Subject: Build amazing capacity for adventure with “Kettlebell Bonding”
Build amazing capacity for adventure with “Kettlebell Bonding”
August 30th, 2022 at 10:00 am MSTThere was a time when we had students “bond” with their kettlebells at our instructor certifications. It was a fun and challenging initiation in which you had to carry your snatch test size kettlebell with you wherever you went, except the restro ...
Timed sets for barbell lifting
August 25th, 2022 at 11:00 am MST[ARTICLE+PROGRAM] Timed Sets Speaks Glenn Pendlay, a renowned weightlifting coach: “I got the idea for timed sets from Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell, who uses sets of one or two reps with a brief rest between sets for the powerlifters he coac ...
A+A kettlebell swing program minimum
August 23rd, 2022 at 11:00 am MSTThe following protocol is perfect for strength athletes who hate endurance work, yet choose to be prepared, should life insist. Speaks Fabio Zonin, StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor: “I perform heavy swings twice a week.” “Heavy” is r ...
Coach extraordinaire sums up 50 years of training wisdom
August 17th, 2022 at 11:00 am MSTRif knows about strength. He has done it all as an athlete and a coach: a national caliber gymnastics competitor, California bench press record holder, Head Coach Team USA Women's Powerlifting… In his sixties he is pressing a 225-pound barbell over ...
10 reasons to avoid training to failure
August 11th, 2022 at 11:00 am MST[ARTICLE] 10 Reasons to Avoid Training to Failure There are at least ten reasons not to train to failure if you are after great gains and robust health. Read the article by Geoff Neupert, former StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor, to find out w ...
How to impersonate kettlebell swings with a barbell
August 9th, 2022 at 11:00 am MSTYou are at a strange gym and it swing time. You look around and there are no kettlebells—or there are only some ugly rubberized artifacts slightly heavier than a water bottle that do not deserve that proud name. You cannot swing a barbell between y ...
Build muscular shoulders with the high stop military press
August 4th, 2022 at 11:00 am MSTAn amusing quote by Robert Heinlein fitting the times: “[In the past] one could fill three station wagons with fifty dollars’ worth of groceries. Today I can pick up fifty dollars in groceries unassisted—perhaps I’ve grown stronger.” Onto ...
Boost your knee stability for sports and outdoors
August 2nd, 2022 at 11:00 am MSTMy summer is going well. I’ve either hiked or climbed 7 mountains over 14,000ft. One was Mt. Whitney, the tallest in the contiguous 48 states (we climbed the East Buttress). Another was the famous Diamond of Long’s Peak. I did all this with a m ...