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"

April RKC in Minnesota was epic!!

I just got back from another amazing weekend at the Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC). I assisted Senior Instructor Brad Nelson. Every Cert that I go to is different. The content, the ques, and the workouts are always evolving and getting better. This is my 2nd assisting position and I have to tell you, I learn something new every time I go back. It's really all about the basics. This is what separates the pro's from the armatures, they are just better at the basics.

I had a PR this weekend and I credit it to a couple things. First, I have improved my grip strength by ripping cards and bending nails. I finally had the privilege to meet Adam Glass who really helped me fine tune my card ripping technique. The bottom line is Total Body Tension. The second is the ques that Pavel mentioned during the Cert. I have forgotten about really activating the lat in the press, swing, TGU, etc. You really don't realize how much you need to activate the lat in a lot of these movements. I practiced these drills and pressed the 40k (Bulldog) without any problems at all. Shooting for the beast in June.

I want thank everyone for an amazing weekend and I want to congratulate Team Nelson for working very hard this weekend. Each and everyone of you did a great job. Enjoy and respect the title, RKC forever!

Power to you all.

Phil