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Kettlebell Crazy: Bring on the Turkish Get-Up! 8/25/08
Funny, but it seems that whenever I introduce people to kettlebells, they’re intrigued with the notion that they can burn fat and tone up their muscles, if all they ever do is the swing (and that other…thing). They seem to go hard of hearing on the Turkish Get-Up (One of the few who’ve …
“Kettlebell Crazy–Make a Light Weight Heavy and a Heavy Weight Light” 8/13/08
“The heaviest weight that you can lift is the weight you cannot lift.”–(Pavel, quoting someone else)
In a park somewhere in Moscow, not many years ago, a pudgy teenager happened upon an abandoned 53-pound kettlebell (loose kettlebells seem as common to Russia as stray dogs). Elated with his new find, he tried to lift it to …
“It Don’t Mean a Thing If it Ain’t Got That Swing” 7/24/08
Monday found me doing an extended kettlebell drill that I took from Gabi Katschthaler’s Hungarian Courage Corner: two minutes of the one-hand swing, snatch, clean and jerk, “Viking” push press, snatch, and transfer to the opposite hand for more of the same; rest a minute, and repeat for about ten rounds. Even on a cool …
“Full Body Power: Kettlebells Beyond the Basics” 7/9/08
My library of kettlebell videos is pretty sparse: a VHS of Pavel’s “From Russia with Tough Love” and Lisa Shaffer’s “Kettlebell Basics” DVD–and a couple copies of Sarah Lurie’s GoFit intro discs that came with the colorful 15 and 20 pound bells. Pretty basic stuff. The balance of my kettlebell knowledge has been …
“20 Pounds of Confidence; and a Hungarian Courage Corner” 7/2/08
Our friend Janet is a youthful 47 years old. An avid cyclist, she tips the scales at a willowy 118 pounds. She’d been wanting to put on a little muscle, had heard me talking about what kettlebells could do, and asked me if I would give her some coaching. She’d worked with conventional free weights …
“A Geriatric’s 80-Pound Kettlebells” 6/25/08
by, Eugenia Klopsis
Apr. 9, 2007
The weather’s too cold for spring, and I actually see a few snowflakes when we get a call for an EDP in Sheepshead Bay. “Imagine that,” Bronson says, ignoring the call. “Snowflakes.”
I read the computer screen: “An 85-year-old …“You Only Heal With Cold Steel” 6/24/08
by, Paul Tucker
From 1804 until 1854, Tasmania was a conveniently isolated colonial prison, serving as a dumping ground for the worst offenders in England’s overcrowded prisons. In addition, many lesser criminals were transported and provided the bulk of free labor to the developing colony of Van Diemen’s Land.
Convicts were assigned to chain gangs and to …
The Iron Supplement: A Resistance/Interval Multi-Task 6/16/08
Here is a postscript to the article on Alwyn Cosgrove’s Hierarchy of Fat Loss: after steps 1 & 2 (”correct nutrition”–and “correct nutrition”), it’s entirely possible to do a little multi-task by incorporating steps 3 & 4 (”resistance training” and “interval training”) into yet another unit–with the kettlebell, naturally, or a dumbbell, unnaturally. …
“Hierarchy of Fat Loss” 6/9/08
According to trainer Alwyn Cosgrove, in a time-challenged society, such as ours, “there are stilll certain acitivities and behaviors that will result in better or faster results than other activities.”
At the top of this “fat-burning hierarchy”, Cosgrove emphasizes two important steps–and they are:
1. Correct nutrition; and–
2. Correct nutrition.
That’s right. It’s that important.
“There’s pretty much nothing …
“The Iron Supplement”: The Program Minimum 5/28/08
“If the only tool at your disposal is a hammer, treat everything like a nail.”— Russian saying
When I was sixteen, I bought into my first exercise program. For just 50 cents and a box top off a carton of Carnatiion Instant Non-fat Dry Milk, I scored a copy of the Canadian Air Force Exercise Plan. …
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