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New HKC listed- Nov. 13th in Sydney, Australia

For several months now I have been in contact with Andrew Read, RKCII and head of Dragon Door Australia about doing an HKC certification in Sydney. Well, it is finally live on the website and ready for folks to sign up HERE.  The date is November 13th, the week after Hardstyle Ventura. I’ll be there for several days and we are doing another... [Read more]

Function and Performance are NOT the same thing

You’d think that a very high level athlete would by definition have functional movement patterns, right? An athlete who performs well is very often  not functional, but is very good at compensating. Function and Performance are NOT the same thing. Here are a a couple of quotes from Gray Cooks book Movement : “Specialized activities will... [Read more]

Summit of Strength in review

      Redneck Ninja, Tamer, Neup-Dog and the Legendary Brett Jones If you missed it, then you missed it. The Summit of Strength was an event that I had very high expectations for, and it surpassed those expectations. Envisioned by the Redneck Ninja and organized by RKCTL DustinRippetoe and his wife Kenzie, it was nicknamed the Summit of Awesome... [Read more]

They are ready!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you not one….. but two NEW DVDs shot live without a net in Sunnyvale CA. Do you want to learn  how to use the old-time strongmen’s methods to take your own training to levels you hadn’t imagined? This DVD is a combination strongman show, history lesson and philosophical discourse on the principles... [Read more]

Movement: The Book

Been travelin’ a lot. In fact I am in Omaha as write this, discussing Gray Cook’s new book Movement with Mark Snow, RKC. TONS of paradigm shifting information, flowing from a very simple premise: “Screen movement patterns before you train them. Training poor movement patterns reinforces poor qualityand creates greater risk of injury.... [Read more]

Death to All But Metal

WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT IN THE LINK BELOW I was going to embed the video, but it too metal for most people. In Metal Music there are only two catagories: Steel Panther Everyone else  Read More →

Guest Video from the Machine

My friend and fellow strongman Mike the Machine Bruce drove down from KY to be a part of the Grand Opening of the Nashville Kettlebell training hall. This video was shot by the Machine, together with his lovely lady Shelly. Check out Mike’s blog HERE  Read More →

Grand Opening of the Nashville Kettlebell House of Hardstyle

HARDSTYLE Headquarters and Command Central Welcome to the House of HARDSTYLE. The source for all things kettlebell in TN. I didn’t plan it on purpose, but the weekend of Nashville Kettlebell’s Grand Opening celebration fiesta extravaganza happened to fall on June 26th. This is significant to me because my very first RKC was June 27-29.... [Read more]

Heavy Metal in the Key of DOOM

Crazy Horse, the single from Zakk Wylde’s band Black Label Society new album entitled Order of the Black. Release date: August 10th. Subsequent tour to follow. I just bought my pre-order tickets for BLS in Louisville KY on Oct. 5th.  Heavy Metal road trip. See you there. BLS is my current playlist for lifting and bending stuff. Destruction... [Read more]

A new tattoo

Hardstyle for Life I got a new tattoo yesterday, one I have been thinking of getting for a long time. The double-headed RKC eagle, the symbol of the RKC School of Strength. The photo above was taken with my Droid  immediately after spending the better part of 5 hours on the table, so it ain’t the best image, but you get the idea. I am really... [Read more]

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