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...

Several months ago, I wrote how a girevik should go about converting the posterior chain strength he or she has built with swings and...

“Strength fixes everything.” -Mark Reifkind I started to work with some of the best judokas in Hungary about five years ago, and somehow...

I walk around at 6 foot 3 inches and about 240lbs. Let’s just say gymnastics is not exactly a gift for me. However, I have found...

“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...

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...

A smart-aleck newspaper columnist recently made fun of the “guys who bench a lot and then stare at the wall.” You have missed the point,...

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

Having known a gentleman who had trained under Donn F. Draeger, a Western pioneer of Japanese martial arts, I did not hesitate for a...

I think I knew I wanted to be strong when I threw a boy for distance for the first time. It was June of 1997, in a little basement of a...

If StrongFirst can help world champions and special operators, we have got your needs covered. The last time I saw Prof. Stuart McGill, a...

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

Most of you probably remember back a few months ago when the New York Times wrote about how women can’t do pullups. I didn’t get involved...

While I have a reputation of being a decently strong woman, this was not the initial goal in my training. As a firefighter, I work in a...

Here is how to set a kettlebell military press personal record within weeks. You will be benching with a close grip. The close grip bench...

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

Women should be strong because we are capable of great physical strength. Too often, women limit themselves by thinking strength training...

This one is going to be simple. There is only one contender—a hollow position pull-up, strict and heavy. Note that “hollow” does not mean...