Ten years ago….

In 2002 I was a massage therapist. I borrowed a 16kg kettlebell and a VHS copy of Pavel’s first instructional video from a client. I played around with the info and like I described HERE, have VIVID recollection of snatching that 16kg for a set of 10 reps per...

First Summer of StrongFirst Rolling On

I apologize for not getting a new blog done for the past few weeks. I went BACK to Italy because A. It's that awesome, and B. We had the first ever Italian StrongFirst Girya certification. Getting to work alongside Fabio, James Breese and of course, our Pavel was a...

Swing Heavy. Rock More.

The Kettlebell Swing is ballistic exercise. There is an explosion, then something travels. In the swing, the hips explosively extend, the kettlebell travels forward and arcs upward. then it falls, you hinge and repeat. So the question has come up “How can we do that...

Plateau Buster Handle from Stronger Grip Part one

Swings Rock. Heavy Swings Rock More. Beast swings are awesome, but what happens when you need to go heavier? The problem is that after 48kg, there aren’t a lot of readily available kettlebell options for heavier swings. You can go double KB, but after a point, the...

Summer Adventures: Italy Engum/Tamer workshop

Last year Master SFG Jon Engum and I decided that we should partner up for some 2-day workshops. The material focus would be from his excellent book Flexible Steel and I would bring some of the stuff from my own Way of Iron workshops. We did the first one in MN last...