IT’S FRIDAY! Welcome to the weekend yinz! Today I want to share with you a particularly CHALLENGING and SUPER FUN training session that you can do in just 20 minutes. Grab two kettlebells and get ready to unleash your weekend strength warrior! Weekend Warrior Challenge Directions: You will need two kettlebells for this session. 1 […]
Level Up- The 2017 Kettlebell Swing Challenge
How are those New Years resolutions working out for you? No really? I asked this question on my previous post, and today, I am excited to announce how YOU can get involved with a fun, riveting, and challenging kettlebell swing program guaranteed to swing you out of a winter slump! It’s time to level up! […]
Intro to Muscular Endurance Training (well. . .sort of).
WELCOME TO 2017! Let’s get this party started, shall we? The name of the game today is muscular endurance, well. . .sort of. Generally speaking, muscular endurance is “the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to sustain repeated contractions against a resistance for an extended period of time.” This particular skill is as important to […]
Dropping The Weight of Insecurity: A Resilient 2017
“Self Love” seems to be one of the most popular buzz term out there these days. The rise and popularity of the Body Positive movement has most certainly laid the foundation for a much better framework for loving yourself, inside and out, just the way you are. I dig it. I resonate with that notion […]
The Loaded Carry: Kettlebell Training for Endurance Drills
Coach: I need you to grab these two logs and follow me into the woods. Me: Where are we going ? How heavy are these logs? Coach: That doesn’t matter. None of that matters. Just follow me! Welcome to Duff Park, located about half an hour from the city of Pittsburgh. I found myself at […]
Kettlebell Grit: The Ace of Spades
Grit: in psychology, “grit” is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual’s passion for a particular long-term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective. I am just about 5 weeks into my own Spartan Race training as I am headed into some competitive heats this year. My […]
The Pistol Squat 2.0- Mastering the Body Weight Pistol for Power
One of my clients is working on her pistol squat to one day compete for the Iron Maiden Challenge. While I cannot disclose the specific training I have given her, I CAN tell you it was less dense that the usual preparatory work that goes into getting your RKC/SFG kettle bell certification. For the Iron […]
Serenity and Strength: A Strong Mindset Matters
It has been an exhausting week here in Pittsburgh, and I say that in reference to the past seven days here in the city. Having just returned from the first ever Serenity and Strength Retreat in Asheville, NC, I spent the majority of my week reviewing the very notes I had taken on part of […]
The Bridge of Strength and Endurance: Beta Test 2
Back in May, I launched a program that was titled “The Bridge of Strength and Endurance”. At the time, I had just completed two big fitness events back to back. Event number one was my Strong First Level 2 Kettlebell Certification, and the second event was the X-Man obstacle race in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Both […]
Mental Traps, and Pressing On Towards Your Strongest Self!
A few weeks ago I put out a feeler on facebook and asked the general public about learning what it takes to be a successful person in terms of their own training. After a series of 20 interviews that I had conducted on the phone, I came across something that struck a chord with me […]
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