You’re Not Lazy - Your Workout Is the Problem “If you're over 40 and can’t stay consistent anymore… it’s not because you’re lazy. It’s because your life and your identity changed.” “And unless your training changes with it… consistency becomes impossible.” Let me show you why men over 40 fall off… and how to fix it for good. Most men over 40 don’t quit because they want to. They quit because they can’t match the image they have of themselves anymore. You remember the guy you

Is the “Text Neck Tax” Robbing Your Kettlebell Workouts? Here’s a closer look at what FHP does to your upper body: Thoracic Spine: Increased Thoracic Kyphosis: FHP is strongly associated with increased thoracic kyphosis. (Excessive curvature / rounding of the upper back). This leads to a “slouched” posture and thoracic dysfunction. (Singla & Veqar, 2017; Sepehri et al., 2024; Kang et al., 2021). Reduced Mobility and Breathing Ability: FHP restricts thoracic mobility, impair

Why Feeling Better After Training Matters More Than Feeling Sore? If you judge the quality of your workouts by how sore you feel the next day, this video will probably change how you think about training. Because soreness isn’t a reliable indicator of progress — especially after 40. In fact, for a lot of men, chasing soreness is one of the main reasons training stops working. Let me explain why. Most of us were taught early on that soreness equals a good workout. You workout

Why Feeling Better After Training Matters More Than Feeling Sore? If you judge the quality of your workouts by how sore you feel the next day, this video will probably change how you think about training. Because soreness isn’t a reliable indicator of progress — especially after 40. In fact, for a lot of men, chasing soreness is one of the main reasons training stops working. Let me explain why. Most of us were taught early on that soreness equals a good workout. You workout

How Your “ABZ” Affect Lower Back Pain, and Sore, Stiff Body Parts…? From 30+ years of experience, I can tell you definitively, if you have lower back “pain” or stiffness, tightness, soreness – or however you choose to describe it… From hoisting your kettlebells, then one or more of these three things are causing it: [1] A Pre-existing Condition [2] Poor technique Here’s a video course for the single KB techniques. And here’s one for the double KB techniques – if you need th

Why Your Lower Back Hurts (And Why Kettlebells Might Be the Fix) NOTE: This is a “red flag” to the FTC. This is a medical diagnosis. I’m not a doctor. I cannot diagnose nor treat pain. Furthermore, they would push back because it’s speaking in broad strokes and applying this diagnosis to all back pain. Back pain can be mechanics. I can also be a bulging disc. It can be purely muscular. It can be a tumor. See what I’m getting at here? In the health space this is the equivalen

Dr. Raymond’s “Perfect Program” for “Incidental Cardio” https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ I recently flew home from Miami after teaching with my friend Karen Smith, strongfirst Certified Master Instructor, at our day-and-a-half “Late For Your Own Funeral Anti-Aging Strength Lab.” We all had a blast. Attendees came from all over – New York, California, Canada, and places in between. It was so cool to place faces with email addresses. The only problem was

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Look through what’s there and see what fits. LINK: https://chasingstrength.com/which-kettlebell-workout-program-is-right-for-me/ If you judge the quality of your workouts by how sore you feel the next day, this video will probably change how you think about training. Because soreness isn’t a reliable indicator of progress — especially after 40. In fact, for a lot of men, chasing soreness is one of the main reasons training stops working. Let me explain why. Most of us were t

NOTE: This is a “red flag” to the FTC. This is a medical diagnosis. I’m not a doctor. I cannot diagnose nor treat pain. Furthermore, they would push back because it’s speaking in broad strokes and applying this diagnosis to all back pain. Back pain can be mechanics. I can also be a bulging disc. It can be purely muscular. It can be a tumor. See what I’m getting at here? In the health space this is the equivalent of making income claims. Many guys over 40 have lower back issue

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Time-Tested “Burn Fat & Get Strong!” Single Kettlebell “Built For You” Program https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-burn/ Here’s HOW this actually works - What the research shows us so far. (Like all research, this may change in the coming years.) 1) Hard, fast efforts flip your fat-release switch. Short heavy / explosive sets spike catecholamines (adrenaline / noradrenaline – your “go” chemicals). Those hit receptors on fat cells and turn on hormone-sensitive lipase (HS

https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ 22 reasons why guys our age should stay away from training to failure: 1. No strength advantage when volume is matched (failure vs. non-failure are similar). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9068575/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26666744/ 2. Hypertrophy is similar when volume is matched; any edge for failure is small and mainly with very light loads. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9068575/ ...

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I’ve put 20 of my best Double Kettlebell Complex PROGRAMS (NOT workouts) in here. https://cart.chasingstrength.com/hard3b Do you remember the hardest workout you’ve ever done? I’m not sure I do, but here was one, circa 1996: 10 sets of 10 reps with the Barbell Back Squat - yup, good ol’ GVT - German Volume Training. Instead of the prescribed 60 seconds of rest between sets, I took a luxurious 2 whole minutes because 60 seconds of rest between sets of 10 at 60% of your 1RM sou

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