The strict military press is pound-for-pound the hardest of the basic lifts to perform: A weight (kettlebell, barbell, household pet) is held motionless at the shoulders, then pressed vertically into a full arm lockout with minimal leaning or movement from the rest of the body. Overhead pressing is a challenge to any lifter’s shoulder mobility …
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The kettlebell clean is a powerful full-body exercise that is notoriously difficult to learn. In this article, you’ll learn a fool-proof, step-by-step process to performing the kettlebell clean without banging up your forearms! To some lifters, the clean is little more than the annoying step before a press. But to the real strength technician, the …
Kettlebell training is a skill. Every skill – from music to math to sports – contains within it a set of fundamental ideas that demand consistent practice in order to attain mastery. We call those ideas “the basics.” Skip the basics and you’re walking on shaky ground. Doomed to the amateur level. When it comes …
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