All posts by Hector Gutierrez
5 Mistakes You’re Making with the Turkish Getup
In this post… I’ll pull back the curtain on the 5 common mistakes I’ve made with the Turkish Getup—also known simply as, “the Getup.” You may even be making the exact same mistakes? Let’s find out…The last 21+ years I’ve had the privilege of training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and through this journey of self-development (and self-mastery) […]
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5 Mistakes You’re Making with The Kettlebell Snatch
Before I dive into how to improve your kettlebell snatch and the 5 common mistakes. I wanna take you back to 2019… when I was teaching a SFG I StrongFirst Kettlebell Instructor Certification in San Francisco with my mentor Andrea U-shi Chang. It was at one of coolest gyms I’d even seen. We were hosted by 3 […]
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5 Mistakes You’re Making with The Kettlebell Front Squat
Sup dude… In this post we continue with our common kettlebell mistakes series. If you haven’t read (or seen) the previous episodes in this series. You can check out episodes one, two, and three here. Today were gonna breakdown how to improve your kettlebell front squat.~2013 I was at certification (“Ck-FMS”… which is no longer […]
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Deceptive Brain Messages
‘Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.’Do you remember this marketing message back in 2018? It went viral. I’d like to give you another perspective on this. Today after my morning run, I hit the road for Mass to celebrate the 24th Sunday in ordinary time.A call to ADVENTure “Advent”: The beginning of the liturgical […]
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2 Principles *NO ONE* Talks About to Improve Your Press
“How the hell did that happen??”[Saturday, August 20, 2011] I was pacing back and forth after pressing a 40kg kettlebell for the first time [EVER] and I remember asking myself, “how the hell did that happen??” Sup dude, it’s Hector. Before I get into how I pressed my first 40kg kettlebell — and how you can improve your press. ~10 years […]
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