I love kettlebells.
However, I also know that they are just another tool which should be part of one big toolbox!
I wanted to get the lowdown on why kettlebells are so effective, who uses them and how to get started with kettlebell sport.
Enter Tommy Matthews of Optimal Life Fitness who set me on my personal kettlebell [...]

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My mentality on this quest to find the World’s Toughest Workouts is to keep an open mind.
For too long I have fallen into the trap of believing I had to find one best way of ‘doing fitness’.
I’ve done running.
I’ve done running and weights.
I’ve done Cross Fit WOD’S.
Each time I found reasons why that training was [...]

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Each Sunday from now I will be posting a killer 30 minute session to get done on a Sunday morning.
These will always be typical of what you find in Intense Conditioning

800m incline run on treadmill (Incline 3.0-5.0)
Complete as fast as possible
Straight to bar for max reps pull ups
Back on treadmill when no more pull ups [...]

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I’m working on improving various gymnastic style exercises (please note those are not my abs above, but they are very nice)
Sometimes practice isn’t as good as it should be…..

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Everyone at some poiint has complained about going up a hill.
The reason for this is that they are tough. Used correctly and they will leave you walking like John Wayne for a few days.
This is why I love them. They hurt, they bring fast results and they don’t need much time to finish you off.
But [...]

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