I first heard about the Brettzel when I received my copy of Kettlebells From The Ground Up The Kalos Sthenos. I tried it but it wasn’t easy and so I stopped doing it. Great idea:)

A few months later at the Delaware Kettlebell Workshop that Dr. Mark Cheng, RKC Team Leader, did at St. Andrews School, he taught it and I had an “ah ha!” moment and have been doing them ever since.

Here’s what I can report to you: The Brettzel is merciless and you will quickly uncover any asymmetries, immobilities and tightness in your quadriceps, hip flexor, glutes, lumbar  and piriformis. Don’t move through pain on this one. I couldn’t even get a full stretch at first because I was so bound up.I have pretty good movement through the Brettzel now but wish I’d taped the first few trys at it. I can assure you that there is more than a good chance that you can do it quite a bit better than I could at the start.

Check out this video

and also the pictures so you can see it. Refer to this piece by Gray Cook.

Sandy Sommer, RKC