Category Archives: Kettlebells

What Training Tools Travels With Me?

Living on the road during this tour is quite an enlightening experience. You have to really think about being efficient in what you do for training. And since the whole world isn’t necessarily into everything I do for training, I had to pare things down. Meaning bringing just a few things that I really wanted [...]
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Logan’s Kettlebell Snatches

My friend and business partner Logan Christopher recently hit a goal he’d been hard at work on. 301 snatches in 10 minutes with a 24kg kettlebell. http://kettlebellsnatch.net/ There is some controversy as to the form. Just like people are saying my swings aren’t swings. But isn’t there controversy anytime someone achieves something great as others [...]
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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 Dave Whitley’s “Kettlebell Fundamentals: Deepening your getup skills”

Sometimes its difficult to conceive that one exercise can hold so much potential. Potential as a true whole body connected movement as a base for multiple other movements and as a testing parameter for your physical balance and joint/muscle integrity. While exercise is not that complicated it’s the little details that make the difference and [...]
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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 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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13 Most Powerful Conditioning Exercises

Mixing combinations of these exercises will give you a lifetime of powerful conditioning and can take you to all new levels: 1.    KB Swing 2.    KB Work 3.    Sprawls 4.    BW Exercises 5.    Sled Pulling 6.    High Rep Strongman 7.    Light Barbell Complexes 8.    Heavy Bag Work 9.    Sprints/Hills/Stairs 10.    Sledgehammers 11.    Cable Exercises 12.   [...]
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