David Whitley - Avoiding Tearing from Snatches

Dave Whitely makes several good points in this two part series on avoiding callous tears from doing snatches.





All the best in your training,

-Jedd-

Unbelievable Juggling

Dan just posted this video clip he found of some unbelievable kettlebell juggling. I have never seen anything like this.



Anybody know who this is??

-Jedd-

Rob Russell Watch - 60kg KB for 20 Reps!

Ya gotta love seeing big kettlebells get moved around. Believe me, I know doing hundreds of reps with a smaller one is intense and extremely challenging, but I just can't get enough of Rob Russell's feats with kettlebells. This dude is freakin' strong.



Check out Rob's site Kettlebell Training for Sport.

-Jedd-

Hand Care

From AveragetoElite.com, here is a video on how to take care of your hands to prevent callus tears from doing kettlebell work, especially kettlebell snatches.



-Jedd-

Brian Schoonveld wins the AKC Challenge

At the Arnold Classic this year, the American Kettlebell Club had a booth and were holding a challenge to see who could complete the most AKC overhead lifts with their 132-kg kettlebell. Brian Schoonveld won the challenge and took home a complete set of AKC kettlebells.

Here's the very impressive video clip:



Good heavy kettlebell lifting - my favorite kind!

All the best,

-Jedd-

The Beast Bottoms up Press for Reps

Rob Russell presses the 106lb Dragondoor Beast for 4 full reps and another partial! Crazy grip strength to be able to control this piece for so many reps!

-Jedd-

Extreme Swings

Here is an exercise clip showing Extreme Kettlebell Swings - KB Swings with a JumpStretch band attached to it.

This type of variation is one that we employed in our Advanced Kettlebell Techniques eBooks.

If you liked the movement in the video above, you NEED to check out Advanced Kettlebell Techniques.

All the best in your training,

-Jedd-