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My name is Chris Lopez. I’ve been a strength coach for over 20 years and I was the first Canadian certified with the SFG Kettlebell Instructor designation (back in 2014 at the inception of the StrongFirst Organization). I started training with kettlebells purely out of selfishness.
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- Get Into A Deep Hinge to Get More Glute Activation
- Static Stomp For More Power
- Ballistic Breathing Part 1: The Swing & Clean
- Ballistic Breathing Part 2: The Snatch
One of the major benefits of doing kettlebell ballistics (swings, snatches & cleans) is the development of your glutes. “KettleBUTT” is what the kids call it these days. But sometimes people get the exact opposite effect… …where the glutes stay flat, but the hips start to expand. I'm not going to post a picture of what I'm talking about, but you kn...
The key to speed and power – or the reason why athletes are fast and can jump high – is because of their ability to put force into the ground.
We've all been taught that you should exhale on the “effort phase” of an exercise… which is somewhatcorrect, but incomplete. There's a breathing technique that you have to master when you're either… 1. Lifting a significant amount of weight and doing so for multiple reps OR; 2. When you do ballistic exercises under load – like swings & snatches. Wh...
The most important thing to remember about the snatch is there are TWO lockouts. Although the snatch may seem like one fluid exercise, there are in fact two separate segments to the snatch… 1. The lockout of the hips & knees (identical to the swing). 2. Then the lockout of the shoulder & elbow to affix the kettlebell overhead.
Chris has been a kettlebell expert for close to 20 years. He will teach you how to transform your body… All it takes is a single kettlebell and a willingness to learn perfect exercise technique from Chris.
https://KettlebellWorkouts.com - In this Kettlebell Workout Complex, Chris Lopez shows you his "Top 5 Complex".You'll use a moderate size kettlebell (20kg or...
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With the ballistics – swing, clean, snatch – you’re moving the kettlebells explosively lighting up all the muscles in your body. With the Loaded Carries the kettlebells are static (isometric) while you’re walking with them.
1. ReCOMP is more INTENSE. Intensity can be measured several different ways, but the 2 most common in our context are… a) doing more work (ie more reps/sets) in the same amount of time. This is also known as density. or. b) using a heavier weight. ReCOMP incorporates BOTH – you get to choose.
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Feb 3, 2024 · Learn the Get Up to Stay Athletic & Ageless. Author: chrislopez.io 11 comments. I’m starting to see (again) the massive benefits of doing a Kettlebell Get Up to help combat aging. So much so, that I have all my private clients doing a single “GU” on each side everyday as part of our Minimalist Warm-Up.
