Saturday, December 12, 2009
REAL Russian KettlebellsRussian Kettlebells have become all the rage in the last few years. It doesn't get more Russian than this gentleman, who lives in a small village in the shadow of the Caucasus Mountains.
Labels: Kettlebell Press, Mother Russia, Russian Kettlebell Training, Russian Kettlebells, Traditional Exercise
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Russian Kettlebell Lifting ContestHere's something you don't see every day, an actual Russian Kettlebell contest. This one was held in Moscow, circa 1965. In these types of contests the object is to get the kettlebell (or bells, when a pair is used) overhead as many times as possible in a 10:00 time period. Usually the one-arm snatch or two arm jerk is contested and, as you can see there is certainly no lack of willing participants.
Labels: Kettlebell, Kettlebell Contest, Kettlebell Jerk, one arm snatch, Russian Kettlebell Training, Russian Kettlebells
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Russian Kettlebell TrainingIf 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.)
Labels: Kettlebell Exercises, Kettlebell Snatch, Russian Kettlebell Training, Russian Kettlebells, Traditional Physical Training
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Alexeev and KettlebellsAlexeev is among the many Russian Champions who maintained a love of kettlebells training throughout his career. Based on the throwing circle at his feet he's using the kettlebell to warm up and probably about to do a little shot putting.
Labels: Kettlebell, Russian Kettlebells, Russian Strongman, Russian Weightlifter, Shot Put, Vasily Alexeev
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Basil KorolevBasil Korolev was Russian by birth but left his native land in 1919 at the start of the revolution. He settled in Japan were he was undefeated in Judo and boxing contests and held the heavyweight title in both sports until his retirement in 1936.
Here is Basil at a strength demonstration curling a pair of 80-pound kettlebells with only his little fingers.
Labels: Basil Korolev, Boxing, Curl, Finger Strength, Judo, Kettlebell, Mother Russia, One Finger Lift, Russian Kettlebells, Russian Strongman
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Yuri Vlasov - Russian KettlebellsAs young trainees, many Russian weightlifters were introduced to physical training in the form of Kettlebells. Many of them maintained this practice even in later years as they became great champions. Among them is the great Soviet lifter Yuri Vlasov, who was a Gold Medal winner at the 1960 Rome Olympics, a four-time Senior World Champion (1959, 1961-1963) and Six-time Consecutive Senior European Champion (1959-1964). Vlasov set 34 World records over his career. You may not be able to make it out but the kettlebell at his feet is marked "32" i.e. 32 kilograms or just over 70 pounds.
Labels: 1960 Olympics, Kettlebell, Olympic Weightlifting, Russian Kettlebells, Russian Weightlifter, Yuri Vlasov
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Ancient Russian KettlebellsKettlebells go back pretty far... but not as far as people think...
Before kettlebells were ever used as weight training tools they were simply used as handled weights to sit on a scale to weigh out dry goods. These kettlebells are direct from "Mother Russia" and are well over 150 years old. -- Note the Imperial seal.
Labels: Ancient Kettlebells, Kettlebells, Mother Russia, Russian Kettlebells, Training Equipment
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