Today was the first day that I set foot in a gym in a long time. Despite the fact that I stated that I was throwing some traditional bodybuilding workouts into the mix, I found that I just can't get away from Pavel Tsatsouline's excellent techniques. more »

Although kettlebells are awesome for strength building and fat burning, after a while it's my nature to get bored with things (except for my wife, of course). :-) So today I broke down and signed up with Gold's Gym. It's been quite a while since I did any kind of standard bodybuilding type workout, so it'll be interesting to see how things go. My wife has gone to Gold's with a friend on a guest pass a few times and really likes their "Body Pump" classes, so for our anniversary I thought I'd go ahead and get us a couple of memberships. Yeah, yeah I know... I'm a true romantic. more »

Lately I've been experimenting with a mix of traditional kettlebell exercises (swings, snatches) and bodybuilding exercises (military presses, curls, etc.) and I think that overall it's easier to injure yourself with traditional bodybuilding type exercises. more »

Different types of workouts lead to different changes in the physical appearance of your body. A marathon runner looks different from a swimmer or a boxer. Here's the difference between working out with kettlebells and a typical bodybuilding approach. more »

In the ad for the kettlebell training video it states that this is a great way to train for football, and other combat sports. How is it better than regular power cleans, deadlifts, squats and presses? This is what the majority feel is the best way of working the athlete to a maximum attempt in these lifts, thus overall strength gained. more »