Kettlebell Queen

I was watching College volleyball this afternoon and guess who was on T.V. a nice young lady, which I had the privilege of teaching kettlebells to this past off-season.

Here is what she had to say

"Upon recommendation and an online evaluation I made the commitment to fly from Iowa to California to benefit from Gary's personal training. I play volleyball at Iowa State and wanted to get my vertical up and get more power when I jump. He managed to help me gain a half inch for my vert and helped my flexibility in just one week. He explained "why" I need to stretch and do all the exercises instead of just telling me to do them. Also he showed me the RIGHT way to do them. He was a great trainer and gave really good feedback. He is very skilled in this profession. The Kettlebells are a great way to get explosion when jumping. Gary also has a very good eye for "tweeking" the exercises. Overall he was a phenomenal instructor and I am going to recommend this for any athlete who wants to go above and beyond".
Kelsey Petersen - Ames, IA USA

I personally like the Iowa Hawkeyes, but for women's volleyball "Go Cyclones!"

Best of Luck this Year Kelsey!

PB Long Beach

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend the Perform Better Summit in Long Beach California.

This is probably my 5th summit to attend and let me tell you, each time it gets better and better. The video above is from Alwyn Cosgrove's hands on session about Semi Private training. The content was great but being the kettlebell enthusiast that I am, I just have to give my opinion and this is just my opinion.

The video above shows fitness professional using kettlebells some have good form and some have terrible form, but here is where the problem is with me, some of these fitness professionals have very little KB training but after this weekends seminars they will be all pumped up and will start including KB's with the training of their clients, when they themselves hardly know what they are doing.

I don't teach Olympic lifts, why? Because I have not had formal training in O-Lifting the same for KB's get some training invest in yourself and learn, of course I recommend the "RKC" it was the original and still the best, but I will admit that there are other great coaches out there who do have KB certifications. But please take this serious if your a trainer get trained in KB's if your a client make sure your trainer has been properly trained and is certified in KB lifting. Rant Over!