Archive for March, 2009

Give Me Forever and I’ll Give You Perfection

My life seems to be one giant attempt at incremental improvement. I want to be a better dad, a better partner, a better RKC, a better business owner. Always trying to get a bit better each day. You could call me obsessed if you’d like. One thing I can promise is that I’m not perfect. [...]

A Rare Opportunity To Become A Viking Warrior

Kenneth Jay’s new book, Viking Warrior Conditioning answers all the questions you may have about getting a “heart of elastic steel with the strength of a rhino and the endurance of a rachorse.” The approach is scientific, yet very readable. Nothing is left to chance. Every VO2 protocol is broken down and explained. The protocols [...]

Why Quality Kettlebells?

Using a quality tool is important to getting any job done correctly. I have used so many different kettlebells it would make your head spin. Why? Well I was looking for quality at a low price and I couldn’t locate it. But I kept trying. Ader, K2, Perform Better and Power Systems. Each one had [...]

Viking Warrior Conditioning

The Viking Warrior Conditioning The Scientific Approach to Forging a Heart of Elastic Steel: An Application of The Theory Behind Proper VO2max Training Kenneth Jay, Master RKC maybe the best information out there now or ever on how to get the most out of your kettlebell. Look for a review here soon as I ordered [...]

Kettlebell Swings and Sledgehammer Session

Did an easy 7 minutes and 30 seconds of work today. Main purpose was to check out my new 40 KG Kettlebell and do some quick Tabata work with my Gymboss Interval Timer . I set the timer for 20 seconds on and 10 seconds off and first did kettlebell swings, followed by Sledgehammer work. [...]

"Hard Style" Kettelbell Training, Part II

The RKC Hard Style strength system is built around the premise that our body is a machine made of interlinked components that work together to move, lift, play etc. We work to train our body like the machine it is. Since we should work as a unit, we need to train it as one as [...]

What’s Up With "The Secret?"

If you have, then you’ll know that it practically became the goal-achievement ‘bible’ overnight due to it’s very simple, yet very powerful message about how you can be, do and have practically anything in life that you want as long as you do one or two key things. They are: 1. Think about what you [...]

What Were You Up to New Year’s Day?

What were you doing On New Year’s Day? Here’s the point of this query, you see, today is day 78 of 2009 which means that 79 days ago you were celebrating New Year’s Eve and, like most people, you were setting up your New Year’s Resolutions and goals. And look, here we are at day [...]

What Is Hardstyle Kettlebell Training? Part 1

What is Hard style Russian Kettlebell Training, Part 1 It may be the best strength and conditioning protocol for those who need to spend as much time as possible training specific to their chosen athletic endeavor and thus have to compress their fitness work into a comparatively short span of time. Additionally, those of us [...]

Kettlebell Swings and Practice

Today was a simple day. I practiced the 6 RKC Kettlebell movements and focused on metabolic training at the end of my session. Did some easy Clean and Presses followed by a few rounds of Turkish Get Up. Did easy snatches and after that did Front Squats. Then the fun began. 20 sets 0f 25 [...]