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  1. Kettlebell First kettlebell injury (update)

    Greetings everyone, Awhile ago I posted about my first kettlebell injury from doing one arm swings doing “Simple & Sinister” with a 16 kg kettlebell. I took a month long break after feeling the sensation of pulling a muscle in the lower left of my back. I have done Pavel’s RKC program minimum...
  2. Not_JonB

    Other/Mixed S&S and one day Deadlifts post two back surgery

    Squad, I hope all is well! Little background, I'm 6'4, 240 lbs, 32 years of experience in life. I've had two back surgeries in the last 18 months. First back surgery was in April 2021, Right side L4/L5/S1 discectomy. My 2nd back surgery was in Jan 2022, Left side L4/L5/S1 discectomy. I feel...
  3. Kettlebell First Kettlebell Injury

    Greetings. First time poster. Have followed Pavel's kettlebell and deadlift programs ever since coming across one of his old RKC dvds 12 years ago and have replaced all of my kettlebells with Strongfirst brand. He's basically changed my life. But purchased the audiobook and kindle versions...
  4. Barbell Form check please - Return to sumo DL

    Hey Folks! Form Check: Post Disk herniation/bulge returning back into DLs running easy strength. You can find my log and details here
  5. Kettlebell Spondylolisthesis and Kettlebell Swings

    Hello everyone, I have a client with Spondylolisthesis who is interested in learning swings. I think it would be great for her if done in a safe and progressive manner. My goal is lots of kb deadlifts, isometrics, presses, split lunges, Big Three, maybe even some seated presses to build around...
  6. Kettlebell Defending the Swing

    Greetings. I'm enjoying a book, Pillars of Wellness, by Dr. Matt Chalmers, which has some great advice regarding health, nutrition, and fitness except for one thing: attributing to the kettlebell swing a high risk of disc degeneration. I will paste his quote below, and I invite everyone's help...
  7. sierrayankee

    Kettlebell Possible muscle pull from swings?

    Hello all, I was doing my daily S&S training this evening, and on the explosive/upward movement of right-handed KB swing, I felt a sudden muscle-pull-type pain halfway up my right lat on my 3rd set. It is very mild (2/10 on pain scale), but I discontinued my training due to the fact I have lost...
  8. Other/Mixed Pain at the left quadratus lumborum every time I do FLs.

    Hi, (18 M) here. Been doing front lever for almost 2 years. I can hold a solid 15-20 seconds with straight arms and clean form. One day I was doing some front lever raises with negatives (I saved that exercise for the end of my training session) and on the last set and rep while I was doing...
  9. Kettlebell Back injury, Mcgill method and Pttp

    Hi everyone, This is my first post on the forum. I am 28 years old. I hurt my back about 3 weeks ago. Before that i had been following pttp since 4-5 weeks with deadlifts and floor presses. After going through the stuart mcgill's back mechanic and listening to various podcasts he has been on, i...
  10. azsixshooter

    Kettlebell Returning to S&S after low back muscle strain

    I had been doing S&S for about 5 months when I hurt my back about 5 weeks ago. I strained it on a sunday and normally did S&S 6 days a week starting on Sunday. I took s, m, tu and wed off, then on th I tried going through the warmups with my 16kg kb and back started hurting after 2 sets. I...
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