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Just starting your kettlebell journey? Check out the SttB Guide to Kettlebell Training.

"Sonnon is without doubt one of the top conditioning coaches in the US, the thinking man's coach. He is the hologram man. Try and hit him and he disappears."
- Pavel Tsatsouline

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Double Bottom-Up Pressing

by Scott Bird | May 22, 2009

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Tips for Kettlebell Pressing Power

by Scott Bird | May 19, 2009

Jeff Steinberg.

Jerk Technique Demo

by Scott Bird | May 16, 2009

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Muscle-up + 53lbs

by Scott Bird | May 11, 2009

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Kettlebell Juggling : Sean Purchase

by Scott Bird | April 30, 2009

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60kg Bottom-Up Press

by Scott Bird | March 21, 2009

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4 kettlebell Deficit Deadlift

by Scott Bird | March 18, 2009

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• Girevoy Sport After 40 | 18 Mar 2009
• Kets for Legs | 14 Mar 2009
• Kettlebells on Kettlebells | 3 Mar 2009
• 75kg Man vs 80kg Kettlebell | 17 Feb 2009
• Taikei Matsushita | 14 Feb 2009
• Kettlebell Training for Muscle and Cardio Development | 12 Feb 2009
• Painted Kettlebells | 7 Feb 2009
• Advanced Kettlebell Workouts for Martial Artists | 5 Feb 2009
• Quadruple Kettlebell Jerks | 24 Jan 2009
• Kettlebells and Swimming | 17 Jan 2009
• Beach Kettlebell Juggling | 14 Jan 2009
• Breathing in Pressing Ladders | 10 Jan 2009
• Snatching the Beast with Woollen Gloves | 22 Dec 2008
• Snatch Press Combo | 20 Dec 2008
• How to use your lats in military pressing | 18 Dec 2008
• 60kg Kettlebell Cleans | 11 Dec 2008
• Colourful New Toys | 25 Nov 2008
• 40kg Bottom-up Get-up | 3 Nov 2008
• Beast Challenge | 28 Oct 2008
• Kettlebell Combinations | 23 Oct 2008
• Full Circle with the Get Up | 23 Oct 2008
• Kettlebell Swimming | 22 Oct 2008
• Chalked and Ready | 20 Oct 2008
• Repping With an 80kg Kettlebell | 14 Oct 2008
• Advanced Kettlebell and Chain Training II | 13 Oct 2008
• 108kg KB Clean and Heave | 12 Oct 2008
• 48kg Kettlebell Bent Press | 7 Oct 2008
• 10 Cleans with a 60kg Kettlebell | 27 Sep 2008
• Latvian Kettlebell Juggling | 21 Sep 2008
• Swings and Hinging | 17 Sep 2008
• TGU Using 2x53lb Bells in One Hand | 15 Sep 2008
• Speed Switch for Kettlebell Snatches | 13 Sep 2008
• Kettlebell Workout at 14258 ft | 13 Sep 2008
• Ironbell Athletics | 10 Sep 2008
• 44 kg Turkish Get-up | 10 Sep 2008
• 40kg Bottom-up Press...Nearly | 2 Sep 2008
• Pay Here | 2 Sep 2008
• Basic Kettlebell Exercises | 12 Aug 2008
• Bottom-up Kettlebell Press | 11 Aug 2008
• Bottoms Up Clean with 40kg Kettlebell | 9 Aug 2008
• Steve Reeves with Kettlebells | 6 Aug 2008
• Lift Kettlebells | 24 Jul 2008
• Kettlebells in the Pool | 21 Jul 2008
• From Running to Kettlebell Swings | 9 Jul 2008
• The Benefits of a Light Kettlebell (Lander Sports Kettlebell review) | 6 Jul 2008
• Anchor | 5 Jul 2008
• 2nd Effort Drills : The Hard Style Clean and Jerk | 5 Jul 2008
• What's Your Snatch VO2 Max? | 23 Jun 2008
