Author: Hector Guiterrez

Hector Gutierrez, Jr. is a Senior StrongFirst Instructor, the owner and founder of Hardstyle (Kettlebell & Jiu-Jitsu) KBJJ and creator of Strong As Hec Programming in Corpus Christi, Texas.

With over sixteen years of practical experience as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt who has transitioned into the fitness profession, Hector has been teaching kettlebell techniques and the principles of strength since 2006. His students include stay-at-home moms, top strength coaches at the collegiate level (Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi), high-level BJJ black belts, and elite UFC athletes.

Hector continues to evolve his approach to training and teaching with his current focus in science-based program design. Hector’s mission is to change how the world views exercise programming. He is available for consultations for personal programming and distance coaching. If interested, email him at: hector@strongashec.com

You can follow Hector on Facebook and Instagram.

TSC Recap and Results: Fall 2017

By Hector Guiterrez November 9, 2017

Ladies and gentlemen, the 2017 Fall TSC results are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in this unique worldwide event. Read on for a full recap and results.

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[NEW ONLINE COURSE] VICTORIOUS: A Complete Guide to Pressing a Heavy Kettlebell

>>> To claim the special launch price before the offer ends on Wednesday, September 29, 11:59 PM Pacific Time, please CLICK LINK IN THE BIO!

This course is for those who don’t settle for basic instruction and average strength.

Dive deep into the subtleties of elite pressing with Master Instructor Fabio Zonin x_fab_69 —and come out stronger. Much stronger.

—The three keys to a perfect press
—How to “arm wrestle” the kettlebell for greater strength and safety
—A subtle “victorious” wrist action will light up your triceps for a powerful lockout
—The guide to perfectly stacking the kettlebell and your joints
—The three cues vital to strong and healthy shoulder mechanics
—The strength magic of the “G.L.A.G.”
—How to find an unlikely pressing ally in your lats
—A power inhalation—how to load your breath for strength
—When to hold your breath and when to power breathe
—An active negative—to keep your shoulders healthy and to build more mass
—A breakthrough two-step sequence for mastering the perfect press
—How to stand strong and press heavy and strict with these three pro tips
—A “double trigger” for a most powerful start
—Why it is impossible to stay perfectly upright when pressing a heavy kettlebell overhead
–The specialized variety drills hand-picked for fastest gains:, Floor press, Z-press, Tall kneeling press, Loaded clean, “Push-pull”, Bottom-up press, Stacked press
–Plus two state of the art Built Strong training plans for massive size and strength

No matter how many years you have spent under heavy iron, we promise that this video will enable you to stand victorious with a heavier kettlebell than ever.

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[NEW ONLINE COURSE] VICTORIOUS: A Complete Guide to Pressing a Heavy Kettlebell

>>> To claim the special launch price before the offer ends on Wednesday, September 29, 11:59 PM Pacific Time, please CLICK LINK IN THE BIO!

This course is for those who don’t settle for basic instruction and average strength.

Dive deep into the subtleties of elite pressing with Master Instructor Fabio Zonin x_fab_69 —and come out stronger. Much stronger.

—The three keys to a perfect press
—How to “arm wrestle” the kettlebell for greater strength and safety
—A subtle “victorious” wrist action will light up your triceps for a powerful lockout
—The guide to perfectly stacking the kettlebell and your joints
—The three cues vital to strong and healthy shoulder mechanics
—The strength magic of the “G.L.A.G.”
—How to find an unlikely pressing ally in your lats
—A power inhalation—how to load your breath for strength
—When to hold your breath and when to power breathe
—An active negative—to keep your shoulders healthy and to build more mass
—A breakthrough two-step sequence for mastering the perfect press
—How to stand strong and press heavy and strict with these three pro tips
—A “double trigger” for a most powerful start
—Why it is impossible to stay perfectly upright when pressing a heavy kettlebell overhead
–The specialized variety drills hand-picked for fastest gains:, Floor press, Z-press, Tall kneeling press, Loaded clean, “Push-pull”, Bottom-up press, Stacked press
–Plus two state of the art Built Strong training plans for massive size and strength

No matter how many years you have spent under heavy iron, we promise that this video will enable you to stand victorious with a heavier kettlebell than ever.

