Kettlebell Academics

02/06/2024

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05/04/2022

📣KB PRO TIP: YOUR RACK SETUP📣⁣
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Here's a quick checklist for your Rack setting.⁣
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👉🏾 armpit packed (long head tricep and Lat muscle hugging)⁣
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👉🏾 a vertical forearm⁣
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👉🏾tip of elbow aligns over the leg⁣
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👉🏾 deep hand insertion with a straight (even slightly flexed wrist⁣
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👉🏾 spread the collarbone⁣
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👉🏾core muscles braced & ribs pulled down⁣
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A good Rack setting secures the weight to feel like a part of your body.⁣
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It also helps stabilize the upper and mid spine for high tension hinge movements.⁣
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Feel stronger under heavy Squats, Lunges, Good Mornings & Presses.⁣
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KB STRONG 👊🏾💪🏾⁣
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KETTLEBELL ACADEMICS⁣
RESPECT THE BELL

05/02/2022

📣KB POWER TRAINING TIP📣⁣
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When it comes to ballistic Kettlebell exercises, don't hold out on your backswing.⁣
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The length of your backswing in a Swing, Clean and Sn**ch can dictate how powerful and efficient your technique is.⁣
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Shortening, or restricting your backswing is a great way to lose power in your hinge.⁣
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This will also cause your body to take the force of the weight's momentum with little deceleration, and cause more compression on the body (especially the low back).⁣
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A long & smooth backswing helps to absorb the momentum force easier, allowing you to be more balanced and powerful.⁣
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A long backswing with a good spine posture helps to:⁣
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👉🏾 distribute the momentum force over the entire body, especially in your strongest muscles⁣
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👉🏾 create more tension under stretch in the muscles for more muscle activity and toning⁣
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👉🏾 decompresses the joints (hips & shoulders especially) as length and space is created in the body⁣
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KB STRONG 👊🏾💪🏾⁣
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KETTLEBELL ACADEMICS⁣
RESPECT THE BELL

04/29/2022

✊🏾🙏🏾KETTLEBELL GRATITUDE🙏🏾✊🏾⁣
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Grateful everyday for what Kettlebells have given me.⁣
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The ability to express and cultivate strength and athleticsm.⁣
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An outlet to challenge my mind and focus, while finding a balance with the daily stresses of life.⁣
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Best of all...a vehicle to live out a purpose of making an impact on peoples' lives.⁣
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Every rep I set myself up for...⁣
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Every rep I teach...⁣
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Grateful for the bell⁣
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KB STRONG 💪🏾😎⁣
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KETTLEBELL ACADEMICS⁣
RESPECT THE BELL⁣
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04/28/2022

If everything was easy you'd have everything already.⁣⁣
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But there's a freedom in acknowledge this.⁣⁣
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The goals you decide to pursue are going to be more worth it to you.⁣⁣
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And once you start you're going to see it all the way through.⁣
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Cause why go through all that stress for nothing?⁣
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Flex for thought⁣⁣
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KB STRONG 💪🏾😎⁣⁣
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KETTLEBELL ACADEMICS⁣⁣
RESPECT THE BELL

04/23/2022

💥FRIDAY BULLDOG FLOW💥⁣⁣
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Finished off the week in style with a 40kg Bulldog strength flow⁣
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Clean + Jerk + Hang Clean + Long Push Press + Reverse Sn**ch to High Pull⁣
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15 rounds over 30 minutes with Chinup sets of 4 as a superset.⁣
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It's a gauntlet towards the end which makes the finish that much sweeter.⁣
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What will these bells think of next? 🤷🏾‍♂️⁣
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KB STRONG 💪🏾😎⁣
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KETTLEBELL ACADEMICS⁣
RESPECT THE BELL⁣
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Music Credit 🎼: ⁣
Pete Rock "More Petestrumentals 24"

04/15/2022

💥FRIDAY STRENGTH FLOW FUN💥⁣⁣
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Extending this 2KB complex even further.⁣
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2 Bent Press⁣
1 2KB Anyhow⁣
2 Lockout Press⁣
5 Double Rows⁣
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Switch hands...⁣
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2 Bent Press⁣
1 2KB Anyhow⁣
2 Lockout Press⁣
5 Double Cleans⁣
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Strength, power, endurance, focus, resilience.⁣
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Tension & relaxation balance, dynamic transitions in all angles.⁣
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Kettlebells are special, nuff said⁣
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KB STRONG 💪🏾😎⁣
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KETTLEBELL ACADEMICS⁣
RESPECT THE BELL

02/15/2022

💥48KG STRENGTH FLOW💥⁣
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This was a battle with the Beast⁣
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Dynamic tension flows are a grind from start to finish.⁣
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It's a skill that takes a lot of energy to stay full body engaged for an extended period.⁣
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Controlled breathing mechanics help keep your nervous system calm and focus sharp under duress.⁣
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Inhale through the nose and control exhale during high points of effort (biomechanical breathing).⁣
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With practice you learn to breathe deeper into the diaphragm, which helps to:⁣
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🔺 increase volume of air intake during inhalation⁣
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🔺 maintain core bracing and internal torso pressure⁣
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🔺keep nervous system in parasympathetic (calm) state during physical stress⁣
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Consistent breathing is what gets me through this ⁣
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BENT PRESS + WINDMILL + REVERSE GETUP⁣
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Strength, power, endurance, mobility, flexibility & resilience are all put to the test with this one.⁣
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There's no better tool for the athlete⁣
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KB STRONG 💪🏾😎⁣
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KETTLEBELL ACADEMICS⁣
RESPECT THE BELL

06/05/2020

I am a BLACK MEN!..... I build .... I don't tear down other BLACK MEN! .... ⁣
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I have felt the pain of being torn down and I have decided I will be deliberate about building others! ⁣
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If I didn't tag you, please don't be offended. I tried to pick people I thought would do this challenge!! ⁣
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All too often, we men find it easier to criticize each other, instead of building each other up. With all the negativity going around let's do something positive!!🌟⁣⁣
Upload 1 picture of yourself...ONLY you. Then tag as many brothers to do the same. (FB only allows 50). Let's build ourselves up, instead of tearing ourselves down.⁣⁣
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