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Enter the Kettlebell!

SPECIAL REPORT #2Seven “Simple &

Sinister”Kettlebell Drills

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he following exercises that are very effective and can be learned in minutes. Most of themare not of Russian heritage but American ingenuity at its best. Simply pick two to three of

the following drills per workout and do two to three sets for the recommended number of reps. T

• The one-legged deadlift• The Maxercist row • The squat flip clean • The tactical lunge• The hot potato Russian twist• The figure eight to a hold• The crush curl

THE ONE-LEGGED DEADLIFT—FOR INVINCIBLE HAMSTRINGS AND ANKLES

The one-legged deadlift is a great old-timer exercise that strengthens your hamstrings and anklesand improves your skill at what martial artists call “rooting.” Experience on tactical teams hasshown that a combination of one-legged DLs with either KB swings or snatches virtually eliminateshamstring pulls. The one-legged deadlift also teaches you to recruit the glutes. This is important forboth athletic power and back safety.

For best results do the drill barefoot. Start with the kettlebell slightly outside your working foot;later you might find a more comfortable starting point.

Descend to the kettlebell by hinging at the hips. Senior RKC Brett Jones instructs our “victims”to put the lower part of their ribs of the working side on the thigh that is performing the DL.

Though the hips are first, as always, you don’t have to worry about perfect back alignment asmuch as you do in swings, cleans, and snatches; a slightly rounded upper back is fine. And unlikethe above quick pulls, the one-legged deadlift encourages you to look down at the deck.

Note, though, that your knee must be bent somewhat in the beginning of the pull. Your hips maybe high, but this is not a stiff-legged deadlift.

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The one-legged deadlift.

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Keep your shin as vertical as possible. Pushingyour butt back will help.

Keep your free leg passively flexed behind you.Do not stretch it out like a gymnast doing a scale.You want to lift the kettlebell with your glute andhamstring power, not by virtue of using yourstraight free leg as a counterbalance.

Grab the kettlebell, take a breath, and tightenyour whole body. Grip the deck hard with yourtoes, and keep the muscles around your ankle andon the bottom of your foot tight. Make sure thatthe inside of your foot does not buckle in downtoward the floor. Flex your glute to break the ket-tlebell off the ground.

Stay tight as you are driving up. Keep yourweight evenly distributed on your foot. Pressdown hard—a “static stomp.” Breathe shallow.Go slow. Rushing this exercise will bring you nobenefits whatsoever. Be patient with your strength.

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How to park the kettlebell if you have lost your balance.

Lock out your hip and cramp your glute hard at the lockout.

“Lay your ribs on your thigh” to lower the kettlebell. Hinge atthe hip.

You are very likely to have balance problems in the beginning.Don’t attempt to recover your balance by fidgeting; this could hurtyour knee. If you start losing it, catch yourself by landing your air-borne foot, or drop the kettlebell and go back to square one.

Don’t try to balance bymaking circus moves! Or bygoing fast. Tension and con-trol are the keys to balance.

Enjoy the pain!

Recommended reps: 3–53

Wrong, Comrade!

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THE MAXERCIST ROW—A ROW YOU CAN’T CHEAT ON

Do one-arm rows from the starting position of the one-legged deadlift. Pull in an arc toward your hip rather thanstraight up. Lower in an arc and stretch your lat on thebottom.

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The Maxercist row.

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The one-legged row enforces great technique—should you try tocheat by yanking the kettlebell or twisting your body, you will loseyour balance. Very evil, Comrade Maxwell!

Recommended reps: 3–5

Don’t even think about cheating!

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THE SQUAT FLIP CLEAN—A SMOKERGrip master John Brookfield came up with this leg, abs, and lung smoker. You need healthy

knees and basic squat skills to do it.

Swing the kettlebell between your legs with both hands. Swing up in a tight arc, flip the kettlebelltoward you in front of your face, and catch the ball rather than the handle with both hands.Immediately drop into a below-parallel squat. Don’t go into a full squat; your hips and kneeswould not care for it, since the stance demanded by this exercise is relatively wide.

Stand up, drop the kettlebell, catch the handle with both hands, swing back, and repeat untilsmoked.

The squat flip clean.

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Imagine that you are doing the drill standing a foot in front of a wall; this will force you to keepthe kettlebell close to your body.

To make the drill even harder, drop very quickly once you have flipped the kettlebell and let it fallinto your hands from a couple of feet.

