On a recent trip to the historical Wicklow Gaol i came upon a couple of pieces of equipment that was used to torture the prisoners. Apart from a restricted diet they were made to do exercise as punishment. Punishment for stealing a loaf of bread or being a United Irishman or Woman.

Myself and Fiona trained together today in the back garden. We spent the same time training, but did two different sessions. We both warmed up using D.R.O.M, body weight squats and some light kettlebell work. 5 x 10, 2 handed swings me with a 24kg, Fiona with a 16kg

The purpose of this book was for my clients and students of hardstyle kettlebell training to have a simplified manual at home so that they could continue with their own training in a safer and more effective way.

This week i am working on low rep, high intensity quick lifts. Today was a snatch day, it went like this:

Warmed up using D.R.O.M.

Recently some of our female kettlebell clients have noticed that they are getting some callous formation on their hands from kettlebell training. Now while i would personally look at them as a badge of honour :) this does not suit some people.

Warmed up using D.R.O.M. and body weight exercises.

This week i heard comments from some of my new kettlebellers. One was complimented on how well her arms looked and another girl who started kettlebell training with us commented on the posture of two girls in her office, they also train with kettlebellsireland.

I had the priviledge to assist Pavel Tsatsouline, Kenneth Jay, Geoff Neupert and Dennis Frisch at the recent RKC Denmark. It had been two years since my last course and time to re-certify, so i attended as an assistant.

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