Patience: The Unexpected Key to Power
“The greatest power is often simple patience.” —E. Joseph Cossman I would add that patience is the key to power. In my last article, we...
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StrongFirst
May 17, 20163 min read
What to Do With Your Free Hand During a One-arm Swing
It is one of the enduring questions of inquiring minds. What do I do with my free hand during a one-arm swing? (That, and if you are...
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StrongFirst
Apr 19, 20164 min read
Personal Space Rules When Snatching the Kettlebell
We have all joked about our personal space. From a basic psychological perspective our personal space can be defined as: “[T]he area...
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StrongFirst
Oct 27, 20154 min read
The Power of Swings and Get-ups for Hockey Training
I’ve been a strength and conditioning coach for seventeen years. Thirteen of them were with the National Hockey League. Strength and...
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StrongFirst
Oct 20, 20154 min read
Simple & Sinister + Heart Rate Training
By Al Ciampa, SFG and Pavel Tsatsouline, CEO In the Simple & Sinister Progression Tactics blog, you learned how to accelerate your...
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StrongFirst
Oct 13, 20155 min read
Understanding Center of Mass in Kettlebell Training
Mastering the dance of center of mass. Who wouldn’t sign up for a class about that? With a thick handle and off-set center of mass, the...
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Sep 29, 20155 min read
Simple & Sinister Progression Tactic
Today we will discuss some nuances of your Kettlebell Simple & Sinister progression, inspired by lively discussions on the StrongFirst...
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StrongFirst
Sep 9, 20154 min read
The Perfect Kettlebell Swing: Is There Such a Thing?
Of the great unsettled debates to plague humanity over the ages, the question of whether a perfect kettlebell swing form/technique exists...
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StrongFirst
Sep 1, 20152 min read
Posture: An Easy Way to Up Your Performance
Posture What would happen to the sprinter if she were slouched over? A waste of her remarkable muscle power. The full contact karateka’s...
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StrongFirst
Jul 23, 20155 min read
Program Minimum [Squared]
In his original kettlebell book, Pavel Tsatsouline talks about a Program Maximum and a Program Minimum. For the younger people in the...
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StrongFirst
Jun 23, 20155 min read
10 Reasons Your Progress Is Stalling
Disclaimer: One of the advantages of being both a senior doctor and a strength coach is being able to see a wide spread of people —...
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StrongFirst
Jun 9, 20153 min read
An Olympic Weightlifting Approach to Coaching the Kettlebell Clean
A barbell clean and a kettlebell clean are two completely different movements, but both could fit this description: CLEAN [barbell or...
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StrongFirst
Jun 2, 20154 min read
Swing Versus Snatch
Are the swing and snatch interchangeable? Or do you have to do both? David Whitley, former StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor...
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StrongFirst
Apr 28, 20157 min read
Simple & Sinister in a Rehabilitation Setting
In December 2013, I was a fit and spry 32 years old. I had decided to volunteer with our local high school and youth wrestling programs....
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StrongFirst
Apr 14, 20156 min read
S&C Training for MMA With Simple & Sinister
On January 24, 2015, Viktor Pešta won a unanimous decision over Konstantin Erokhin. Below are the secrets to his strength training....
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StrongFirst
Feb 17, 20155 min read
Optimizing Back Health With the Kettlebell Swing
We all know the kettlebell swing has many benefits. Would you put “back health” at the top of the list? I would. What exactly is back...
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StrongFirst
Jan 12, 20155 min read
From Simple to Sinister: Waving Volume on S&S
A couple of weeks ago Al Ciampa, SFG wrote an excellent blog entitled “Where Do You Go After Simple.” In it he outlined a “serious...
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StrongFirst
Dec 16, 20145 min read
What the Hell Effect Military-Style
I remember it very clearly. Somewhere in central Iraq, during my first “OP” in country, I stopped in my tracks. “What the hell?” I had...
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StrongFirst
Dec 9, 20144 min read
From “Simple” to Serious Endurance
Over a year has passed, and you’ve reached the “simple” goal of Simple & Sinister (S&S). You are a man or woman, who did not just survive...
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StrongFirst
Dec 4, 20143 min read
Kettlebells and Deadlifting: A Match Made in Heaven?
Kettlebells are a waste of time! Or so I thought, until I became friends with Pavel. Like many powerlifters, I dismissed kettlebells...
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