One of the things it took a while for me to wrap my head around was figuring out how I was supposed to get stronger only using kettlebells if kettlebells only came in certain sizes. For years experts have been saying that you should always be “adding weight to the bar”. That you should always ...…
I’m writing this as I watch the Baltimore Ravens final drive to the end zone in the AFC conference championship game. I’m also stuffing a delicious cocoa-almond biscotti in my mouth. It’s football day and since we don’t have cable TV at home, we trekked out to the subburbs to take advantage of my mother-in-law’s ...…
About 13 years ago when I worked in a corporate fitness facility I used to wake up every morning at 5am, pour some egg whites (from a carton) into one of those plastic egg-cooker-thingies, microwave my egg whites and then put them in a pita with some tomatoes and wrap them up for breakfast. I ...…
I recently came accross this study… J Strength Cond Res. 2011 Dec 28. MECHANICAL DEMANDS OF KETTLEBELL SWING EXERCISE. Lake JP, Lauder MA. Researchers compared the mechanical demands of the Kettlebell Swing with both the back squat and the jump squat. Subjects performed 2 sets of 10 swings with a 16, 24 & 32kg kettlbell, ...…
Happy New Year and greetings from Jamaica! I’m here in the lobby of my hotel in Montego Bay where my wife and I are attending the wedding of good friends of ours “sans enfants”!!! (That’s French for “without kids”). This is the first time in 10 years that we’ve been away without children for an ...…
After almost a 30hr drive from the frigid temperatures in Toronto to baking hot humidity of Miami, we finally made it onto our cruise ship and are right now sailing through the Carribean on our way to Cozumel, Mexico. You read that right….we DROVE to Miami from Toronto. It was an ambitious road trip and ...…
Training has taken a turn for the better for me as of late. For the past 2 months I’ve been really focusing on getting stronger, so I’ve been using Jim Wendler’s 5-3-1 Program and applying it to The Squat, Military Press and Deadlift. You can pick that program up HERE => http://www.jimwendler.com/category/store/books/ No cardio, no conditioning, ...…
Have you seen this picture yet?… That’s a picture of my buddy Craig Ballantyne (of Men’s Health fame), doing his version of the safety dance after going through a ridiculously effective Metabolic Fat Loss Finisher from the 24/7 Fat Loss Program. =>kettlebellworkouts.com/247fatloss In the background, you’ll see a very good-looking, shaved head individual laughing his ...…
It’s been a whirlwind kind of week. I’ve been spending a lot of time writing and edit a bunch of new programs that I’m working on to get ready for the new year. I’m also getting the wheels going on a personal, online coaching program that will allow me to help people interested in losing ...…
I think the metabolic effect is undeniable with shorter more intense workouts. Truthfully, with a properly structured kettlebell workout, I’d be shocked to see someone go longer than 40 minutes straight without sacrificing quality of movement and form in their exercises. One of the major reasons why I like shorter workouts is because I’m a ...…