Success Stories

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 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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Interview with Jessica Renee Pino, RKC Team Leader

By Adrienne Harvey, Senior RKC, Senior PCC

I enjoy seeing my clients' and gym members' overall health and fitness improve with kettlebells. And I also enjoy seeing them get those "aha moments" if they've been struggling to perfect their technique on a movement...

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How The Isochain Can Help Transform Your Strength Training by Busting Through Plateaus — for Surprising New Gains in Size and Performance…

by Adrienne Harvey, Senior RKC and PCC

How The Isochain Can Help Transform Your Strength Training by Busting Through Plateaus — for Surprising New Gains in Size and Performance…

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How to Master Your Environmental Challenges, Interview with Scott Carney, author of What Doesn’t Kill Us and The Wedge

By Adrienne Harvey, SrRKC, SrPCC

In a way, The Wedge is really a continuation of What Doesn't Kill Us. At the end of the earlier book, I'm climbing up Mount Kilimanjaro in a bathing suit, it's negative 30 degrees outside, and I'm not dead. And I have this realization at the top of the mountain, which leads to the cheesiest thing I've ever written in my entire life, which is: "I am not on the mountain, I am the mountain."

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Meet Bill Kociaba, the world’s only blind Certified Kettlebell Instructor

By Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-TL, CK-FMS

I eventually realized that I could still do it, I just had to be a lot more hands-on as a trainer. I developed a feather light touch so I can lightly touch someone while they are doing an exercise to monitor their form without interfering with the movement.

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“Has made a huge difference in my training”, interview Eric Bennett HardstyleFit Level1 and Level2 Instructor

By Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-TL, CK-FMS

Interview with HardstyleFit Level 1 and Level 2 kettlebell instructor, Eric Bennett: Originally it was just for me. But, at my job I'd been talking to quite a few people about kettlebell training and they’ve been very interested. So, I have been training quite a few people...

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The mental strength of kettlebells, Iron Maiden Anna (Sättler) Vietz, RKC

By Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-TL, CK-FMS

Physical strength but also mental strength—I felt stronger in business and conversations with other people.

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How to Master the Beast Challenge, Interview with Daniel Kirchmaier, Beast Tamer, RKC-II

By Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-TL, CK-FMS

The Beast Tamer Challenge can’t be accomplished in a week or two weeks. You really have to get into it, your technique has to be excellent, and you must find time to train. It can’t be accomplished by training for an hour every day—you have to dive deep into it. I really thrive on these types of challenges!

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How Cait Timmerman lost 160 pounds with kettlebells and mindset

By Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-TL, CK-FMS

Interview with Cait Timmerman who lost 160 pounds with kettlebells and mindset

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