If strength and conditioning are equally important to you, the following weekly kettlebell training template will serve you well. Focus...

No matter what your goals are—strength, mass, conditioning, or cuts—kettlebell complexes deliver. This is why they are so frequently...

A “complex” of different kettlebell exercises strung together in an intelligent manner delivers many benefits: muscle hypertrophy, fat...

Eleven years ago, I arrived in St. Paul to attend the second ever kettlebell certification from Pavel Tsatsouline. Throwing water...

There is no denying the benefits of the hard style kettlebell jerk. Whether your goal is power, strength, hypertrophy, or endurance,...

When I was a kid, a merchant marine friend of my parents gave me a treasured gift, a calendar with scenes from Enter the Dragon. The envy...

“The blank serenity of the invulnerable.” Peter Benchley was writing about a barracuda, but the same can be said about strong people....

This is a little embarrassing to admit, but I was an obsessed bodybuilder for about six years of my life. My training was completely...

At StrongFirst, we like to say, “Strength has a greater purpose.” It’s in the finding of that purpose that we discover parts of ourselves...

So you have done your kettlebell clean and press ladders and have put in your volume. You can press for sets and reps with a fairly heavy...

I get dozens of requests by email, phone call, and even house visits about how to prepare for the three-day Kettlebell Certification. I...

When our Masters, Seniors, and Team Leaders checked into their hotel rooms before our recent meeting, each was greeted by a bottle of...

I was asked a question the other day: “What is the go-to kettlebell exercise for martial conditioning?” Well, pick your poison; you...

When they first encounter Russian kettlebells, Westerners are always surprised at the large jumps between sizes. The original reason for...

The kettlebell is special to me. The kettlebell has linked me to several important events in my life. And it was part of the beginning of...