Valery Fedorenko of World Kettlebell Club does a special VF Workout for 9/11 Tribute in honor of the tenth anniversary of the September 11th 2001 attacks. Of course he doesn’t expect anyone to watch through all the footage of this kettlebell performance, but if you skip through to the end you’ll see he completed 911 [...]

A hallmark trait of any good KB Lifter, or good athlete for that matter, is their ability to tense and relax their muscles at the right times. You can’t be fast when you are tense, but you also cannot be as strong when you are relaxed. One of the early misunderstandings in the Sport of [...]

Many people ask us how we program our kettlebell classes to achieve a high level of success for competition and fitness.  The answer lays in the WKC’s little known but highly effective Elite Fitness Protocol.  Huh? The what? Yes, the Elite Fitness Protocol (EFP).  But, what exactly is it? Alan Pagle, WKC Fitness Trainer and [...]

Our AKC Coaches Certifications are geared towards getting the basics to the students in terms of Kettlebell Lifting techniques, as well as Kettlebell Sport and Strength and Conditioning Protocols. We have 2 days in which to do this so we must be concise if we have any hope that folks leave our certfications understanding these [...]

As Kettlebell Lifting continues to attract trainers, coaches, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts across the world, the increasing amount of information available to the layman has become exponentially more difficult to sort, filter, and apply appropriately. This is one of the reasons why I feel so fortunate to learn from Valery Fedorenko. His message about incorporating [...]

I was introduced to Valery Fedorenko when the AKC selected me as their Fire / Rescue Advisor in December ‘06. Valery invited me to attend the first Coach Certification in January ’07 in Cincinnati, Ohio. I thought I’d already been working with kettlebells, but actually had no idea what I was in for. I’d been doing [...]

I own a gym in Atlanta.  Yes a gym, not a fitness center.  The name of my gym is the Atlanta Barbell & Kettlebell Club.  The name basically says it all.  Aside from our stones in the field outside, we lift iron implements. My athletes and clients don’t come to me to work on their [...]

October 23, 2010 – Cincinnati CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO Valery Fedorenko, the man who brought Kettlebells to America, beat his own World Record with a 132 pound kettlebell Saturday live on JustIn.TV. A kettlebell is a special handled weight adapted for fitness and developed into its own sport in Russia from its original use as [...]

If you’ve not already heard about Ivan Denisov, where have you been, under a kettlebell? OK, let me give a brief introduction just to put things into perspective. Ivan is at the top of the Sport of Kettlebell Lifting. He’s the Absolute Record Holder in all three major lifts. That means no other human on [...]