Valery Federenko 55 Jerks 60kg Kettlebell

Crazy Strength endurance with the 60kg kettlebell by Valery Federenko

55 reps one switch, mental




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60kg Bell 14 reps 7/7 Clean and Push Press


Worked up with 32kg snatches and jerks to 48kg then big set with 132lb bell for 14 ugly reps. 20 by next wednesday!!

John Brookfield Grip Tips

John Brookfield is a super strength grip master whom I look upto very much

Check out this list of awesome grip tips direct from Ironmind.

You can learn so much from John and his amazing innovative ideas for strength training. Not only is John a grip guru but he has some brilliant ideas for kettlebell training too.

Enjoy

Gripper on a String
Stool Lift with Weight
Wrist Curls with Plate
Brick Bent Over Rows
Front Hammer Lever
Finger Walking with Weight Plate
Sledgehammer Clean and Press

Sledgehammer Toss
Brick Lift Grip Challenge
Wringing Out the Towel
Behind-the-Back Wrist Curls
The Rotation
Finger Walking With Boards
Sandbag Lifting
Finger Rolling
Crushing Nails

Pliers Lever Lift
Hammer Rotation
Padding the Issue
Vertical Rope Pull-ups
Plate Toss with Partner
Weight Crawl: Try It, You'll Love It
Thick Bar Rotation
Pinch-Grip Board Curls
Doubled-Rope Deadlift

Swing and Catch
Plate Curling for Men
The Big Squeeze
Plate Rotation
Hammer Curls with Thick Towels
Using the Long Bar
Sandbag Swing and Catch

One Grip at a Time

Behind-the-Back Pass
Hand Towel Roll and Squeeze
1 + 1 = 2
Medicine Ball Lifting
The Weight Drop
Kettlebell Hold: Something New
Roll and Drag<
Macary Sticks
A New Twist

Back Pressure Breakthrough
Plate Seesaw
Rope Hand-Over-Hand
The Bucket Drill
Plate Turning
Sandbag Wrist Curls
Pinch Grip Drag
Pinch Grip Pick-up
Brookfield Sandbag Snatch Test

Towel Training for Power
Up the Down Staircase
Swing to Success
Squatter's Rights<
Power Walking 101
Three the Hard Way
Hammer Time

Kettlebell Workouts

Jedd Johnson Fire Walk With Me


Check out Jedd Johnson ripping out an awesome garage workout, hitting some good bench numbers along with some insanme pinch gripping and hammer levering.

Dont forget to leave a comment on dieselcrew.com, as Jedd is going to let us see the next part of this video once there are 20 comments.





Watch out for my Garage Workout video this weekend



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Kettlebells and Sandbags Supersets

Finished of last night's session with 3 supersets 60kg clean and push press and 60kg sandbag over a high bar (on my squat rack - in the style of Phil PFister) total of 6 reps per exercise



Previous to this was

24kg kettlebell snatch 1x100 reps,
3x10 double kb jerks (32kg)
30 reps kettlebell snatch 32kg
48kg BUP 1 x 3reps (right hand)
53kg Inch dumbbell clean and press 3 reps left and right
60kg kettlebell snatch 5 reps left and right

70kg Kettlebell Snatch

Awesome display of power by John Wild Buckley, with a 70kg kettlebell SNATCHED




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Compex Cefar EMS Article - What can an EMS machine do for you?

EMS devices originated in around 1971 (In Russia) and took the world by storm.
However, today they are less prominent than they were.

Many great sprint champs have/still use these devices - under the tutelage of Charlie Francis (Ben Johnson etc) and also Christian Thibaudeau is an advocator of this method to aid explosiveness training and physical strength enhancement.

I personally have also done many treatments with this apparatus (hence me owning one, but no longer have time to put to good use) my CEFAR is for sale on EBAY

What is an EMS Training Session?


Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is the practice of using a special unit to send electrical signals to your muscle in order to make it contract. The motor unit (MU) is the functional unit of muscle contraction, with each motor unit containing a single alpha motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it “enervates” (contracts). The fibers contained in a motor unit grouping are all of the same type and the larger, more powerful muscle fibers (a.k.a. “fast-twitch fibers”) are typically located closer to the skin surface than the “endurance fibers” (a.k.a. “slow-twitch fibers”). Electrode pads are placed over the skin of the muscle with the intent to isolate a specific muscle or sequence of muscles. It’s impossible to isolate a single motor unit because any portion of the muscle where you place the pads will potentially activate fibers belonging to 20-50 motor units.

