Good stretches for Squats & Deadlifts
Hey there what's up. Just wanted to share a good vid about stretches for your upper body before you squat and deadlift. Enjoy:
Mehr...Fragen über Fragen
Es ist Montag und ich habe gerade entdeckt, daß ich diesen Blog sträflich vernachlässigt habe. Außerdem bekam ich einige Mails von Freunden, Bekannten und Interessierten, die mich fragten, warum es so wenig Posts auf deutsch gäbe? Ich will ganz ehrlich sein, viele Freunde und Bekannte die diesen Blog lesen kommen aus Skandinavien, England, den USA oder sogar aus Bulgarien und Russland. Und in einem modernen Europa sollte Englisch ja kein hindernis sein, dachte ich mir. Nunja dem Wunsch folgend den Blog mal wieder etwas zu beleben und den Wünschen des deutschsprachigen Publikums folgend...
Mehr...EKL Coach Level 1 Certification & EKL BOLT Meeting #1 in Germany announced!
Dear Lifters, with pride we officially announce the first ever BOLT competition and IKFL/EKL Coach level 1 cert in Germany this year: May 4th, 2013: EKL Coach Level 1 certification with Nico Rithner Adress: X-Ess Sports Gym, Oehleckerring 13, 22419 Hamburg Special Guest: Denis Vasilev (Hosted by Kettlebells Hamburg / German EKL Director Andreas Jauss) Starting at 8:00 am You will learn the basic kettlebell lifts, program design, anything you need to know about BOLT competitions, rules and preparation for those events. A DVD for preparation for this event will be available shortly! You...
Mehr...Two cool videos about the best beginner excercises in DVRT
My mate, Josh Henkin, founder of the DVRT system and inventor of the Ultimate Sandbag has released two exciting videos regarding the basics exercises of the DVRT system. You guys know I am an avid student of his system and firm believer he offers a lot of great information regarding functional training. Check them out!
Mehr...Hip and shoulder mobility…
Hip and shoulder mobility is critical to many sportsrelated movements. Of course it is also a big bonus to be mobile for everything else you do in life. ;) Recently I have received a video that discusses basic mobility excercises that might help you for that. The hip opening stretch is a part of my daily stretching/mobility routine, so please give that one a try.
Mehr...Happy new year
Dear readers of thsi blog! It has been a while since my last post. I was on holidays and enjoyed the snow at Arosa with my board. A real great experience like last year, but this year I prepared for a little bit more conditioning. You know snowboarder have to walk a bit more than skiers. And it worked real well. So what's new here? Not so much right now, but a lot is going on behind the scenes: We will have a coach certification with Nico Rithner in May and our first BOLT-tournament The first kettlebellbsx seminars will be held in February or March. Some great new content will...
Mehr...Viel neues 2012/2013
Es weihnachtet sehr... Zumindest ist der übliche Weihnachtsstress wieder angesagt. Ungesunde Ernährung, zu viel Süßes, Termine, Termine und auch Termine. Naja Ihre kennt das ja alles selber. Quasi so ganz nebenbei sind so einige ganz interessante Sachen passiert, die ich hier gerne nochmal Kundtun will: 1. Kettlebells Hamburg ist nun offizieller Coach für das Combat Kettle Jitsu. Diese herausragende Methode wurde uns vor ein paar Wochen von Joey Alvarado nähergebracht und sie ist ein durchaus vollständiges tolles System, dass ich in 2013 noch viel mehr erkunden will und in alle Richtugnen...
Mehr...Many news 2012/2013
Christmas is coming, at least the usual stress that comes with it. Unhealthy eating habits, too many sweets and appointments, appointments and even more appointments. You guys know this at least as good as me. At the same time many things happened that I wanna share with you: 1.We are now officially coaches for the Combat Kettle Jitsu method. Joey Alvarado came to Hamburg to make us better coaches and he did a decent job. This is a complete system and I am looking forward to use it for me and my clients and modify the concepts to the needs of my clients and myself. 2. I was elected by Nico...
Mehr...Olympic Squat Tips
Hey I just found this video that has some great info inside about olympic style squatting.
Mehr...WOD Nov 14th, 2012
Just preparing for the combat kettlejitsu cert... Warumup Bodyweightcombo 3x1 minute with 30 seconds rest: rocking chair get up l/r, two thai knees, two burpees with pushup KB warmup 3x2 minutes with 1 minute rest: 1 min alternating snatch,press,squat / 30 seconds alternating rows / 30 seconds 2-handed highpull stretching Done!
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