#strongfirst #kettlebell #militarypress #kettlebellpress #fabiozonin #victorious #bestrongfirst

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[TUTORIAL] How to get TIGHT to Get STRONGER!

Problem: Failing to tighten the entire body, especially the unloaded side.

Solution: The Band-Pull Press is a great drill that teaches you how to properly tense your unloaded side.

>>> To see the Band-Pull Press video tutorial (plus a special offer!), please click the link in the bio!

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[TUTORIAL] How to get TIGHT to Get STRONGER!

Problem: Failing to tighten the entire body, especially the unloaded side.

Solution: The Band-Pull Press is a great drill that teaches you how to properly tense your unloaded side.

>>> To see the Band-Pull Press video tutorial (plus a special offer!), please click the link in the bio!

#strongfirst #kettlebell #militarypress #kettlebellpress #bandpullpress #victorious #bestrongfirst @x_fab_69

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[TUTORIAL] Master the Perfect Kettlebell Press Groove

The stacked press does magic for perfecting your technique. It teaches you to crush the handle and arm-wrestle the kettlebell by giving you no other options.

>>> To see the Stacked Press video tutorial, please click the link in the bio!

#strongfirst #kettlebell #militarypress #kettlebellpress #stackedpress #victorious #bestrongfirst @x_fab_69

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[TUTORIAL] Master the Perfect Kettlebell Press Groove

The stacked press does magic for perfecting your technique. It teaches you to crush the handle and arm-wrestle the kettlebell by giving you no other options.

>>> To see the Stacked Press video tutorial, please click the link in the bio!

#strongfirst #kettlebell #militarypress #kettlebellpress #stackedpress #victorious #bestrongfirst @x_fab_69

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[TUTORIAL] Test Your Kettlebell Military Press

The best way to find out if you really own your press or you still have some flaws that must be fixed, is pushing your press to the limit, or close to it.

>>> click the link in the bio!

#strongfirst #kettlebell #militarypress #kettlebellpress #victorious #bestrongfirst

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[TUTORIAL] Test Your Kettlebell Military Press

The best way to find out if you really own your press or you still have some flaws that must be fixed, is pushing your press to the limit, or close to it.

>>> click the link in the bio!

#strongfirst #kettlebell #militarypress #kettlebellpress #victorious #bestrongfirst

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[AUDIO ON!] Listen to Pavel - and then read on.

There are times when simply enduring is not enough. One must carry on at a high level of strength, speed, or power. A football game. An obstacle course in a full kit. Moving grandma’s antique furniture. For decades such endurance had been built with “metcons.” Then a Russian professor reframed the question and changed history:

"What if instead of training the athlete to tolerate ever-increasing concentrations of lactic acid we trained him to produce less of it?"

Anti-glycolytic training (AGT) was born.

Enter Strong Endurance™, the last word in “anti-acid” training.

>>> Click the link in the bio >>> [SPECIAL EVENT] STRONG ENDURANCE™ by Pavel

This Seminar Is a Game Changer for:

–Fighters and team sport athletes who must explode over and over. Because 20x20m sprints biochemically have nothing in common with a 400m run.

–Athletes for whom speed is king. Point fighters. Ping pong players… You cannot afford to learn slowness through HIIT.

–Military, law enforcement, first responders. You must always be ready to save lives and cannot afford conditioning that leaves you sore and smoked.

–Endurance athletes who seek an extra edge.

–Regular folks who choose to “get in shape” the healthy way—without stressing their hormones out of whack and flooding their bodies with free radicals and toxic ammonia spewed out by “metcons.”

What You Will Learn

–The tools of classic Russian anti-glycolytic training—and how to apply them to program design.
The next generation of anti-glycolytic training—developed and tested by StrongFirst.

–For those dialed in biochemistry—the science behind the system.

–State of the art kettlebell training plans (swings, snatches, C&Js) that develop a wide range of qualities—while putting a premium on power. Minimize fatigue and soreness while leaving plenty of energy for other pursuits.

