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Around 40 minutes in Steve starts getting into kettlebells and how he met Pavel. It's interesting to note that Steve says one arm swings, double kettlebell front squat/goblet squats and turkish get ups are pretty much the best uses for a kettlebell. I specifically enjoy how he says how kettlebells aren't magic and moving past the basics listed above are where you start becoming a specialist.

The whole interview is worth a watch!

 
Gotta love Steve Maxwell! and whether you agree with his approaches or not, his longevity certainly gives food for thought!!! Thank you for posting the link
 
interesting...I was explaining to one of my kids the other day that you can tell a lot about someone by whether they can give legit compliments freely and credit other people, or whether they have a need to take most all the credit for something themselves and have a hard time complimenting other people.
 
Steve Maxwell is awesome. I want to train for longevity and health. I interviewed him when he was in Dubai. One of the things he said he missed with the travelling lifestyle is that he can't work out with kettlebells. He said he keeps kettlebells in places he goes regularly like Ikaria, Greece. If you want more of Steve here is my interview.
 
Adam R Mundorf said:
I specifically enjoy how he says how kettlebells aren't magic and moving past the basics listed above are where you start becoming a specialist.
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They’re not magic in the literal definition of the word, as they hold no supernatural powers. They are, however, unique in how the design impacts function, and almost unique in unilateral loading. (They share this aspect with the dumbbell but DBs are commonly used like little barbells.)

Compare this with the “magic” of the barbell. There is no other tool that affords you convenient microloading right up to your ability’s ceiling. It’s not supernatural but certainly unique.

I’d argue that the real magic is in what your biology is capable of as a result of proper loading. Even though it’s completely natural, tissue remodeling seems supernatural to me.
 
Oskarand said:
Steve Maxwell is awesome. I want to train for longevity and health. I interviewed him when he was in Dubai. One of the things he said he missed with the travelling lifestyle is that he can't work out with kettlebells. He said he keeps kettlebells in places he goes regularly like Ikaria, Greece. If you want more of Steve here is my interview.
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Just listened to your podcast - good job! I like how you asked him questions not normally asked on LR etc.

More I think about training / practising the more it’s becoming a healthy sustainable practise with the rare moment of stupidity aka testing myself :)
 
kiwipete said:
Just listened to your podcast - good job! I like how you asked him questions not normally asked on LR etc.

More I think about training / practising the more it’s becoming a healthy sustainable practise with the rare moment of stupidity aka testing myself :)
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Thanks! I really appreciate your comment!! I spent a lot of time preparing. I think I listened to more than 10 hours of Steve Maxwell before the interview (mainly the Joe Rogan episodes and London Real). My podcast is more about mindset for a good life than physical training so wanted to ask things related to that.

Yes, I believe training for longevity should be the main goal.
 
Adam R Mundorf said:
Around 40 minutes in Steve starts getting into kettlebells and how he met Pavel. It's interesting to note that Steve says one arm swings, double kettlebell front squat/goblet squats and turkish get ups are pretty much the best uses for a kettlebell. I specifically enjoy how he says how kettlebells aren't magic and moving past the basics listed above are where you start becoming a specialist.

The whole interview is worth a watch!

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Thanks man, he's always an interesting guy to listen to.
 
I'm still listening through the entire podcast, so far very good stuff!

I've been following Maxwell since I got into kettlebells, reading his blog archives and such. His strength is the number and variety of background of people he's trained and the all the different environments and tools he's used to do so.

The amount of relatively obscure but insightful details he has at his recall is also tremendous, many of which can fly right under the radar during an interview if not listening carefully.

When I did my KB instructor cert with him probably half the notes I took had nothing to do with kettlebells.

I will say that in the last 5-6 years he seems to have gotten very minimalist and into the holistic aspect of fitness rather than the more performance based angle of his older thinking.

Perfectly natural as it reflects where he is in life both age and his traveling nature, but it leads to de-emphasizing some material that still has much relevance to many people. I highly recommend panning through his blog archives.
 
Oskarand said:
Steve Maxwell is awesome. I want to train for longevity and health. I interviewed him when he was in Dubai. One of the things he said he missed with the travelling lifestyle is that he can't work out with kettlebells. He said he keeps kettlebells in places he goes regularly like Ikaria, Greece. If you want more of Steve here is my interview.
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That was a really excellent interview, thank you.
 
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