Category Archives: Conditioning Exercise

Dumbbell Conditioning 2

The second in a series of videos on dumbbell conditioning showing you unconventional ways to train with a dumbbell. This video introduces you to another swing variation that involves a pull and a push in the horizontal plane. Give it a try. This video and the others to follow give you just a taste of [...]
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Dumbbell Conditioning 1

The first in a series of videos on dumbbell conditioning showing you unconventional ways to train with a dumbbell. Discover how to do the double overhead swing and lunge with dumbbells. This video and the others to follow give you just a taste of what’s coming. Monster Conditioning: Dumbbells will be released later this week.
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Barbell Conditioning 1

The first in a series of videos on barbell conditioning showing you unconventional ways to train with a barbell. Discover how to do the barbell clean and toss here. This video and the others to follow give you just a taste of what’s coming. Monster Conditioning: Barbells will be released later this week.
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Bud Jeffries on Super Human Radio live today at 1pm EST

Today at 1pm EST I will be Carl Lanore’s guest on his radio talk show on Super Human Radio. Listen live to this one hour interview or if you’re unable you’ll be able to download the mp3 after the show from their site, www.superhumanradio.com This is an interview not to be missed! We’ll be discussing [...]
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Partner Kettlebell Juggling video clip

So here’s a video compilation of some of the juggling that went on when Michael Castogiavanni came to visit me. I was amazed at the simplicity of learning the system but the incredible powers of concentration and physical prowess that it takes. Now I’ve never been great at single juggling but I picked up the [...]
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Swing PR video with a little extra!

In the last post I talked about how it’s a great way to end your year from a physical and training perspective with some nice personal records. Everybody loves new PRs and you should get one for the holidays. If you didn’t get one in your stocking work on getting one before the end of [...]
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My review of Tracy Reifkind’s “Programming the Kettlebell Swing,” DVD

I should just say, “I love the kettlebell swing and Tracy’s versions are awesome!” That would probably be enough, but I’m going to say more. If you don’t know Tracy lost 120 pounds doing the swing. Along the way she built the athletic body she wanted and came to some great innovations on teaching the [...]
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My review of Viking Warrior Conditioning by Kenneth Jay

It isn’t very often you get a scientist who studies the physical realm, but can actually back it up by real-world results on himself. Kenneth is one of those rare guys, not an armchair theorist. With Viking Warrior Conditioning I think Kenneth has created one of the first programs to scientifically quantify weighted conditioning with [...]
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My review of Perfecting the Press by Kenneth Jay

Trainers usually come in two types: In the trenches or in the lab. They also usually talk either like a muscle head or like an academic. Only a few guys are both and even fewer can distill those high-level academic concepts down to real world usable drills. Kenneth does great with both in Perfecting the [...]
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Interesting Conditioning Combination

You’ll need a kettlebell, a light barbell and five different bodyweight exercises.  You’ll perform five rounds, three minutes each round, one minute per exercise with one minute rest between rounds.  If you want to jack it up even more pick one heavy exercise and do a single of it during your rest minute. Here’s a [...]
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