technique

This is not what you think. Snatches did not give me elbow issues. Quite the contrary. I am a wood carver, specifically something called chip carving. I find I have to really put down the pressure on larger, deeper cuts into the wood. You can get away with this for a while but I sometimes lose...

Today I was messing around with my deadlift stance during warm-up. I put my feet a bit narrower than usual. This made things feel a bit more difficult than my usual stance. I considered using this new stance for my work sets since I am at the beginning of a mesocycle, but I resolved to put my...

Hello, nice to meet you all. Just signed up for this forum to ask a question. I have been training with kettlebells since my high school wrestling days, around 9 years ago. I have found that these are great for athletic performance, works wonderfully combined with calisthenics. Here’s my...

Hi All, I've fairly recently bought some kettle bells and have a number of exercises that I do with them. These are mainly ones I have found on YouTube or a DVD that I picked up. I do a 15 minute (ish) warm up before starting. When I was a kid I sustained some lower back damage (fell off a...

Hello all, In this video, I noticed that when he does the swing his knees are moving a lot. They are moving forward as if it were a squat, then back and straight (locking). Isn’t the kettlebell swing a hip hinge where the knees do not move? When I do them, I hinge at my hips and my knees are...

Hi folks, I'm new to the StrongFirst community and recently started the online Kettlebell fundamentals. I'm working on the hinge to squat for the goblet squat. I recently finished reading Easy Strength and incorporated it into my 40-day workout. Just looking for some feedback on what I can...

Hello everyone! I had a question about the proper set up for the DL. I've seen the lift taught in two ways and I was wondering which of the two is taught at SFL. 1. Some teach that bar should be pulled upward. The bar should remain in contact with your shins, but it should not scrape them to...

Hi TLDR:: tried not pushing bell, messed up, want advice on rhomboid and/or rib release. For the record, I have only gratitude towards @Anna C and @Mark Limbaga for helping, it was I that messed up:) Aka "too much too soon". After posting videos of my technique here Hi there, I got some very...

Hi everyone, I hope you are all managing to stay well and safe currently! This is my first post here and I have checked through lots of threads to see whether the question I am about to ask has been asked previously but could not see it. If it has please accept my apologies in advance, if you...

Hi everyone, My wrist size is comparatively small. Is it safe to use a 20 kg kettle-bell without using wrist band.

Hi Guys, just a few weeks ago I started to really commit to wanting to learn everything I needed to learn to start and ultimately master Calisthenics. The first book I´ve read was Convict Conditioning and I overall really like the philosophy of it. But I didn´t feel like that it really gave me...

I am a beginner starting S&S program. Please verify my swing technique. The move feels quite natural to me. Am I doing it right? Here is Youtube Video: