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Hey All, Just wondering your thoughts about replacing the DL’s in PTTP with Zercher Squats? Goals are GPP with the plan to compete in the spring and fall TSC’s as a way to monitor progress. I have decided to follow Brett Jones article “To Every Season: A simple way to Structure A Year of...

Hello. I'm reading the forum for a while and like to salute all of you strong people! I started S+S in March 2020 with a 20kg and 26kg bell. Made progress pretty soon and love it all the way. I'm not about going any heavier. I'm like 70kg/ 154 lbs and I feel complete satisfied and pretty...

Hello Strongfirst. For some background, I am a 19 year martial artist with 15 years of training in kyokushin karate and now a beginner in BJJ. In high school, I got into lifting through stronglifts 5x5 and became obsessed with fitness and lifting heavy. In a year I hit a 290lbs squat for 5 sets...

Geoff Neupert has often written about the amazing benefits of spending significant time with the LCCJ, but few do. I have spent little time with it, but would like to commit more to it in the future. For those of you who have spent significant time with single or double LCCJs what has been...

So, i decided to make my own set of 2 adjustable kettlebells because availability since spring 2020 has been awful. I will let the images to speak for themself as it is much easier to explain with images than with text. Starting point, 1 meter of 210mm steel. Handle part first phase...

I know that the ideal is to train power first then train strength, but that assumption is largely based on contiguous training. My question is, if one trains strength around 10-12 in the morning how much later could one train power for it to be fully or almost fully effective?

Good day, Strongfirst men and women! I am requesting technique review. In the link below, there are three videos of me doing some exercises. If you are willing, I would appreciate review and feedback. For context: I'm 5'8", 145 lbs The deadlift was conducted at 295 lbs after a few sets of...

Apologies if this topic has already been covered, the search function did not seem to throw anything up... Curious as to peoples thoughts on a daily barbell practice, similar at least in theory to a daily S&S practice. What has always attracted me (and I'm sure many others) to S&S is its...

Hey all, Last week StrongFirst published my most recent article that details my experience on a press program I built around using only one medium sized kettlebell. I did the program due to work, time, and gear constraints. I hope you enjoy it! Get Stronger with One Kettlebell | StrongFirst

Hey! I'm M/17, and fairly new to kb's. I have read S&S a couple of times but don't have any bells yet. I have been attempting to build a home gym to do barbelling with, but I've come to realize that it would cost a little too much money for me and I'm not going to live in the house for more than...

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Hello SF, I have been practicing my prying goblet squats, swings and naked get ups everyday for about a week now. I had a friend of mine who was an RKC check my form and he said all good! I have been reading and re-reading Simple and Sinister 2.0 plus reading the articles here on...

Greetings: In my internet ramblings, I'm finding conflicting graphics listing which muscles fire during swings. Of course, they all have glutes, etc., but some include certain muscles, while others do not. Can anyone point me to a source they trust on this matter? Ideally based on research? ...

Assuming the hip hinge is explosive enough to raise the bell high enough, is one supposed to limit the height of their swing by a lat pull-down/decelerating action? Or is the "float" achieved by upward deltoid engagement? Background: I'm a skinny 5'7.5" and 130 lbs. I went to an SFG because I...

I've been doing kettlebells and bodyweight training for over a year now, and a few months ago I finally started keeping a log, and now I'm moving it to this forum. All of the log prior to this week is on the attached PDF. For reference, I am 16 years old and train Jiu-Jitsu roughly twice per...

Introduction Age 28 Gender Male Program Simple and Sinister Revised and Updated Background I originally came across Pavel from a high school friend back in 2010. Never really thought much of it until last September, I came across Pavel as a guest on the Joe Rogan experience! I...

Hi guys, I have been working with a 15 year old elite swimmer. I see him once a week for 45 mins. I have worked with him for 12 months so far and we have made good progress in his kettlebell training and his swimming times. We have mostly been using kettlebells, working on good technique for...

Hello, Looking for some assistance structuring a program. I’m a LEO/SWAT operator with variable work schedule. I train BJJ 2-3 times per week. Looking to add strength training to my schedule. Issues I have is that some weeks I have access to a gym several times per week and other weeks I’m...

Hello, Newly certified instructor and relatively new to kettlebell training and StrongFirst. I wish I would have found this site in 2003 when I started training, but alas, I am here now! Background: At 12 years old I would ride the bus to Walmart after school each day where I wait for my mom...

Has anyone done an A and B routine that has bent press on one day and OAM push ups on the other?