How To Improve Mobility And Shoulder Stability
This is the first episode in a series that I’m really excited for that I’m calling, Movement Monday. In today’s episode I cover how to improve shoulder stability and mobility. Each episode I’ll be sharing some of my favorite bodyweight and kettlebell movements for strength, mobility and flexibility. Many of these exercises you’ve probably seen before… there’s really […]
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How To Stay Lean During The Holidays
I get it, staying in shape during the holidays is not alway an easy thing to and I could easily bore you with statistics talking about what percentage of America gains “X” amount of pounds during the holidays from October – December.Instead, in todays blog post, I thought I’d give you a small solution. Now… Clearly you […]
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Improving Your Deadlift, Without Deadlifting
One of the most common weak points (there’s several actually) when it comes to improving your deadlift is poor (aka: weak) posture. Specifically the upper back muscles (I won’t bore you with the names of the muscles). Here’s why posture is important (health is the obvious reason), coming from a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), leverage is […]
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A Strength-Based Approach To Improve Endurance
One of the most common ways to improve endurance with the kettlebell swing is high volume sets e.g., sets of 10, 15, and higher with very little rest between sets. While this can most definitely improve cardiovascular conditioning… one of the downfalls is an increase in acidity and free radical damage. You’ll recognize this acidity as the […]
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How to clean up your kettlebell clean
The kettlebell clean was one of the skills that never came comfortable to me. It literally took me years to get it right. To be honest, I’m not even sure when I got it right. One day, it just clicked. I remember doing sets of 50 on each side (with a 24kg) until I got it right… yea… don’t […]
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