We recently released a podcast episode, titled “How to Select the Right Weights and Exercises for You.”     During that podcast, Chris and I talked about a tool called Reps in Reserve. It’s a guide for dialing in your weight selection based on how many reps you could have done with the weight that you...Read More

Over the last three months we’ve covered How to Kettlebell Swing,  How to Single Arm Kettlebell Swing and Clean + Double Kettlebell Clean, and How to do the Get-Up.  Make sure to check those out if you missed them!   For our fourth and final kettlebell how-to (for now, anyways), we’re covering the kettlebell snatch....Read More

Over the last two months we’ve covered How to Kettlebell Swing and How to Single Arm Kettlebell Swing and Clean + Double Kettlebell Clean.  Make sure to check those out if you missed them!   In this month’s technique blog we’re taking a break from kettlebell ballistics and going over the get-up—a rather complex exercise...Read More

Last month we covered how to kettlebell swing—starting from the plank, glute bridge, and deadlift, all the way to the swing.  If you haven’t gotten those movements down yet, go back through the link above and practice before continuing to the single arm swing, clean, and double clean.   Now that you’re a swinger… 😉...Read More

Everyone wants to do the kettlebell swing.  But it’s not an exercise one should just watch and go try. So where DO you start? Ah!  You’re in the right place…   We’re going to start by looking at what we call the trifecta—the kettlebell deadlift, the hard-style plank, and the glute bridge. And in this...Read More

Do you struggle to do a push-up from the floor? You get set at the top, mentally prepare yourself to do the movement, go down to the bottom position, then…nothing. You can’t get back up. Defeated by the push-up again. If you’ve felt this way, you’re not alone. In fact, performing a push-up from the...Read More

For many of us, especially those of us who have been at home more and had less access to equipment, the push-up has been a great training option. All you need is your body. And since most of us have our bodies with us most of the time, that makes push-ups a convenient exercise. We...Read More

When you walk into most gyms around the world, you’ll see numerous core exercises being performed. Typically, you’ll see people doing sit ups and crunches (and maybe some planks). This isn’t surprising. You learned that the key to washboard abs is doing sit ups and crunches; that those exercises were the best ones to get...Read More

Do squats frustrate you? You work and work and work on your form, yet they still feel off. Something just doesn’t click. If so, it is likely not your fault, because you’ve been misled. You were lied to. Someone told you false information about squatting, which led you to performing a common squat mistake—a myth,...Read More

You want to get a great workout in, to feel stronger, to move towards your goals. But you don’t have any equipment. What do you do? Can you even get stronger without any equipment? Sure, some gyms are open again after being closed down, like Beyond Strength Performance is now, but maybe you’re not comfortable...Read More