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  • How to teach Kettlebell and Powerbag Lunges

    How to teach Kettlebell and Powerbag Lunges

    09/13/2013

    by Boris Bojanovic So, we’ve covered the other major  lower body exercises with in past articles Kettlebell Squat Variations (www.kettlebellinstitute.com.au/kettlebell-squat-variations/) & Regressing the Swing (www.kettlebellinstitute.com.au/regressing-the-swing/). Now it’s time to have a closer look at the lunge. Lunges are a single leg variation of the squat movement pattern where one leg stays in front & mimics […]

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  • Do you press your kettlebell with your arms or legs?

    09/13/2013

    Do you press your kettlebell with your arms or legs? by Boris Bojanovic The press is the basic pushing exercise in kettlebell lifting. The kettlebell press can be thought of as the strict bodybuilders press where the kettlebell starts in the rack position & is pushed up to lockout then lowered slowly with the strength […]

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  • Swings: Get out of the sagittal plane

    09/13/2013

    The kettlebell swing is a great exercise. One of the best even. But the plain old swing which everybody on the internet is talking about is just one manifestation of the concept of generating power with the legs & transferring it to the hands (or an object in your hands). It’s a simple forwards/backwards sagittal […]

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  • What happens when one kettlebell is too heavy?

    09/13/2013

    What happens when one kettlebell is too heavy? Which is easier: swinging one kettlebell with one hand or with two? Two hands, obviously. So, when our client is too fatigued or just plain not strong enough to perform a single arm swing well we regress them to a two hand swing. Easy. But what happens […]

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  • Kettlebell Squat Variations: Which one to use, when & why?

    09/13/2013

    by Boris Bojanovic The squat has long been called the king of exercises – with good reason. There’s nothing more functional than loading the legs to get them stronger. This makes the squat the most versatile exercise because it helps the full spectrum of your clients. Your little old nanna client has trouble getting up […]

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  • Breathing in Kettlebells

    Breathing in Kettlebells

    09/13/2013

    by Boris Bojanovic You’re all familiar with the traditional way of breathing during weight training exercises. You exhale on the exertion/concentric phase of the lift & inhale on the relaxation/eccentric phase. We call this breathing pattern biomechanical breathing because it matches the biomechanics of the movement. Biomechanical breathing works well in kettlebell grind exercises. When […]

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