Read more here

In summary - several EMS session (15-20) can significanly increase your strength levels when used in conjuction with resistance training

Kettlebell training to follow soon


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Special Kettlebell Exercises

A nice and refreshing change to grunting, sweaty kettlebell lifting.

Kettlebell Special Exercises by Katerina Pisetsky

I used to be able to do this :)

Honest;)



Check out more about Rhythymic Gymnast Katerina Pisetsky here

Terence Mitchell 150kg Kettlebell Swings

Incredible strength and power by Terence Mitchell from South Africa.

Here Mitch swings 2 x 75kg kettlebells, nice!

Terence Mitchell Blog

Beast Kettlebell Tower of Power 48kg

From yesterdays training session



60kg BU Snatch



had a very tough session flipping the beast kettlebell for a total of 100 reps including 5 sets of Tower of Terror before moving on to the 60kg

My aim was to do a tower of terror with the 60 but only have failed so far. Much strength is required at the top with this movement to be able to hold and then flip the bell over. However I'm sure I'll get this one soon.

Watch my video of the first time i did the Tower of Terror

Andy Cairney Totally Destroying the Inver Stone

Andy Cairney totally blows my mind with this lift of the Inver Stone, done a few weeks ago.

How to make a 265lb stone look like a bag of paper. Wow!





195 Kg Atlas Stone to Shoulder

More insane strength



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Scott Sonnon's RMAX Kettlebell Push Press Pull System

From RMAXinternational

Check out the link above for some superb and very informative descriptions of the following exercises

The Modified One-Arm Jerk
The Persian Floor Press (Didn't know this originated in Persia, v.interesting)
The Warrior Row

I love Coach Sonnon's view on everything! He allows you to see training in a different light, don't just train without thinking, train and learn and in return become wiser, stronger and fitter.

Scott Sonnon is the Grand Master of intelligent training, follow him!

This is what an entire GYM in a VAN looks like!

From June 09 when my good brother in law Pat Hodgson helped us move house.

It was the biggest all day workout ever done. From 9AM to 10.30PM lifting heavy stuff

Not sure that the van rental company would have liked this (Over a Tonne of Gear probably) and that's without my new Inch Dumbbells (more on this later)

Dogman Sledgehammer Challenge 1hour 20kg

Stef of The Dogman Kettlebell Club attempted the insane 1 hr Sledgehammer test with the 20kg hammer on monday.

The result - 528 strikes

Crazy!!

Equipment needed:
20kg Sledge Hammer
1 Large Tyre
Grip and Lungs of Steel

Other requirements:
To be mentally unstable is a bonus

Other Hammer Superheroes to have attempted this test of strength and willpower are Jon Bruney and John Brookfield

John Brookfield achieved 27-30 strikes per minute with a 23kg Hammer.
Stef's cadence was 1 strike every 6-7 secs (incredible considering he weighs 69kg)

Maybe this will be a challenge of mine soon!

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Review of The Rotater

I feel like I received a new pair of shoulders with my ROTATER!

No joke!

Although I've never had any serious rotator cuff problems or any bad shoulder injuries (I have had back spasms caused by stiff shoulders that cost me 4 x £37/hour sports massage sessions and time out from competitive throwing comps), I am prone to tightening up a lot in the shoulders.

When I received my ROTATER a couple of days ago I thought 'it looks pretty simple' and being a sceptic wondered if it would do what it says on the tin?

Without a shadow of a doubt this piece of kit will stretch your shoulders out like nothing else. I've tried everything from rubber bands to a 20st meathead trying to stretch them for me and nothing comes close. This is seriously gonna be big benefit to my kettlebell training (thinks SOTS press, TGU and double overhead squat)

By using the ROTATER on a regular basis I'm sure I'll save a small fortune by not needing massage to right my muscular wrongs.

I'm not trying to blow smoke up the backside of the ROTATER but i think you should get one now.

UK Supplier shouldercentric.co.uk

US Supplier Therotater.com



The Rotater is the only shoulder rehab device that can duplicate the internal and external stretches performed by a physical therapist or athletic trainer.






The Rotater

Heavy Kettlebell Training Session

had a great heavy bell session last night.

Hit the double 40kg BUP, 48kg SOTS, 48kg BUP with both left and right and some BU snatches with the 48kg bell.

Felt great to be back to something resembling a real training session.