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“I’m Finished!”

by GEOFFN September 3, 2010 kettlebells

At least that’s how you may feel after these types of training sessions.
5 Ways To Successfully Mix Kettlebells And Barbells – Part 3.
3. Finishers
What is a “finisher?”
It’s something you do at the end of your workout/training for a variety of reasons, such as metabolic conditioning, mental toughness, fat loss, general conditioning, or some combination of [...]

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Again?? A Quick Training Update…

by GEOFFN September 2, 2010 Strength

Yup, I’m at it again.
I’m back training for Oly. (And hypertrophy…)
I have unfinished business. And business is good.
Right now, if I had to enter a meet tomorrow, I could easily Snatch 120kg and Jerk 150kg. (Easily Power Cleaned 130kg for a double. Nothing to write home about, but it’s been a couple of years. And [...]

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5 Ways To Successfully Mix Kettlebells and Barbells, Part 2

by GEOFFN August 31, 2010 kettlebells

Ok, here’s the deal – you won’t give up your barbell training but you want to use kettlebells. You’ve got a bunch of the ball-things lying around and you want to incorporate them into your traditional training. I get it. Been there, done that. Still do it. You can too.
The more options you have available, [...]

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5 Ways To Successfully Mix Kettlebells With Barbells

by GEOFFN August 26, 2010 kettlebells

You may not be using barbells right now. Don’t worry – this information is still for you because you’ll get some new ideas on how to structure your kettlebell training programs.
There seems to be so much great information about kettlebell training it’s hard for the average person to know where to start and to actually be [...]

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How To Stay Strong and Healthy While Traveling

by GEOFFN August 25, 2010 Movement

I don’t know about you, but the thing I hated about traveling is that for the past 15 years or so, I am just a physical wreck when I return.
When you travel, everything is different.
The bed is different.
My sleep patterns are different.
The food is different.
The time zone is different.
My workouts/training are different.
My activities are different.
I [...]

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How To Become Instantly Stronger, Part 4

by GEOFFN August 5, 2010 Strength

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.
– Marilyn vos Savant
“No.”
“Excuse me??”
“You heard me – No. I’m not going to do it. It doesn’t fit into my schedule or fit with my goals. In fact, it is a waste of my time.”
Ha! When was the last time you had a conversation like that?
For most of us, [...]

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How To Become Instantly Stronger, Part 3

by GEOFFN July 26, 2010 Philosophy

I have something to confess.
I am easily distracted.
I don’t think I have ADD or anything like that, I think I’m just naturally curious. I’m interested in the world around me. It’s a big, beautiful, wonderful world – famines, disasters, and wars excepted.
And that can be a major problem when attempting to get work done.
For others, [...]

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Time, Value, Money, and Other Answers To Your Questions…

by GEOFFN July 23, 2010 Strength

When I was fresh out of college, I used to drive an hour away every Saturday and spend it with my weightlifting coach, who mentored me. He is a kind, generous, and humble man, filled with knowledge I’m sure that most of today’s experts have never even heard of. (As an aside, I am trying [...]

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How To Become Instantly Stronger, Part 2

by GEOFFN July 21, 2010 Strength

In my last post on this subject, I threw out an important equation on how to become instantly stronger. Here it is again.
Instant Strength = SG + CV + FA + DE
Today, I wanted to take a close look at “CV.”
CV stands for Clear Vision.
At first, that seems kind of obvious, but upon closer inspection, [...]

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It’s About the Principles…

by GEOFFN July 13, 2010 kettlebells

What A Great Weekend!
My apologies for not getting to your questions last week. I literally just ran out of time prepping for the RKC2 weekend.
Speaking of which, I just got back from an outstanding weekend of teaching at the RKC2. What a blast!
My responsibilities were to review RKC Level 1 exercises and to teach the [...]

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