One Arm Swing

Posted on Jan 01, 2008 - 9:03pm by markfu in Training Log

How To Master the Kettlebell Swing Unclear of the Concept Originally uploaded by MarkFu2U Having just done 180 swings last night, this article on the best kettlebell swing height by PT Brett Jones gives some of the best tips on how to get the most powerful swing. (Hint: it's all in the hips!) Be the King of Swing! (Sorry,...
About the Barbarian MarkFu’s Barbarian Blog started as my online training log and now delves into the world of fitness and beyond. Topics include Olympic style lifting, powerlifting, Crossfit, kettlebells, inline speedskating, bodyweight training, health, nutrition, other fitness blogs and noteworthy people, including following Val’s road racing events. Once a week, I'll...
Deadlifting For A Runner While enjoying a day off, Val asked me to put together a strength workout for her that would help her performance as a runner. So what better than the deadlift, a total body exercise? Here she lifts a 2RM of 130 lbs on the 10th set of doubles. No...
Kettlebell Basics-The SwingA number of people at my gym have been buying kettlebells lately and have asked me how to do some basic movements to get started. I suggest buying some training from an RKC instructor like Steve Belanger, as I did or get some video training or buy Pavel's "Enter the Kettlebell"...
Swing and StepI warmed up using tips from "Kettlebells 101" dvd. This consisted of 2 rounds of 10-15 reps of Figure 8's, Halos, Goblet Squats, Deadlifts, Overhead Squats, Half Swings, Slingshots and some High Pulls, all with a light kettlebell. With the 24 kilo kettlebell, I did 6 rounds of kettlebell swings...
Lift, Pull, Swing and RunI knew I would be rusty doing a metcon session and I was but it was fun trying something a little different than what I had planned. The end result was what I expected and I got worked. To paint the picture, I had 3 kettlebells, 24 kg, 20 kg...
Valley CF Kettlebell SeminarAs if we did not have enought Crossfit for a Saturday, most of us who did "Steve" this morning took a drive up to Valley Crossfit, which is run and hosted today by Michael Latch. We had a great introduction to kettlbelsand clubbells. Brent set a couple of PR's in...