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  • Teaching Clients to Hip Hinge

    Teaching Clients to Hip Hinge

    09/13/2013

    We’ve all had clients who don’t get the kettlebell swing or deadlift on their first go. Be it their back rounding like a fish hook or knees bending & it becoming a squat. Swings & deadlifts require the body to learn to hinge at the hip rather than the waist or knees. The benefits are […]

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  • How to use Kettlebells to Improve your Posture

    09/13/2013

    Shoulder Health: Balancing Pulls & Pushes by Boris Bojanovic As trainers we see this all the time. Probably not as bad as this example but there is a definite tendency towards forward shoulder & head posture in the average person due to the amount of time we spend at computers & in front of TVs. […]

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  • The Short Cycle Jerk

    09/13/2013

    by Boris Bojanovic The short cycle jerk is one of the main exercises we teach in our level 2 kettlebell workshop. While the Get Up is the most complex grind exercise the jerk would have to be the most complex ballistic exercise as it has 5 stages which need to be coordinated & often have […]

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  • Troubleshooting Kettlebell & Powerbag lunges

    Troubleshooting Kettlebell & Powerbag lunges

    09/13/2013

    Troubleshooting Kettlebell & Powerbag lunges by Boris Bojanovic   Following on from the last article on Lunges, here are the common issues & how to correct them. Poor hip/knee stability This is by far the most common issue we see in lunges. Poor strength & control over hip adduction, caused by weak gluteus medius. This […]

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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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