Monthly Archives: December 2009

Kettlebell Swings

Want to learn more about my journey with kettlebell swings? You can find out all about my training, cycling methods, and my current records in the new dragondoor article, “Pavel said I might be crazy…” God bless, Bud Jeffries P.S. Happy New Year!
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Take one thing as far as you can – Part 2

This is the thought I originally intended to convey when I sat down to write these blog posts. It was really originally about the kettlebell training I’ve been doing in the last year and a half. Now if you’ve been reading here, you know I’m all about balance and variety. Have a big bag of [...]
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Take one thing as far as you can

In exercise there has always been a debate on using just a few exercises and pushing them very hard so that you are strong all over or using the widest variety possible and hoping that will make you overall strong. The difference between just getting a huge power squat versus a good squat, as well [...]
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Perfect Body

I don’t have a perfect body. As most of you know we’ve recently posted some pics of my 100lb weight loss. Just some basic before and after stuff. Almost all the feed back has been overwhelmingly positive. (Thank you). As always there are a few people out there who are taking shots about it. I’ve [...]
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Tommy Heslep

Next week we have another strongman joining our Strongerman Teleseminar Series, Tommy Heslep. This guy has some of the strongest hands in the world and if you want to know how to close tough grippers he is one you ought to listen to. For a small look at what he can do check out the [...]
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People Are Going To Hate You

They hate me. I knew it was coming. When we finally got the website back up I knew it wouldn’t be long before the keyboard jockeys started ripping me up, but you know what? It’s okay. You see this is probably one of the greatest lessons working in a public internet business has taught me. [...]
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Dennis Rogers is Stopping By

Last night’s teleseminar was a great success. If you missed it you may be kicking yourself cause here are just a few of the things we covered… The two things you MUST do in order to balance strength and endurance training A complete Isometric Training Plan for super strength or specific ways to apply isometrics [...]
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Super Heavy Kettlebell Swings

There’ll be more on heavy kettlebell swings in the near future. Actually much more on the kettlebell swing in general. Not to mention how to build your own implement like the one you see here. Tonight’s our first teleseminar in the Strongerman Series. If you haven’t signed up yet you can by clicking this link. [...]
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Sandbag Conditioning for MMA

Here’s a little clip of a sandbag conditioning routine that we use with some of our fighters. The main focus is the use of the sandbag, but with some pretty unique exercises. Sandbags are some of the greatest training tools in almost any sport but they especially apply to fighting. Almost nothing else will give [...]
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New Teleseminar Series

Introducing the Strongerman Teleseminar Series Each week we’ll be holding a live teleseminar on specific topics to help you build super human levels of strength and endurance. Each call is to take place on the Tuesday of each week at 5PM PST (8PM EST). We’re starting next week and will be running through the new [...]
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