I have come to the conclusion that my knees are too messed up for me to be doing weighted squats of any kind anymore. I’ve had 2 surgeries on my left knee, and my right knee continues to have tracking issues and so forth. It’s not worth it to me to continue this abuse, so I will stick to Hindu squats from now on. I have no desire to lose my job over bad knees at this stage in my life and Hindus cause no issues whatsoever.
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Double-kettlebell work, ala Mike Mahler’s Agressive Strength.
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“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” – William Faulkner, Author Can you spot the Pro? (Man I need to get those elbows down!) Long Cycle Clean and Jerk Test I wasn’t feeling to keen on doing my fitness workout today, but I still felt…
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Sure, it’s a corny title but Santa’s a Girevik too. I’m happy ’cause I just got my AKC Pro-Grade 20 kg kettlebell yesterday, courtesy of my oldest son and daughter. I’ll be posting some side-by-side photos of the PB and AKC bells shortly. In the meantime, enjoy the day and all the blessings it brings to…
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There’s been a lot of discussion on some of the non-DD forums regarding the World Kettlebell Club‘s soon to be released Kettlebell Fitness manual. While the WKC has been promoting and teaching their fitness methods, they have been slow to release their written version. Recently, Rmax Gym released the Official Kettlebell Foundation DVD Series from…
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