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The Capable Woman
By Asha Wagner, SFG II StrongFirst recently asked some of its female instructors to define what makes a strong woman. While I have a reputation of being a decently strong woman, this was not the...
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Is New Really Better?
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman The Russian kettlebell—a 300-year-old fad. Once in a while I drive by a gym with a sign in the window: “The most unproven programming in town!” OK, it really says, “the...
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Just Give Me 10 Minutes and I Will Make You a Man: The Ultimate Kettlebell...
By Jon Engum, Master SFG Question asked the other day… What is the go to kettlebell exercise for martial conditioning? Well, pick your poison; you really couldn’t give a bad answer. Are Kettlebell...
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What is “Conditioning”?
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman In his classic book Power Dr. Fred Hatfield described an imaginary contest between a 154-pound marathon runner and a 210-pound bodybuilder. (Given the fact that Dr. Squat...
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Who Says Women Can’t Do Pullups?!
By Amanda Perry, SFG Most of you probably remember back a few months ago when the New York Times wrote about how women can’t do pull-ups. I didn’t get involved in all the smack talking that was going...
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Strength Has a Greater Purpose
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman Ladies and gentlemen, here is the key point from my speech on the mission of StrongFirst that I gave at our recent leadership meeting. Our motto is “Strength has a...
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The Short Stop Squat: A Drill for Setting up Big Pulls
By Stuart McGill, PhD. I am often asked for my opinion about the best way to squat, or pull a loaded bar. My answer always is, “It depends on the person.” We all have a different injury history...
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The Role of the Kettlebell at StrongFirst
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman When our Masters, Seniors, and Team Leaders checked into their hotel rooms before our meeting, each was greeted by a bottle of vodka, a jar of pickles, and a note...
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Greatness: An Obsession?
By Dr. Judd Biasiotto A while back I read a blog written by Ben Stein in Physics Meetings…The Truth about What Happens When Physicists Meet. He was talking about obsessive-compulsive behavior and how...
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Why Amateurs Should Train Like Professionals
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman If StrongFirst can help world champions and special operators, we have got your needs covered. The last time I saw Prof. Stuart McGill, a couple of months ago, he told me...
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Change Beckoned; Strength Answered.
By Laura Nepodal, SFG I think I knew I wanted to be strong when I threw a boy for distance for the first time. It was June of 1997, in a little basement of a little farmhouse in a little farming town,...
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The More Things Change
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce that our first ever SFG kettlebell cert rocked. The show must go on, even if the name has changed. At the StrongFirst...
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Strength Lessons from a Martial Arts Master
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman Having known a gentleman who had trained under Donn F. Draeger, a Western pioneer of Japanese martial arts, I did not hesitate for a moment when I saw a book he...
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From Bodyweight to Heavy Weight Part 1: Mining the One-Arm/One-Leg Pushup for...
By Aleks Salkin, SFG, SFBW Long before the bench press was the apple of every gym rat’s eye, in the days before drugged-up muscles, pills, powders, and potions ruled the world’s fitness scene, only one...
View ArticleThe Grad Workout, Or the Road to the Inn
By Dan John, Master SFG I get dozens of requests by email, phone call and even house visits about how to prepare for the three day Kettlebell certification course. I am more than happy to help prepare...
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Do Not Be Afraid to Be Alone
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman A smart alec newspaper columnist made fun of the “guys who bench a lot and then stare at the wall.” You have missed the point, champ. These gents have their act together....
View ArticleTraining the One-Half Bodyweight Press
by Mark Reifkind, Master SFG OK, so you have done your KB clean and press ladders and have put in your volume. You can press for sets and reps with a fairly heavy weight but when it comes time to put...
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“Come At Me, Bro!”
By Nikki Shlosser, SFG II That is totally what I would shout that at a teeth-baring mountain lion, interrupting a lovely Malibu hike. Or to some crazy machete-wielding psychopath creeping through the...
View ArticleStrength’s Greater Purpose
By Mark Toomey, CEO and Senior SFG Instructor At StrongFirst, we like to say, “Strength has a greater purpose.” It’s in the finding of that purpose we discover parts of ourselves we have either turned...
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When You Don’t Know What You Believe, Everything Becomes an Argument.
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman “When you don’t know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious.” If you do not...
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