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  • Strength Endurance for Kettlebell Sport, Part 3

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    In this blog, I will share my experience developing strength endurance from my perspective and reflect on how my athletes have responded. I have tried a wide range of methods, often using myself as a bit of an experiment before trying them on people I train.  The most significant take-home message: The most important thing…

  • Strength Endurance for Kettlebell Sport, Part 2

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    As mentioned in Part 1, kettlebell sport is associated with strength or power endurance. Part 1 documented some approaches to building strength or power endurance in elite world champions. In part two, I will briefly examine what the science says about developing these qualities and highlight an effective and efficient way to develop this type…

  • Strength Endurance for Kettlebell Sport, Part 1

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    Kettlebell sport is a power endurance sport. As such developing your strength endurance or local muscular endurance should in turn improve your kettlebell sport performance. Traditionally, this has been done with various approaches, typically all involving higher reps. In this blog, we will look at traditional approaches. In part two we will look at whether…

  • Kettlebell Sport Programming Beginner vs Experienced

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    Is it the time that hurts, or is it the pace? As you gain greater experience with kettlebell sport the optimal program for you may change. As a coach, I’ve noticed that beginners may have multiple small differences that can add up to have a large effect on their training compared to more experienced lifters.…

  • Strength Training for GS, Part 1.

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    Strength training is a somewhat controversial area for kettlebell, or Girevoy sport (GS). I will make a case that in addition to regular kettlebell training, heavy resistance or explosive resistance training is useful for improved endurance. The possible methods to improve strength in GS will be another topic. There are a few different ways to…

  • 8 reasons you should consider taking up GS or kettlebell sport

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    For my first blog post on this site, here are 8 reasons why I think you should consider taking up GS or kettlebell sport. 1. The Art Like weightlifting, there is a huge amount of technique involved in the sport. Similar to martial arts, GS lifters strive to reach new levels of technique and can…