Health can never be divorced from Strength - and vice versa.
Be healthy.
Be strong.
#bestrongfirst

>>> Click the link in the bio >>> [SPECIAL EVENT] STRONG ENDURANCE™ by Pavel

#strongfirst #enduranbce #endurancetraining #strongendurance #pavel #paveltsatsouline

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[AUDIO ON!] Listen to Pavel – and then read on.

There are times when simply enduring is not enough. One must carry on at a high level of strength, speed, or power. A football game. An obstacle course in a full kit. Moving grandma’s antique furniture. For decades such endurance had been built with “metcons.” Then a Russian professor reframed the question and changed history:

"What if instead of training the athlete to tolerate ever-increasing concentrations of lactic acid we trained him to produce less of it?"

Anti-glycolytic training (AGT) was born.

Enter Strong Endurance™, the last word in “anti-acid” training.

>>> Click the link in the bio >>> [SPECIAL EVENT] STRONG ENDURANCE™ by Pavel

This Seminar Is a Game Changer for:

–Fighters and team sport athletes who must explode over and over. Because 20x20m sprints biochemically have nothing in common with a 400m run.

–Athletes for whom speed is king. Point fighters. Ping pong players… You cannot afford to learn slowness through HIIT.

–Military, law enforcement, first responders. You must always be ready to save lives and cannot afford conditioning that leaves you sore and smoked.

–Endurance athletes who seek an extra edge.

–Regular folks who choose to “get in shape” the healthy way—without stressing their hormones out of whack and flooding their bodies with free radicals and toxic ammonia spewed out by “metcons.”

What You Will Learn

–The tools of classic Russian anti-glycolytic training—and how to apply them to program design.
The next generation of anti-glycolytic training—developed and tested by StrongFirst.

–For those dialed in biochemistry—the science behind the system.

–State of the art kettlebell training plans (swings, snatches, C&Js) that develop a wide range of qualities—while putting a premium on power. Minimize fatigue and soreness while leaving plenty of energy for other pursuits.

Health can never be divorced from Strength – and vice versa.
Be healthy.
Be strong.
#bestrongfirst

>>> Click the link in the bio >>> [SPECIAL EVENT] STRONG ENDURANCE™ by Pavel

#strongfirst #enduranbce #endurancetraining #strongendurance #pavel #paveltsatsouline

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[VIDEO] #StrongFirstTip – Nailing Your Set-Up

One of the keys to nailing your set-up for your kettlebell ballistics is to ignore the kettlebell.

That's right…ignore it…until it's time to not ignore it. Instead of reaching for the kettlebell first and then finding your set-up.

Nail your set-up and then reach for the kettlebell. Reaching for the kettlebell first will usually overextend your position.

Instead stand about a foot length from the kettlebell > hinge first > then reach for the kettlebell.
Perfect set-up every time.

–Brett Jones @brettjonessfg , StrongFirst Master Certified Instructor & Director of Education

#strongfirst #kettlebell #deadlift #kettlebelldeadlift #swing #kettlebellswing #clean #kettlebellclean #snatch #kettlebellsnatch #brettjones #bestrongfirst

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Speaks Eric Frohardt, US Navy veteran and former CEO of #StrongFirst:

"It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since 9/11. It’s even harder for me to believe how many friends and teammates I’ve lost in this war. We owe it to those who fought for us to live a life worthy of the price they paid. In the words of John Stuart Mill:

“War is an ugly thing, but..the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse… A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for…is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”

#911 #neverforget

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“If you measure strength by a number (as in a weight you can lift), you’re going to feel weak most of the time. Strength is an attitude.”

Strength: the ability to overcome strain.

You choose the obstacle or it chooses you. Overcome it. That is strength.

Is a person who can overcome cancer not strong because they can’t deadlift 2x bodyweight? Or a single parent grinding out two jobs around the clock to support themselves or their child? Resistance comes in more than just numbers…

We’re lucky to be able to train with weights and measure our progress with something peripheral to the vicissitudes of everyday life. For myself, any challenge I overcome in the weight room is merely a metaphor for the goals/obstacles I wish to reach in the outside world.

For some people, just surviving another day requires great strength.

We admire strength the same way we admire an awe inspiring cathedral or impressionist painting. Because of the daringness, vision and will that went into creating it. By going beyond what was once seen as a limitation.

How do you get strong? Find something that makes you feel weak. Then master it.

