By JohnWild on
5/16/2009 12:35 PM
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By JohnWild on
5/15/2009 5:03 AM
I got to wear my derby hat!
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By JohnWild on
5/9/2009 6:10 AM
Workshop today, a level 1 KB workshop, $300. It usually takes 7-8 hours and covers the big five swing, clean, press, snatch, and TGU. Sometimes we get around to some other movements and if the class is advanced enough we may even get to do the jerk. I really like teaching the Level 1. I have taught more of these than anything else and there is a real feeling of comfort there for me. Usually we’ll have around 10 people or so. We have had as many as 20 and as few as 4. Obviously the large classes are the ones you shoot for but sometimes the small ones are the most rewarding.
When I was first learning Kettlebell I noticed that sometimes the workshops would be cancelled. I am sure you all have heard horror stories about this. These classes are not cheap and the students will get all ex ...
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By JohnWild on
5/7/2009 7:04 PM
We have an OKC level one workshop coming up this weekend. It should be a good time. One day, 7 hours of Kettlebell,,,what could be better? 
It's nice to see that Nazo was bluffing and that she will continue to blog.
The OKC gym is coming along nicely. Tons of bells, sandbags, and grippers. More to come soon.
Next week we will be pff to Sweden and Finland. We will get to work with Mr. Cotter as well as Marko Suomi! I for one can not wait to meet him.
June looks ...
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By JohnWild on
5/6/2009 5:43 PM
My first day working on the Denis Kanygin gs program has been a brutal one. Most of you know that I am best at the brute strength game. Training for gs has been a very humbling experience. The program I am on is endurance based, it really takes me far outside my comfort zone.
I was planning on writing more but I had the pool table delivered today and had to put the cats in the bathroom. They have locked themselves in (I have no idea how!) and I have to get the out before the wreck the joint.
Stay tuned for details...
jw
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By JohnWild on
5/5/2009 7:03 PM
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By JohnWild on
1/28/2009 12:28 PM
I have never been a great athlete. I was not a starter in high school. I never was the first one picked, even if my best friend was the captain. I never held the trophy above my head. I was a loafer, a quitter, I was soft. There was always some reason not to try my best. I always had a good excuse not to practice or train or play. I don’t know why I was like that.
Kettlebells have been a bit of a break for me. I don’t know if I like them, or if they like me. I do know that I like what they do to me. They changed me. They changed me as a man like a bad accident changes a man or maybe an epic love. They are like my mirror. When I get tired and I want to quit I can only see my hands clinched together over my heart. We are alone and there is nobody to judge, nobody to laugh, nobody to cheer. Just me and the steel. I feel my heart beat and my arm ...
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By JohnWild on
1/27/2009 8:39 PM
Patience and the ability suffer with dignity are two traits that you need to get through the long and short of a ten minute set. I have a little of the second and very little of the first. I am beginning to feel my body changing beneath the load of the bells. Hip flexors are getting longer, my shoulders are getting lower, and my legs are getting stronger. My mind is coming along, slowly. I am getting used to the pain. I have been training my lungs and my will, soon I will be into the long part of the long cycle and we’ll see what’s what.
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By JohnWild on
1/14/2009 8:03 PM
The Asian Anyhow
and the Cotter Press
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