russian kettlebells

Kettlebells For Beginners

Guest post by Logan Christopher Kettlebells are spreading like wild-fire. Still there are many people that don’t know what they are. A typical conversation might go like this… “I train with kettlebells.” “Cow bells?” “No, Kettlebells.” “Kettleballs?” “Arghhh,” you scream as you throw a 16kg kettlebell at their face. They are becoming widely more popular [...]

September 7, 2010 READ MORE →

Kettlebell Limitations

Guest post by Jon Chacon, the only guy who seems to like writing about kettlebells as much as I do. The kettlebell is widely used across the strength and conditioning community and though they have been around for close to a hundred years and originated in Russia they have just recently taken off as a [...]

August 31, 2010 READ MORE →

My Introduction to Girevoy Sport

I have been lifting kettlebells for nearly three years now. In that time I have spent most of my kettlebell practice focusing on pure strength. My goal has always been the ability to generate power and lift heavy weights. I can now press 52 kilos worth of kbs over my head and can jerk the [...]

August 14, 2010 READ MORE →

Creating Our Own Limits

It doesn’t happen often anymore, but in the past I have failed to achieve a lot of the goals I have set for myself simply because I elevate the goal itself to such mythic proportions that it begins to terrify me. The more mental weight we give to a task we’re trying to achieve, the [...]

August 11, 2010 READ MORE →

What I Know About Russian Kettlebells So Far

This is my long kettlebell manifesto, kind of a compliment to the weight training history piece I wrote recently. Again, feel free to skip it if you aren’t into KB fitness. Variety I’ve tried a lot of different kettlebell brands and styles. The selection wasn’t always this generous. Most of the people throwing these iron [...]

July 12, 2010 READ MORE →