Coach Mav and I chat about kettlebells and how awesome kettlebells are.

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We talk about his philosophy and outlook on training. We also touch upon how kettlebells, and getting active, helped me through a very challenging time in my life.

We chat about programming and how Mav comes up with his amazing programs!

Mental toughness. It's very important stuff. Bells help you develop a hard AF mindset.

Using bells and getting strong with them by default make you less weak.

Kettlebell sport or hardstyle - which style is better? Wanna go to a dark place and come back from the depths of mordor? Seek long cycle kettlebell.

Ying and Yang of Kettlebells - What I meant when I said Ying and Yang was that many kettlebell sport and hardstyle kettlebell techniques are very much opposite but they complement one another if you use both styles, or even better blend them together. It will benefit you to learn some long cycle(Dark) efficient body positions vs having your body perfectly inline (plum line) and not accounting for the change in the way you are carrying a load. Hardstyle(Light) is very strict in its positions which is detrimental to longer bouts of physical movement with load. On the flip side, not having adequate ability to generate the amounts of tension required to lift (grind not ballistic) heavy loads is detrimental to lifting heavy and being a very powerful mover of loads. So in conclusion, hardstyle (light) and sport (dark) are opposites that complement each other.

When you are putting your program together make sure you look at your goals and make a plan that will get you there. If you want to run a marathon don't just focus on your strength training. If you want to be able to press a 48kg kettlebell then you need to know certain things to include in your program to get to that goal. Ok you can press 32kg once on both left and right arms. Now design a program to build on that skill:

Example programming design for 3 days per week

This is for a single arm military press based off a 32KG max press

Week 1

3x5/5 @20kg

3x3/3@24kg

3x2/2@28kg

Week 2

3x5/5 @20kg

3x3/3@24kg

3x3/3@28kg

Week 3

3x5/5 @20kg

3x3/3@24kg

5x3/3@28kg

Week 4

3x5/5 @20kg

3x3/3@24kg

3x4/4@28kg

After this month long program, re-test your max press and you will be impressed with your progress.

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A description from an internet search

Yin and yang (or yin-yang) is a complex relational concept in Chinese culture that has developed over thousands of years. Briefly put, the meaning of yin and yang is that the universe is governed by a cosmic duality, sets of two opposing and complementing principles or cosmic energies that can be observed in nature.