Things that are on the plate for June

Comrades,

June 6th-. First, June 6th is our D-Day workout at General Wayne Elementary school in Malvern. This event starts at 10am sharp. Please bring a bell that you will be comfortable snatching with, because you will be doing a shit load of them.

June 13th- we will be doing our Kettlebell hike up Mt. Misery. This will require 2 bells (light bells) of the same weight. In a nut shell, you will be farmer walking your bells from one side of the Mountain to the other side. REMEMBER, YOU ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS YOUR GRIP. Details of exact dates will follow.

June 25th, Most of the RKC instructors in this area will be heading to MN for the Level II Certification. Myself, Will Williams, Mike Barbato and Gary from High Level Fitness are all heading up, Wish us luck. Looks like Dr. Dan or John will be teaching our classes. Again Details will follow towards the end of the month.

Oh yeah!, during all this I will be moving into a new house that I have been renovating for the past 4 months. I will be posting a Utube video of what the place looks like in it's final stages.


Power to you all!!

Are you kidding me with this!!!!!!!

So, I'm reading Men's Fitness magazine the other day and came across an article titled, "Summer Body." I usually read through these magazines quickly to get some ideas on what not to do during my training. What do I see as I turn to the next page? I see a guy doing a swing with a dumbbell.

Right away I start perusing the article on how they teach the reader to swing a dumbbell between their legs. First, the guy is squatting way to much. Second, the picture shows the guy coming all the way up onto the balls of his feet at the top of the swing. Lastly, given the popularity of Kettlebells, why the hell would they advertise this movement with a dumbbell?

I guess I should be happy that they at least are introducing the swing into the general population, but at least do it right and use a #@#@ Kettlebell.

Previous to this article, they were teaching the dumbbell snatch, a move that has become popular by Crossfit, a great movement btw, but would recommend using a Kettlebell again. They recommend trying the move with the greatest amount of weight you can pull. Let me ask you this, How many readers are going to go to the gym this month and try to do the DB snatch with a heavy weight? Something they probably have never done before. Do you think a lot of these readers are going to injure themselves??? What the hell is going on

Believe it or not, but a lot of people get ideas and training tips by reading magazines. Some offer great advice don't get me wrong, but from what I've seen so far, its scary. Go back to some primitive movements like the Bear crawl and simple squat thrusts. Movements that are multi-joint and really get the heart rate up. KEEP IT SIMPLE.

Creutzburg Center Rocks The Main Line Night School!

Senior RKC Will Williams and I are teaching our 3rd six week Kettlebell session of MLNS. This 3rd session is by far our best location and by far our most people we have ever had. Who says there is no money in Kettlebell training?

We have averaged over 15 people per session, and I believe we have about 26 in this current session. I'm looking forward to teaching the great benefits that Kettlebell training provides to all the new victims who signed up for a life this changing experience.

First night consisted of a Swing tutorial, the foundation of all Kettlebell training. My job was to teach the swing to all the new victims while W2 put a smack down on the veterans with TGU, and Snatches. My focus was on hinging, breathing and building tension, principles that need to be practiced and mastered before learning advanced movements.

I want to congratulate all those who signed up for our Kettlebell class. This is the first step towards a strong and injury free body. Remember, if you have any questions about any moves that we cover or anything we talk about during the session, please contact Will Williams or myself.

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Phil Scarito- scaritorkc.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!!

Broad Street in 1hr 47min and the "ManMaker"

Congratulations to my wife, Amy for completing the Broad Street Run in 1hr and 47min. Amy and a bunch of her friends represented DV8Fitness.com, thanks guys. Keep it up honey.

D-Day 200 Snatch Salute-RKC

Next on the Agenda is the, "ManMaker" June 6th- D-Day at Wayne Elementary school. This event will consist of Snatches and running. Keep it simple always.

Here are the rules:

1. 50 snatches (any combination, all with one arm, half and half, switch every 5 etc)
2. Jog around the track for recovery (close to a ¼ mile)
3. Repeat for a total of four times

Gary Berenbroick from High Level Fitness in Bryn Mawr is organizing the event. We would like all RKC's around the country to host the same event on June 6th-Saturday in honor of World War II veterans and the Normandy invasion.

We would like everyone to stop by and enjoy the pain. Hope you all are keeping up on your Snatches!!!! Good Luck.

Another awesome Art Museum Class in the books

I want to thank Will, Jen and Gary for putting together and advertising this event. When a bunch of RKC's get together, watch out! I think we had almost 30 victims show for the event. Out of that 30, 8 of them were brand new to the bell.

Clean and Jerks, Swings and presses were on the agenda. The sinister drills that W2 put together were brutal, even for the few RKC's that participated. For those who missed the event, there will be many more of these during the summer.

Please go to DV8Fitness.com for the latest on events and classes.

"Master the basic movements first before even thinking about anything else"