There are those days when kettlebells are light and seem like they are made of feathers.
Today was NOT one of those days.
Starting the training session was tough.
Excuses ran through my head:
Didn’t get enough sleep
It’s 5:00am, lets sleep in
Feeling tired
and on it went…
I did manage to get up, realizing that if I don’t lift now, it [...]
As many of you know, I started my kettlebell training when I was 8 years old. I trained and competed all the way to the point where my family left for United States and I was forced to stop my training.
Getting on the plane, I was excited but sad at the same time. I thought [...]
Lets face it, to make any significant progress in anything we need practice. Much practice.
Before we walk, we crawl. Before we run, we walk…
Same concept applies to fitness, kettlebell training and kettlebell sport.
So..
Want to be a Master of Sport in Kettlebell Sport?
Give It Time – you will not become Master of Sport over night
Be Patient [...]
Most of us want to be fit, healthy and pain free. Yet for some reason fitness, health and outstanding quality of life are simply not a priority for the most.
Yes, we all want to be healthy. We want it in the sense that if health falls onto our lap, we’ll take it. We want to [...]
Dropped by my son’s elementary school at lunch today. What a mad house! Kids were clinging and hanging from playground structures like little monkeys, running around, screaming, playing games… Typical lunch at an elementary school..
Adult version of lunch is very different. Less running, less playing, more eating, more seating…
In fact, most of us seat for [...]
Some say that kettlebell sport technique taught by Kettlebell Systema is good only for kettlebell sport.
Not so!
Why do you think that kettlebell training is part of Russian Military? This is how most athletes were introduced to kettlebells in the first place, including world champion Ivan Denisov.
Competing and kettlebell sport are irrelevant to Russian Army. Increasing [...]