It can be as simple as fighting the urge to succumb to a habit that’s killing you or ruining your life, or for a person with an injury, learning to walk again or touch their toes for the first time in years.

Find what you need to do despite how hard it is. Have patience, focus, commitment and discipline. Do it for years. Anything meaningful takes time to build. Do it until that thing that seemed impossible becomes reality. Then life will throw you a new challenge. Repeat.

John Grimek once remarked about the sad state of a person whose strength was only purposeful in the gym. He stated that someone strong at the gym but weak outside of it (in personal relationships, character, morals, spirituality) was weak overall.

Strength is not a number on a gym wall. It’s a lifestyle choice. It’s a personal growth journey that transcends the boundaries of opaque standards.

–Philippe Geoffrion, StrongFirst Forum

Original quote: Mark Reifkind @rifstonian #StrongFirst certified Master Instructor

#strong #bestrong #bestrongfirst

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“If you measure strength by a number (as in a weight you can lift), you’re going to feel weak most of the time. Strength is an attitude.”

Strength: the ability to overcome strain.

You choose the obstacle or it chooses you. Overcome it. That is strength.

Is a person who can overcome cancer not strong because they can’t deadlift 2x bodyweight? Or a single parent grinding out two jobs around the clock to support themselves or their child? Resistance comes in more than just numbers…

We’re lucky to be able to train with weights and measure our progress with something peripheral to the vicissitudes of everyday life. For myself, any challenge I overcome in the weight room is merely a metaphor for the goals/obstacles I wish to reach in the outside world.

For some people, just surviving another day requires great strength.

We admire strength the same way we admire an awe inspiring cathedral or impressionist painting. Because of the daringness, vision and will that went into creating it. By going beyond what was once seen as a limitation.

How do you get strong? Find something that makes you feel weak. Then master it.

It can be as simple as fighting the urge to succumb to a habit that’s killing you or ruining your life, or for a person with an injury, learning to walk again or touch their toes for the first time in years.

Find what you need to do despite how hard it is. Have patience, focus, commitment and discipline. Do it for years. Anything meaningful takes time to build. Do it until that thing that seemed impossible becomes reality. Then life will throw you a new challenge. Repeat.

John Grimek once remarked about the sad state of a person whose strength was only purposeful in the gym. He stated that someone strong at the gym but weak outside of it (in personal relationships, character, morals, spirituality) was weak overall.

Strength is not a number on a gym wall. It’s a lifestyle choice. It’s a personal growth journey that transcends the boundaries of opaque standards.

–Philippe Geoffrion, StrongFirst Forum

Original quote: Mark Reifkind @rifstonian #StrongFirst certified Master Instructor

#strong #bestrong #bestrongfirst

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#strongfirsttip: Which deadlift style is stronger: conventional or sumo?

In the conventional style the lifter keeps his feet narrower than his shoulders and grips the bar outside his legs. Russians call this style “classic.”

The sumo stance is wider and the arms are inside the knees at the start of the pull. Sumo stances range from narrow, with the arms crowded by the legs, to super wide, with the toes risking getting chopped off by the plates.

The sumo versus conventional debate is decades old and pointless. Historic world records have been brought down with both stances. Conventional: Andy Bolton, Lamar Gant, Konstantin Konstantinov… Sumo: Ed Coan, Max Podtinny, John Inzer…

In a nutshell, the sumo’s main advantage is a shorter distance the bar has to travel. The classic stance’s ace of trump is the higher level of arousal it tolerates.

Conventional pullers like Kirk Karwoski work themselves into blind rage, something sumoists like Tom Eiseman cannot afford due to a greater precision demanded by a wider stance.

Every lifter has to find his or her own answer to the question “Which style is better?”

Generally, if you have a short back and you are a psych lifter, the conventional style is your best bet.

A composed lifter with a longer spine is most likely to succeed with sumo.

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The next TSC (Competition Edition) is scheduled for Saturday, October 30, 2021.

Participant registration is open – link in the bio!

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#strongfirst #tacticalstrengthchallenge #deadlift #sumodeadlift #conventionaldeadlift

Photo: @justynamackova & @strongfirstcz

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TSC Recap and Results: Fall 2017

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