Kettlebell Training Archives - Robertson Training Systems

10 KB Swing Variations for Lower Body Strength, Power and Explosiveness

on October 18, 2023 | by Mike Robertson

Kettlebell swings are an awesome exercise for building strength, power and explosiveness in your lower body. But let’s be honest – sometimes just doing the same, standard KB swing time and time again can get boring! So in this video I’m going to give you 10 of my favorite kettlebell swing variations, as well as […]

BJ Bliffert on Kettlebell Training, Coaching and Sport

on May 25, 2018 | by Mike Robertson

BJ Bliffert is the founder of Full Throttle Athletics and the North Texas Kettlebell Club where he helps busy people live a “high performance lifestyle” without the use of dangerous workouts or fad diets. Over the last 20 years he’s been fortunate to help thousands of busy people get into the best shape of their […]

RTS Coaching: The Arm Bar Series

on December 25, 2015 | by Mike Robertson

If we jump into the way back machine, it was around 2009 or 2010 that Pavel Tsatsouline personally invited me to attend an RKC seminar. Needless to say, it was an amazing experience, and one that I feel made me an infinitely better coach. And while I was familiar with the bulk of the exercises […]

Interview with Pamela MacElree

on May 3, 2013 | by Mike Robertson

Pamela MacElree is someone I’ve worked with and learned from quite extensively over the past couple of years. Not only is she an awesome person, but one hell of a kettlebell coach to boot. Luckily, Pamela found some free time in her schedule to do an interview with me, and I think you’ll really enjoy […]

A Kettlebell Coaching Session

on March 24, 2011 | by Mike Robertson

Yesterday I did a one-on-one kettlebell training session with a client. And before I get any crap about 1-on-1’s, I’ll be writing a business post about that in the very near future. So try hold your sarcasm back for another week or two 🙂 Today’s post – while not uber exciting – while hopefully give […]

The Kettlebell Armbar

on February 28, 2011 | by Mike Robertson

Since I know everyone loves kettlebell stuff, I figured this would be a great time to talk about kettlebell arm bars. Arm bars are an exercise that very few people seem to know about and/or perform. Kettlebell arm bars are fantastic for a few reasons:

REAL Turkish Get-ups

on February 17, 2011 | by Mike Robertson

I had this amazing post all set-up for you guys today. But now? Well, it’s just not the same. In case you missed it last week, Bob Harper (the trainer from the Biggest Loser) threw up a video on YouTube about how to perform the Turkish Get-up “correctly.” The problem? His form was laughable. I […]

Turkish Get-Ups Step-by-Step

on July 13, 2010 | by Andrew Pautler

One of my goals of late is to really dial in and focus on the quality of my movement, and that of my athletes. And one of the exercises that I’ve really tried to develop within my coaching and teaching repertoire is the Turkish get-up. The Turkish Get-up is a fantastic exercise, and while I […]

The Art of Communication

on June 17, 2010 | by

For the past couple of days I’ve been going through Gray Cook and Brett Jones’ DVD and manual, “Kalos Sthenos – Kettlebells from the Ground Up.” It’s a fantastic resource, and one that I’m going to review in-depth in a later blog post. Today, however, I want to talk about communication skills. As many of […]

The Kettlebell Windmill

on April 16, 2010 | by

One of my favorite kettlebell exercises is the KB windmill. I’m sure if Brett Jones is reading this he’s getting a laugh out of it. Here’s the 1-minute story. I wrote an article for Dragon Door a while back about how powerlifters can benefit from using kettlebells in their programming. I put a picture of […]

Newsletter – Februrary 19th, 2010

on February 18, 2010 | by

Robertson Training Systems Newsletter 6.05 The Week in Review – 2.19.10 Whew! It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I spent last weekend at the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA) Summit, and it was fantastic. The entire weekend I was surrounded by top notch coaches like Joe Kenn, Brian Grasso, and Jason Ferrugia, nutrition experts […]

Mastering the Kettlebell Swing

on February 16, 2010 | by

This past year I’ve really become fascinated with kettebells. (Side Note: I also know and understand they aren’t the be-all, end-all of training. My gym still has plenty of dumbbells, barbells, and a bunch of other equipment to help you get big and strong) However, I do see the value in using them. And perhaps […]

Examining the Turkish Get Up

on February 9, 2010 | by

As I alluded to in my Dan John podcast from a few weeks ago, we’re using more and more Turkish get-ups (TGU) in our programming. Obviously, it’s a fantastic exercise, but it’s got me thinking more and more about why it’s so great. When you break down a get-up, here’s a short list of benefits […]

At-Home Kettlebell and Bodyweight circuits

on August 28, 2009 | by

One of my fat loss clients was remarking to me the other day about she’s having some issues getting to the gym three days per week. In an effort to get her doing something consistently outside of IFAST, I decided to write-up a quick-and-dirty routine that she can use to get in some metabolic work […]

Random Friday

on May 15, 2009 | by

Today’s post is going to be totally random. It’s been a crazy week, and next week definitely won’t be any better! Regardless, I hope you enjoy the post! – Here’s an interview that just went up over at Dragon Door regarding my experience at the RKC: Surviving the Challenge of the RKC – Justin Ware […]