Kettlebells

You can learn a lot about the kettlebell clean with a whiteboard eraser tucked in your armpit.

To demonstrate the correct position of the upper arm throughout a kettlebell clean, expert Jeff Martone of Tactical Athlete squeezes an eraser between his humerus and torso while performing the movement. The key is to keep your arm tight to your body as you pop your hips to drive the kettlebell upward. The elbow drops, the… Continue Reading

Nicolas Rithner offers a twist on the traditional kettlebell swing with the goal of increasing explosiveness and torque in athletes playing contact sports.

Kettlebell lifting is a great way to develop strength endurance, but it also has the advantage of allowing multi-planar loading. At Glendale Rugby, we use kettlebells for conditioning in addition to barbell training.

We use the rotational swing often because it’s a challenging, non-stop movement that targets the whole… Continue Reading

In his own special dialect, CrossFit kettlebell expert Jeff Martone takes athletes at a Kettlebell Cert through a top-down progression as they learn the kettlebell thruster. Working through the press, and front squat/push press, Martone explains core-to-extremity movement is critical to success.

The key to the kettlebell thruster is keeping your elbows tight against your body, allowing the momentum created by explosive hip extension to be transferred… Continue Reading

Not everyone can use the Turkish Get Up to press another human overhead. But everyone can learn the proper technique for doing a Turkish Get Up with a kettlebell.

Recently GSX Athletics hosted kettlebell expert Jeff Martone for a two day seminar. The crew from CrossFit Again Faster was there to catch some of the action. Jeff takes us through the kettlebell Turkish Get Up step by step and corrects the common errors… Continue Reading

Properly implemented, the kettlebell can be a tremendous rehab tool. But don’t rely on YouTube videos. You need a good coach, advises kettlebell expert Jeff Martone in a video from Again Faster.

Jeff should know. He looks into the camera and tells his own injury story: lots of shoulder dislocations, messing up his back, and blowing out his ACL. His problems began in 1985, during his last year in high school. By… Continue Reading

Recently GSX Athletics hosted Jeff Martone Kettlebell specialist for a two day seminar. The crew from Again Faster was there to catch some of the action.

In this video, Jeff explains the proper Kettlebell swing, along with some good progressions for developing it. He shows multiple tips and tricks for getting clients to move properly.

He says, “When in doubt, go hands on, but do it appropriately.” For example… Continue Reading

This is the 38th episode of CrossFit Radio, which aired at 6pm PST on February 25th, 2009.

0:00 Intro
2:00 Jeff Martone
55:45 The cure for fish oil burps
59:15 No news in the news

Jeff talked about how he got into kettlebells and how working with them cured chronic shoulder problems. He was a defensive tactics instructor for a federal agency and saw great improvements introducing KBs to that… Continue Reading

CrossFit Live was Dave Young’s version of CrossFit Radio from 2005 and 2006. This is the sixth episode from September 11th, 2005 with Tom Corrigan. Tom is a firefighter and kettlebell coach.

Tom talks about using kettlebells to train for firefighting and the RKC before taking questions from Dave and a variety of callers.

Dave produced sixteen CrossFit Live shows, and they will be rolled out gradually over the next few… Continue Reading