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An excerpt from: Kettlebell Simple & Sinister
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman Ladies and gentlemen, I present you my new book, Kettlebell Simple & Sinister. If you are new to kettlebells, S&S is your entry point. If you have been around...
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Gray Cook on Simple & Sinister
Simple and Sinister, Pavel Tsatsouline’s new book, is eloquent in its simplicity. People try to overcomplicate a position by adding more where it’s unnecessary, but the true artist sculpts, whittles...
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Everything IS a Nail
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman At a recent SFG kettlebell cert Dan John and I were waxing poetic about the sheer perfection of a program of swings, goblet squats, and get-ups for anyone, from the...
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Why a Kettlebell?
By Mark Reifkind, Master SFG Why a kettlebell? To bring out the athlete inside. Kettlebells are seemingly everywhere these days in the fitness world. From magazines and internet articles to TV shows,...
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strength aerobics
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman Alexey Senart, SFG Team Leader “Conditioning” is a very vague term—and it is for the better, given the scientists’ lack of understanding of endurance, its different...
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Simple and Sinister in a Rehabilitation Setting
By Travis Jewett, DC In December 2013, I was a very fit and spry 32 years old. I had decided to volunteer with our local high school and youth wrestling programs. I wrestled for many years and...
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Military Deployment Prep: A Program for Hardening the Soldier
by Al Ciampa, MS, SFG, FMS, ACSM, USAW When Pavel asked me to make a contribution for an article, I was honored. His request was made in a forum post discussing the preparation of a combat unit for the...
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Simple & Sinister: Getting from Two- to One-Hand Swings
By Steve Freides, Senior SFG Adding one-hand kettlebell swings to your Simple & Sinister training can be daunting for some people. Some of the symptoms include: Grip – you feel like the bell is...
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Simple & Sinister Training for Kettlebell Sport Athletes
By S. H. Mathews If perfection is found when there is nothing more to take away, then Simple and Sinister is much closer to it than the program minimum from Enter the Kettlebell. Swings and getups....
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Posture: An Easy Way to Up Your Performance
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman What do the above photos of top performers in three totally different sports have in common? Posture What would happen to the sprinter if she were slouched over? A waste...
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Simple & Sinister Progression Tactic
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman Today we will discuss some nuances of your Kettlebell Simple & Sinister progression, inspired by lively discussions on the StrongFirst forum. In a nutshell, the...
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Simple & Sinister + Heart Rate Training
By Al Ciampa, SFG and Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman In the Simple & Sinister Progression Tactics blog, you learned how to accelerate your Kettlebell Simple & Sinister progress by optimizing your...
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How to Prepare for and Pass Your SFG Level I
By Anna Cannington, SFG I If attending the SFG Level I certification has entered your mind as anything from a dream to a plan, you have some work to do. Training for this certification takes a lot of...
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Program Minimum [Squared]
By Jon Engum, Master SFG In his original kettlebell book, Pavel Tsatsouline talks about a Program Maximum and a Program Minimum. For the younger people in the crowd (read: newer to kettlebells) some...
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Simple and Sinister in a Rehabilitation Setting
By Travis Jewett, DC 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. I wrestled for many years and thought I...
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What is “Work Capacity”? [Part I]
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman The words “work capacity” have joined the fashionable jargon of the industry. What exactly do they mean? Some folks envision a sweaty multi-minute effort that makes the...
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The Top Five Ab Training Mistakes
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman By now, proper abdominal training should not be a mystery. The body of experience and scientific knowledge serve up powerful methods on a platter — yet they get lost in...
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S&C Training for MMA With Simple & Sinister
By Pavel Macek, SFG Team Leader On January 24, 2015, Viktor Pešta won a unanimous decision over Konstantin Erokhin. Below are the secrets to his strength training. Viktor’s MMA coach, Dan Barták, and...
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Long Rests: Russian Science to the Rescue
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman In the beginning he was Christopher Bellew. By the time he was at college he had become Chris Bellew. Later, in the Bohemian crowd of San Francisco, he was called Kit...
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A Comprehensive 3-Month Plan for Beginner Group Lessons
By Pavel Macek, Senior SFG “Begin at the beginning,” the King said. I would like to add, “And then don’t stop.” The following article gives a blueprint of how we do exactly that for our beginners’...
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