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The Steel Bending Power of Isometrics

By Todd Ryan Jones

One of the most common feats that the old time strongmen performed was bending a 60D nail. In fact, that was what you would call the “gateway feat” of those times. If you wanted to even call yourself a strongman, you had to be able to bend a 60D nail...

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The 30-Rep Program: How to Gain Considerable Strength and Size in as Little as Six Weeks

By C.S. Sloan

Eventually, I came up with my own sort of “amalgam” of these two ways of training that I call the 30-Rep Program—it contains the high-frequency of the 40-day workout but with the potential for more variety common to Pavel’s 3-to-5 methodology.

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Beating The Bogeyman

By Paul McIlroy

‘The Beast’ is a great name to market a hardcore strength tool with! It fires up some, it intimidates others, but either way, it wins everyone’s instant respect. It transforms an ordinary object into an icon, a mythical monster and in some cases…an insurmountable obstacle.

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The 4 Secrets To Making Your New Year's Resolutions Actually Stick

by Dan John

I want you to make a New Year’s Resolution: no more resolutions for the New Year.

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5 Common Mistakes Made with The Kettlebell Swing

by William Sturgeon, RKC Team Leader, RKC-II

Learning how to do the kettlebell swing correctly can be a complicated new skill to learn, especially if you’re new to kettlebell training. Often times there are a few common mistakes that I’ve seen happen when learning the swing. These mistakes can hinder your ability to properly execute the proper training effect and could potentially lead to an injury.

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Lance Monteau, MD and The Great 100,000 Kettlebell Swing Challenge

Lance Monteau set himself a magnificent challenge: to perform 100,000 kettlebell swings within a one year period. Lance has just completed that goal. Dragon Door e-interviewed him about his whole experience with this admirable achievement.

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The Power of The Ordinary — And The Magic of The Isochain

By Marty Sweeney

Marty Sweeney has used himself as an experiment for the last two years by using the IsoChain almost exclusively. Read about his results and helpful insights for success with the IsoChain and Isometric strength training.

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Why I Have Been Using Kettlebells for 20 Years — And Am Not About to Stop.

By Dan John

Floating around the DD discussion was the kettlebell. I had first seen Kettlebells at the College of San Mateo when the Soviet hammer throwers were tossing them on the football field (I’m sure that went over well). When I popped open my 1971 Track and Field Omnibook written by J. K. Doherty, I saw these used in training for every track and field event.

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Why Kettlebells Should Be The Foundation for Your Functional Fitness

By William Sturgeon, RKC Team Leader

One thing all of these courses had in common was that they believe that incorporating kettlebells is a staple for functional fitness. Kettlebell training can be used to enhance your strength, conditioning, athletic abilities, correcting movement, and creating greater stability in the body. By becoming an RKC Trainer you are setting yourself up for success by starting off with a strong foundation.

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The Hidden Benefits of Kettlebell Training. Interview with Brian McMaster, RKC Team Leader

By Adrienne Harvey, Senior RKC, Senior PCC

What really drew me in was that whether we were training a young athlete or someone in their seventies or eighties we saw great improvements with kettlebells.

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