DO NOT SACRIFICE QUALITY FOR QUANTITY

Fellow DV8'ers,

Today, I continued my filming of some more Kettlebell Concepts for my new website, which will be a continuation of DV8Fitness, named KETTLEBELLS.ME. I went into some very basic, but very important concepts that we all tend to forget about. The hinge, deadlifts(using a pole), Hardstyle(compression) and pressurization.

As I talk more and more about these topics, it has occurred to me that the requirements for Level II are attainable. There has been much talk that the Level II Cert requirements for the press and pistol are ridiculous. If we master the "Hardstyle" method of training and always make sure our form is perfect, we all can press and pistol the bell we are given.

REMEMBER DO NOT SACRIFICE QUALITY FOR QUANTITY!!!

The same amount of effort and muscle recruitment is applied to pressing a 16kilo bell as the 32kilo bell. I remember Brett Jones demonstrating how the hip snap is the same when swinging a 6kilo bell vs. the 24kilo bell. The concept of Compression and how your press is only as good as your clean is so true. Slow it down and think about squeezing every muscle in your body to get that bell up. It works.

Looking forward to Level II.