Power Ropes

February 18, 2010

Power ropes are an excellent tool for fat loss and conditioning because you use your whole body with all of the exercises (see video below) .
Power ropes are ideal for interval training.  Most beginners struggle to maintain good form for 45 seconds, so start off with short intervals, tabata works well.
Tabata = 20 sec of work at [...]

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Interview with Valery Fedorenko

February 15, 2010

Ice Chamber Coach Maya interviews Valery Fedorenko :

Valery Fedorenko Interview

Maya: Describe some aspects of your childhood that led you to Kettlebells.  Did you play any other sports or consider yourself athletic as a young man?
Valery’s Master of Sport Badge/ID from the Ministry of Sport Dept. USSR/Moscow
Fedorenko: I’m not sure I considered myself [...]

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Essential Information for all Kettlebell Lifters

February 11, 2010

Technique First:  A Case for Kettlebell Safety
By Steven Khuong, CSCS
As the kettlebell becomes more mainstream, it is pertinent that ripped hands, bruised forearms, and torn ligaments not become synonymous with the tool.  Independent of any dichotomy regarding styles or programming, people using kettlebells or teaching with them have a [...]

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Sandbag complexes

February 11, 2010

Here are some complexes you can use with your sandbag.
Perform the complexes with out dropping the bag or resting between exercises.
Time yourself, write it down and try and beat it the next session you perform it.  
  
 
 With a light bag

Shouldering  5-8 reps
Press 5-8 reps
Over head lunge 5-8 reps (each leg)
Squats 5-8 reps
Bent over rows 5-8 [...]

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16 Week Program for General Athletic & Physical Development Using the Power Station

February 1, 2010

Here is a 16 week program for general athletic and physical development using the power station. It moves from higher volume and intensity increases as the weeks go on.   
Weeks 1-4
Session A (Monday)
1. Deadlift. Start off with 3-5 set X 6-7 reps @ 8 RM with 2-3 mins rest, when you achieve 5 sets of 7 add [...]

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Easter Kettlebell Strongman/woman Comp

January 19, 2010

The kettlebell strongman/woman competition is a brand new, and very exciting, addition to competitive kettlebell lifting.   We would like to invite everyone from around the world who has a passion for kettlebells to participate in this virtual competition that we’re organising.
Most of you have probably seen Valery Fedorenko’s impressive work with heavy bells, now it’s [...]

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Weighted Vest

January 14, 2010

This article is designed to give you an insight into the many different way you can use weight vests.  Weight vests can be used to increase the challenge of strength, power and body weight exercises.
Weight vests work really well with strength exercises that specifically challenge one body part over another. The overhead squat is a [...]

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Crossfit Equipment in Australia

January 11, 2010

Attention all Crossfit owners.
Australian Kettlebells has a full range of Crossfit equipment in stock. Products include;

Kettlebells (classic and Pro grade)
Resistance Bands
Economy bumper plates
Weight lifting bars
Aqua Bags and Slosh Balls
Weightlifting shoes
Gymnastic rings
Power ropes
Torsonators
Plus more

We have put together a specific section on our website dedicated to Crossfit training and Crossfit equipment. We offer wholesale rates to any [...]

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Positions Explained: Clean vs. Deadlift

December 14, 2009

By Phil Stevens
from www.staleytraining.com
As a power lifter and one who prides himself on a big and ever increasing deadlift I have become a student of the positions one needs to reach to achieve proper and efficient from in the dead lift. I have become as well a firm believe through teaching the correct positions first [...]

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Australia Now Has a Master of Sports…

December 7, 2009

I started writing a blog post about getting the rank of Master of Sports (MS).  Very quickly I could see it was going to turn epic, and worse come across as a lot of self indulgent crap.  So I decided to give you the abridged version, and then get onto the really good stuff, which [...]

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