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The Turkish Get Up is an exercise that checks all the boxes. This exercise is still a mystery to me after all these years of teaching it. Every time I teach it, do it, and watch others do it, I learn … Read more

First off, I’d like to admit that I love donuts. It may or may not have been the years of skipping Sunday Boy Scouts to watch The Simpsons with my dad that programmed my subconscious to love donuts bu… Read more

Adrienne: You recently hosted a second RKC at your gym in Milwaukee. What inspired you to host the RKC again? Nick: We’ve had several HKC workshops at our gym as well. I think the RKC is the coolest, … Read more

Sometimes, I just want to do a quick workout and either can’t or don’t want to spend an hour to do it. That’s why I put together this series of efficient kettlebell workouts which can be done in a sho… Read more

If you failed the testing at an RKC workshop, I have a message for you—CONGRATULATIONS! You can still pass and you can turn failure into success! Everyone in your life has experienced failure. Failure… Read more

Margaret Domka, 2015 Women’s World Cup utilizing the Goblet Squat Three Examples of World Class Athletes Who Hinge and Wedge: As seen above, Margaret Domka is performing a kettlebell goblet squat in … Read more

To properly train your body with kettlebells, you must continually enhance your skills. Correct me if I’m wrong but the Wright brothers crashed many model planes before they actually took flight, righ… Read more

The first two body parts to make any form of physical contact (unless you’re in FIFA) are your feet and hands. First feet, then hands. To strengthen your feet, train barefoot. To strengthen your hands… Read more

As athletes preparing for a grueling physical feat, we must ask ourselves, “How do I train properly?” There are many outstanding training programs already out there, so my hope for this program is to … Read more

By definition ‘coach’ and ‘bully’ are seemingly opposites—a coach is a teacher, while a bully intimidates. Yet, there are many coaches that haven’t triumphed over the juvenile act of bullying. I’ve ce… Read more