• 6 Week Strength Course | 11 Jun 2008
• Learn Kettlebell Juggling | 11 Jun 2008
• Bottom-up Press With 40kg KB...almost | 5 Jun 2008
• Windmills with The Beast | 29 May 2008
• Phonebook Tear with Kettlebell Teeth Lift | 27 May 2008
• Hard-Living Comrade | 22 May 2008
• Rings, Ropes and Kettlebells | 20 May 2008
• Freestyle Kettlebell Juggling | 18 May 2008
• Andrew Durniat | 15 May 2008
• Caestus | 15 May 2008
• One Hand Slap | 15 May 2008
• Val's Hot Pink Spotted Kettlebell | 13 May 2008
• CrossFit NorthEastEngland | 12 May 2008
• Hold It There | 8 May 2008
• 32kg Bottoms-up TGU... Almost | 7 May 2008
• How Do You Press A 60kg Kettlebell? | 7 May 2008
• Kettlebell Strength and Conditioning | 30 Apr 2008
• Nice (kettlebell) Rack | 26 Apr 2008
• Cara and the 70 | 22 Apr 2008
• The Next Generation of Gireviks | 21 Apr 2008
• Hungarian Core Blaster | 17 Apr 2008
• 70lb Kettlebell TGU | 16 Apr 2008
• Loadable Kettlebell | 16 Apr 2008
• 2008 World Kettlebell Championships | 16 Apr 2008
• 57kg Pistol Squat | 14 Apr 2008
• Steve Maxwell's Cruel & Unusual 2 | 7 Apr 2008
• Eva performing the 'Nate' WOD | 2 Apr 2008
• Pressing the kettlebell handle into the palm | 29 Mar 2008
• Towel Swing Variations | 27 Mar 2008
• Sean Schniederjan | 24 Mar 2008
• Making heavier kettlebells | 23 Mar 2008
• A Hungarian Courage Corner | 20 Mar 2008
• Getting a Handle on Weight Training | 19 Mar 2008
• What does a 200lb kettlebell jerk look like? | 26 Feb 2008
• Kettlebell Two Hands Anyhow | 17 Feb 2008
• Getting a dose of grip and thumb work with kettlebells | 7 Feb 2008
• Strengthening your kettlebell press | 31 Jan 2008
• How to paint a kettlebell | 9 Jan 2008
• What's it like to snatch a kettlebell 1,000 times? | 8 Jan 2008
• Rational Fitness Practice | 27 Dec 2007
• BJ's Fitness Blog | 27 Dec 2007
• How do you get a Master of Sport World Class Rank? | 14 Dec 2007
• Weighted pull-ups anyone? | 29 Nov 2007
• Kettlebell Chair Press | 25 Nov 2007
• A Little Kettlebell Juggling | 24 Nov 2007
• Video from the World Kettlebell Lifting Championships | 20 Nov 2007
• 300 Reps is just a warmup | 14 Nov 2007
• Kettlebell exercise demonstration videos | 5 Nov 2007
• New to kettlebell training? | 25 Oct 2007
• Surrounding the Dragon | 20 Oct 2007
• Sonnon : Getting Started with Proper Kettlebell Lifting | 17 Oct 2007
• How old do you have to be to begin kettlebell training? | 10 Oct 2007
• Steve Cotter Seminar, Barcelona | 9 Oct 2007
• Training for general fitness | 26 Sep 2007
• Beast bent press | 25 Sep 2007
• The Best Kettlebell Exercise for Fighters | 22 Sep 2007
• Brett Jones in Denmark | 20 Sep 2007
• Some great kettlebell exercises | 18 Sep 2007
• The Five Pillars Of Kettlebell Training | 13 Sep 2007
• How to chalk a kettlebell | 29 Aug 2007
• World Kettlebell Lifting Championships | 25 Aug 2007
• Kettlebell vs Dumbbell in Russia | 16 Aug 2007
• Kettlebell training in the pool | 15 Aug 2007
• Motivated by excellence : snatching the Bulldog | 9 Aug 2007
• Fast is good : the soft side of Hardstyle | 8 Aug 2007
• Todd Pigram | 8 Aug 2007
• Keep your hips high | 7 Aug 2007
• Tracy Reifkind Sock Sleeve | 1 Aug 2007
• AOS Essentials test | 1 Aug 2007
• The Swing of Things | 31 Jul 2007
• Levers and kettlebells | 23 Jul 2007
