Plateau Buster Handle from Stronger Grip Part one
By · CommentsSwings 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 size of the KBs forces you to widen your stance and change the nature of the swing, lessening power production and messing with your groove.
The solution to this is the Plateau Buster Swing Handle from Strongergrip.
It is plate loadable and can handle an excess of 400lbs for swings. I got one and I LOVE it. Matt McBryde, SFG2 and I have been using it to make our swings more Beastly.
Check out the video to see what it looks like in action.
In this vid, I show a heavier swing, but there are many more things that can be done, more clips coming soon....
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Summer Adventures: Italy Engum/Tamer workshop
By · CommentsLast 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 fall and had such a blast that we decided to schedule a few more.
I contacted Master SFG Fabio Zonin about bringing the show to Vicenza Italy and a few months later, there we were.
Arriving a couple days early made it possible for Fabio and myself to take a train to Rome.
I decided to make a small tribute to those who fought and died in the Coliseum.
And got Fabio to film it for me….
Jon demonstrated his usual amount of Flexiness.
And did a great job getting the attendees into deeper stretches than they thought possible.
I worked some strength angles, teaching the bent press, breath skill and a short lesson on steel benind 101, sharing some of what i learned form Dennis Rogers’ of Oldetime Strongman University.
The next Engum/Tamer workshop will be in my hometown of Nashville TN, at my own little Strength Dojo, Nashville Kettlebell. Wanna join us? HERE is the link.
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Original Strength
By · CommentsA few weeks ago my fellow SFG Master instructor and very good friend Geoff Neupert stopped by my house as he was moving cross-country.
Obviously we spent a lot of time talking about training and some of the stuff we have been working on lately. He showed me some of the Original Strength (the evolution of Becoming Bulletproof) stuff he and Tim Anderson have been doing in workshops.
We decided that they need to come to Nashville, so a couple days ago he asked me to send this video out to you as a taste of what will be offered.
The date for the Becoming Bulletproof workshop in Nashville will be the weekend of August 10, 2013. More details coming soon...
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Wrench Bending and Card Tearing
By · CommentsMany thanks to my friend and mentor Grandmaster Strongman Dennis Rogers for leading the way....
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SFG Class One
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SFG Class One
When the inaugural StrongFirst Girya certification was announced a few months ago I really wanted to be there for a number of reasons. It was to be the first event, the launch of what Pavel calls “Phase Two of Global Domination”. Many of my friends would be there, including the Mongoose, who was invited as an assistant. One of Nashville Kettlebell’s own, Melissa Melton was in preparation for to make the jump to Certified Instructor. There was only one problem- I was not on the list of instructors.
As it turns out, SFG Team Leader Dustin Rippetoe (Red Delicious) had some issues come up that prevented him from going. With his blessing, I offered to take his spot.
With the Grand Master
I arrived in Houston on Thursday morning at 8:15. You may not know this but Dennis Rogers lives in Houston. In the past, getting the both of us in the same city at the same time has typically involved a but of planning ion the front end. This time, the only free time either of us had while I was there was Thurs, early afternoon. Dennis came to the hotel, we grabbed some lunch and got to spend a couple of hours together. Dennis even brought me some stuff to bend and a Houston phonebook to add to my collection. I cannot think of a stronger way to begin the weekend.
Invoking the Spirit of Ron Swanson
From the opening remarks by Pavel on Friday…..”"We took the RKC spirit, we took the RKC people, traditions and the system. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to phase two. Power to You!”….. to the group dinner of Texas BBQ on Saturday night until the final set of swings on Sunday, it was an amazing weekend. There were so many high quality folks there, it boggles my mind.
I have seen Pavel teach many, many times and never before has he been so on point as this weekend. All weekend long he, along with Master SFG Mark Reifkind, myself and Senior SFG Karen Smith taught the core SFG drills in front of the crowd of attendees. Team Leaders Lauren Brooks and Jason Marshall brought their best too. The StrongFirst staff Mark, Nikki and George worked together with the hosts to deliver a truly transformative experience for the attendees.
For the first time ever, we used social media to show what it is REALLY like on the field at a certification weekend. George even strapped a camera to my chest and said “Go show them what you see….in Tamer Vision.”
StrongFirst!
Let it be known. The spirit of what was once “RKC by Pavel” is alive and well, and it is called StrongFirst.
