specific mailing list and presented it to over 31.500 members of a kettlebell workout community.
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24 Unconventional Kettlebell Exercises You Didn’t Know
24 unconventional kettlebell exercises you didn’t know—until now! Twenty-four super unconventional kettlebell exercises you probably didn’t know of, and more than likely should be introducing to your training program and kettlebell workouts. Not only do we have plenty of unconventional favorites from Cavemantraining, but several awesome kettlebell pros have submitted their favorite unconventional kettlebell exercise,
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Calisthenics and Kettlebells: A Perfect Combination
What first comes to your mind when you see or hear ‘Cavemen’? The pre-civilization period when people literally lived in caves and did their various daily activities there? From what you must have read or heard, their lifestyle was tedious because they had to do everything manually. They lit a fire by crushing one stone
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The Girevik and the Kettlebell Sport Ultramarathon to Destination Unknown
The journey of a girevik is at times fraught with peril as I can attest to tasting the bitterness of failure on more than one occasion. But, it is in those dark moments of suffering that we find something within ourselves and break through the barriers of our perceived mental and physical capacities—something transformative about
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The Pace Maker Kettlebell Workout
The workout is simple… but insane. 1 kettlebell. Just 20 minutes. 3 Exercises. Can you complete it? Can you complete it unbroken? 30 seconds single arm swings on one side 30 seconds single arm swings on the other side 30 seconds full snatch on one side 30 seconds full snatch on the other side
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7 Kettlebell Windmill Variations That Rip into Your Core
The kettlebell windmill is a great kettlebell exercise to work on flexibility, mobility, and strength. You’re working on flexibility in the shoulders, thoracic (T-spine), hamstrings, and strength in the core plus shoulders. Of course, the exercise comes with a lot more benefits than that. Here are several variations of the kettlebell windmill: Kettlebell Windmill
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FUSION4.5 Kettlebell Workout
I named this workout FUSION4.5 as I’m bringing together several different things in one workout. I really enjoy using my rest time for stretching and mobility. I’ve decided to program it more for public workouts as well. If you’re still working on technique then I suggest picking a light to medium weight and stick
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How to improve hand-eye coordination for fighting and other sports
Kettlebells are great to improve hand-eye coordination for fighting and other sports. Kettlebells are great to improve proprioception which flows through in daily life or sport. One simple flow works a ton of things. This particular kettlebell combo I put together for instance works: hand-eye coordination proprioception balance core grip hips shoulders and much more… This
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What are the Best Kettlebell Exercises? A List of the 10 Best Ones.
If you’re just starting out with kettlebells you might ask yourself “What are the best kettlebell exercises?”. Invest your kettlebell training time wisely!
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Irish, Ambitious, Stubborn Kettlebell Wonder Woman
There are people who live their life the easy way, just cruising along, doing as little as possible to make waves, and then there are those who fight their asses off to be the best they can be. Always evaluating, always improving, always taking that one step forward and not letting anyone push them back.
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Kettlebell Training vs Kettlebell Sport the Answers You Seek
Many people across the world are still wondering what the difference is between kettlebell training and kettlebell sport. Not many experts can explain it without being biased. RESISTANCE TRAINING AKA STRENGTH TRAINING First let’s talk about resistance training which is used to induce muscular contraction to promote strength, anaerobic endurance, and muscle growth. The process
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Why Use Hook Grip? Kettlebell Training or CrossFit
First things first, if you’re training with barbells then you should know that the hook grip is different in kettlebell training, I mention this because I’ve had feedback “That’s not a hook grip” plenty of times. In CrossFit, the hook grip is with the thumb over the bar and the fingers closing the grip over
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What are the Best Shoes for Kettlebell Training?
What are the best shoes for kettlebell training? Mention “no shoes” in any context to most GS athletes and it’s as if you’re asking a Hardstyle hardliner to convert to Girevoy Sport! At least this has been my personal experience so far. A regular question in our kettlebell training group is about shoes and kettlebell
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