The legs and lungs workout is expected. What will surprise you is how hard your abs will haveto work.

Recommended reps: 10–20

The squat flip clean.

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THE TACTICAL LUNGE—FOR SPRINGY LEG POWER

You will know where your quads and glutes are the day after doing this exercise by Jeff Martone.

Holding a kettlebell in your right hand, the handle parallel to your shoulders, step back withyour right foot until your knee brushes the deck. Don’t place you feet in one line; stay on “railroadtracks.”

Pass the kettlebell under your left knee to your left hand, and spring up by digging your heel.Make sure that you pass the kettlebell under the leg opposite the hand you are passing from.

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The tactical lunge.

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Stay upright and look straight ahead! You defeat the purpose of the exercise if you are all bentover and your knee does not get close to the ground. Better to do five good reps than ten lame ones.

The back knee and foot must point straight ahead the whole time. If your knee tends to bow inand/or your foot rolls, pretend that you are trying to squeeze your knees together.

Once you get into the groove, you may want to switch legs after each rep.

Recommended reps: 10–20

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There is nothing tactical about this!

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The Russian twist.

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THE HOT POTATO RUSSIAN TWIST—TO MAKE YOUR DEAR ABBIES CRY

You may have done the traditional Russian twist with a barbell plate. This is much worse.

Sit on the floor and palm a kettlebell with its handle down. Keep your wrist rigid and press yourelbow against your torso. Tense your glutes and lean back until you are almost falling backward.

Pass the kettlebell from hand to hand like a hot potato. In the beginning, you may keep yourother hand on the bell to spot yourself.

Your hips will naturally turn. Keep your mouth closed and breathe sharply through your noselike a boxer. The drill kicks butt when you are sucking wind after swings or snatches.

Recommended reps: 5–20

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The hot potato Russian twist.

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The figure eight to a hold.

THE FIGURE EIGHT TO A HOLD—FOR DEVASTATING ROTATIONAL POWER

A great drill for rotational power by Anthony Diluglio, RKC. Start with your right arm pressedagainst your ribs, palming the kettlebell handle down in your right hand, while holding the handlewith your left.

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Push your hips back and swing the kettlebell back between your legs diagonally to the right. Allof the swing mechanics apply: the hip crease, the hip thrust, compressed breathing, and so on.

Switch hands behind your back, and swing the kettlebell with your right –don’t forget to drivewith your hips! –in a counterclockwise arc up and around your body.

By now you have pressed your left arm against your ribs, and your left palm is open and waitingfor the kettlebell.

The figure eight to a hold.

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Push the kettlebell away with your left palm, and repeat the drill in the other direction: swing thekettlebell behind you to your left with your right hand; pass to the left hand behind you; and comearound the body clockwise.

It may take you a few tries to get the hang of this drill, but it is worth it.

Recommended reps: 5–20

The figure eight to a hold.

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THE CRUSH CURL—THE MANLY CURLCrush a kettlebell between your palms, and then curl it. Try to extend your elbows completely on

the bottom of each rep. The drill develops the elbow flexors and the pecs’ crushing power. In theRussian military, this drill is used to condition the shooting muscles—for keeping an assault riflesnug and operating it without fatigue. Fortunately for you, they also happen to be the beach mus-cles.

Recommended reps: 3–5

Russian kettlebell power to you!

The crush curl.

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The crush curl.

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Who trains with kettlebells?Hard comrades of all persuasions.Soviet weightlifting legends such as Vlasov, Zhabotinskiy, and Alexeyev

started their Olympic careers with old-fashioned kettlebells. Yuri Vlasov onceinterrupted an interview he was giving to a Western journalist and proceededto press a pair of kettlebells. “A wonderful exercise,” commented the worldchampion. “…It is hard to find an exercise better suited for developingstrength and flexibility simultaneously.”

The Russian Special Forces personnel owe much of their wiry strength,explosive agility, and never-quitting stamina to kettlebells. Soldier, BeStrong!, the official Soviet armed forces strength training manual pronouncedkettlebell drills to be “one of the most effective means of strength develop-ment” representing “a new era in the development of human strength-poten-tial”.

The elite of the US military and law enforcement instantly recognized thepower of the Russian kettlebell, ruggedly simple and deadly effective as anAK-47. You can find Pavel’s certified RKC instructors among Force ReconMarines, Department of Energy nuclear security teams, the FBI’s HostageRescue Team, the Secret Service Counter Assault Team, etc.