• Training to transform | 18 Jul 2007
• Tag team Snatch training | 17 Jul 2007
• Kettlebell painting | 14 Jul 2007
• Tim Anderson's Fitness | 14 Jul 2007
• A performance-based comparison | 10 Jul 2007
• Texas Tom Healy | 28 Jun 2007
• Andrew Durniat | 18 Jun 2007
• Marathon kettlebell swinging | 17 Jun 2007
• Fixing What Ain’t Broken | 14 Jun 2007
• 2 new training blogs | 10 Jun 2007
• Taikei | 7 Jun 2007
• Suzanna flipping the 88 | 4 Jun 2007
• Hard-Style Summer '07 | 31 May 2007
• The Great Pudge Off | 30 May 2007
• Britt Lift | 29 May 2007
• Setting up the 2 kettlebell swing | 28 May 2007
• Pain. What pain? | 25 May 2007
• KB Pro Series Long Cycle Press | 23 May 2007
• Overhead walking with the 88s | 17 May 2007
• Kettlebell Training for Beach Volleyball | 17 May 2007
• Enjoy the Pain! | 15 May 2007
• A variation on the kettlebell swing | 9 May 2007
• Good Friday at Tynemouth Beach | 8 May 2007
• My workout has balls | 6 May 2007
• Countdown to Ecstacy | 6 May 2007
• Andrey Kuzmin | 3 May 2007
• Catherine Imes | 3 May 2007
• Debut of the Stonebell | 1 May 2007
• Keyboard Vagaries | 30 Apr 2007
• Optimal Life Fitness : Extreme Training Day | 27 Apr 2007
• Street Combat Conditioning | 27 Apr 2007
• Styles Develops | 10 Apr 2007
• Kettlebells for height | 6 Apr 2007
• Find your Inner Grrr | 26 Mar 2007
• Linnavuori Courage Corner | 19 Mar 2007
• Kettlebell getup situp | 14 Mar 2007
• Kettlebell Rob | 9 Mar 2007
• Kettlebells for the triathlete | 28 Feb 2007
• When to grip your kettlebell | 28 Feb 2007
• Side press vs Bent press | 27 Feb 2007
• Kettlebell painting contest | 27 Feb 2007
• Interview with Valery Fedorenko | 23 Feb 2007
• Training for the SSST | 22 Feb 2007
• Berserker Kettlebell | 15 Feb 2007
• Uberjava | 14 Feb 2007
• Increasing hip snap | 13 Feb 2007
• Valery Fedorenko kettlebell videos | 11 Feb 2007
• Loaded conditioning | 28 Jan 2007
• Sunday blog goodness | 28 Jan 2007
• TGIF : weekly round-up (WE Fri Jan 26) | 26 Jan 2007
• Chasing Strength | 10 Dec 2006
• SSST video | 23 Nov 2006
• Chip Morton interview | 8 Oct 2006
• Suspended kettlebell chin-up | 6 Oct 2006
• Alternating kettlebell cleans | 27 Sep 2006
• Kettlebell Figure 8 with hold | 29 Aug 2006
• Kettlebell Overhead Squat | 16 Aug 2006
• Kettlebell Iron Cross | 2 Aug 2006
• Kettlebell bench with bands | 22 Jul 2006
• TGU (Turkish Get-up) | 22 Jul 2006
• ShotKettlebell put | 16 Jul 2006
• Modified kettlebell Two Hands Anyhow | 5 Jul 2006
• TasGirevik | 30 Jun 2006
• Up and Over | 25 Jun 2006
• Kettlebell golf swing | 19 Jun 2006
• Kettlebell shoulder press | 17 Jun 2006
• The making of a kettlebell | 17 Jun 2006
• Round and round she goes | 15 Jun 2006
• Kettlebell swinging | 13 Jun 2006
• Compound kettlebell stiff-legged deadlift | 12 Jun 2006
• Grip and KB training videos | 11 Jun 2006
• Upright kettlebell rows (rope) | 10 Jun 2006
• Kettlebell Floor Press | 9 Jun 2006
• Kettlebell rowing | 6 Jun 2006
• 16kg of fun | 2 Jun 2006

"Sonnon is without doubt one of the top conditioning coaches in the US, the thinking man's coach. He is the hologram man. Try and hit him and he disappears."
- Pavel Tsatsouline

Are you ready for Tacfit?

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