Wednesday, November 04, 2009

  • Valentin Dikul


    • Valentin Dikul was a Russian circus performer who, at 14 years old, sustained a terrible back injury when the tightrope he was practicing on snapped. As a result, doctors said he would never regain the use of his legs... but he had other ideas... two weeks later Dikul left the hospital and began to train...

    Not only did he walk again, he found that he had an incredible potential for strength and power. In fact, he went on to squat over 1000 pounds and again perform in the circus, this time as a strongman. Above, he performs a one-arm snatch with a 90-kg kettlebell.

    Today, Dikul runs a clinics all over Europe teaching the system he developed for spinal cord rehabilitation.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, November 04, 2009

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    Friday, May 29, 2009

  • Russian Kettlebell Training


    • If you're going to train with Russian Kettlebells, may as well go back to the source to see how to do it right. (Pictures help, but you'll get a little more out of this post if you can read Cyrillic.)

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    Posted by John Wood @ Friday, May 29, 2009

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