Once the Russian kettlebell became a hit among those whose life dependson their strength and conditioning, it took off among hard people from allwalks of life: martial artists, athletes, regular hard comrades.

“I can’t think of a more practical way of special operations train-ing… I was extremely skeptical about kettlebell training and now

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Am I kettlebell material?Kettlebell training is extreme but not elitist. At the 1995 Russian

Championship the youngest contestant was 16, the oldest 53! And we aretalking elite competition here; the range is even wider if you are training foryourself rather than for the gold. Dr. Krayevskiy, the father of the kettlebellsport, took up training at the age of forty-one and twenty years later he wassaid to look fresher and healthier than at forty.

Only 8.8% of top Russian gireviks, members of the Russian National Teamand regional teams, reported injuries in training or competition (Voropayev,1997). A remarkably low number, especially if you consider that these areelite athletes who push their bodies over the edge. Many hard men with highmileage have overcome debilitating injuries with kettlebell training (get yourdoctor’s approval). Acrobat Valentin Dikul fell and broke his back at seven-teen. Today, in his mid-sixties, he juggles 180-pound balls and breaks power-lifting records!

“… kettlebells are a unique conditioning tool and a powerful one aswell that you should add to your arsenal of strength... my experience

with them has been part of what’s led me to a modification in mythoughts on strength and bodyweight exercises… I’m having a blast

training with them and I think you will as well.”

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How do I learn to use the kettlebell? From Pavel’s books and videos: The Russian Kettlebell Challenge or From

Russia with Tough Love for comrades ladies. From an RKC certified instruc-tor; find one in your area on RussianKettlebell.com. Kettlebell technique canbe learned in one or two sessions and you can start intense training during thesecond or even first week (Dvorkin, 2001).

“…I felt rejuvenated and ready to conquer the world. I was sold onthe kettlebells, as the exercises were fun and challenging, and

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What is the right kettlebell size for me? Kettlebells come in ‘poods'. A pood is an old Russian measure of weight,

which equals 16kg, or roughly 35 lbs. An average man should start with a 35-pounder. It does not sound like a lot but believe it; it feels a lot heavier thanit should! Most men will eventually progress to a 53-pounder, the standardissue size in the Russian military. Although available in most units, 70-pounders are used only by a few advanced guys and in elite competitions. 88-pounders are for mutants.

An average woman should start with an 18-pounder. A strong woman cango for a 26-pounder. Some women will advance to a 35-pounder. A few hardwomen will go beyond.

“Kettlebells are like weightlifting times ten.”

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Telephone Orders For faster service you may place your orders bycalling Toll Free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.When you call, please have your credit card ready.

ITEM # QTY. ITEM DESCRIPTION ITEM PRICE A OR B TOTAL

Complete and mail with full payment to: Dragon Door Publications, P.O. Box 1097, West Chester, OH 45071

Sold To: A

Name__________________________________

Street __________________________________

City ___________________________________

State ______________________ Zip ________

Day phone*_____________________________* Important for clarifying questions on orders

SHIP TO: (Street address for delivery) B

Name___________________________________

Street __________________________________

City ____________________________________

State ______________________ Zip ________

Email ___________________________________

HANDLING AND SHIPPING CHARGES • NO COD’STotal Amount of Order Add:$00.00 to $24.99 add $5.00$25.00 to $39.99 add $6.00$40.00 to $59.99 add $7.00$60.00 to $99.99 add $10.00

Canada & Mexico add $8.00. All other countries triple U.S. charges.See Kettlebell section for Kettlebell Shipping and handling charges.

Total of Goods

Shipping Charges

Rush Charges

Kettlebell Shipping Charges

OH residents add 6.5% sales tax

MN residents add 6.5% sales tax

TOTAL ENCLOSED

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NOTE: We ship best method available for your delivery address. Foreign orders are sent by air. Credit card orInternational M.O. only. For RUSH processing of your order, add an additional $10.00 per address. Available onmoney order & charge card orders only.Errors and omissions excepted. Prices subject to change without notice.

$100.00 to $129.99 add $12.00$130.00 to $169.99 add $14.00$170.00 to $199.99 add $16.00$200.00 to $299.99 add $18.00$300.00 and up add $20.00

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