Kettle Knights Podcast

The US magazine Climbing once described Andy as a climber with a “strange penchant for the long, the cold and the difficult”, with a reputation “for seeking out routes where the danger is real, and the return is questionable, pushing himself on some of the hardest walls and faces in the Alps and beyond, sometimes with partners and sometimes alone. Andy's speciality is big wall climbing and winter expeditions, which involves pitting himself against vertical climbs of over 1000 metres (that’s two and a half world trade centres), often in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees. Andy has scaled Yosemite's El Capitan - one of the hardest walls in America - over twenty-four times, including three solo ascents and a one-day ascent (18h), as well as climbing it with a paraplegic climber, his thirteen-year-old daughter and a blind friend. One of these ascents was a 12 day solo of the Reticent Wall, viewed at the time as perhaps the hardest climb of its type in the world, and the subject of his award-winning book Psychovertical. TIME STAMP 00:00 Bin Man’s Fitness 06:00 Physical Attributes Of Climbing 10:00 Climbing El Capitan 13:40 Extreme Anxiety VS. Fear - The Story Of The Baboon 21:00 Resilience Through Experience 38:00 The Basics Of Mountaineering 49:00 Performing Under Pressure 01:05:00 Application Of Kettlebells For Climbing 01:12:00 2 Weeks In The Snow Hole On A Mountain 01:27:00 Always Leave Some Water In The Bottle 01:40:00 Trusting The System 01:48:00 Andy Kirkpatrick’s Books

Funk Roberts is a former professional athlete turned Certified MMA Conditioning Coach, Master Metabolic Trainer, Kettlebell Specialist and Transformation Expert for Men Over 40, 50 and 60. His mission is to help Men lose weight, burn fat, build muscle, improve athleticism, increase energy and better overall health and fitness. TIME STAMP 00:00 The Vibe Is Strong With These Two! 05:05 The Shape Of Men In 2021 07:00 Superhero Mode 13:50 How Funk Handles His Business & Social Game 19:29 Quantifying Results - Your Why Has To Make You Cry 30:00 Trust The System 42:00 Setting Up People For Success 47:15 Habits & Pre-Exhaustion Techniques 51:00 MMA Conditioning 1:04:00 How Funk Discovered Kettlebells - & Lebe Stark! :) 1:15:00 Technical Aspects Of Kettlebell Training 1:20:00 Funk’s Kettlebell Swing Technique 1:24:00 Beat The Clock & Funk’s Swiss Lullaby 1:27:00 Funk Joins The Kettlebell Avengers! 1:28:30 Hip Hop Just Joined The Chat 1:30:36 National Testosterone Awareness Day

Dr. McGill is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 32 years. His laboratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of back pain, how to rehabilitate back-pained people and enhance injury resilience and performance. This produced over 240 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers, many international awards, and has mentored over 40 graduate students during this scientific journey. TIME STAMP 00:00 Genetic Component Of Human Structures 16:00 Strength & Endurance Of a Safe Spine 27:00 Accumulative Pain Over Time 34:00 How To Strengthen Your Quadratus Lumborum 37:00 Stu’s Kettlebell Journey 46:00 Shear Forces In Kettlebell Swings 1:00:00 Synergy Between Clinician & Coaches 1:11:28 Rotational Kettlebell Exercises 1:16:00 The Slosh Pipe Incident 1:26:00 How To Rotate Safely 1:31:10 Context Matters

Brittany van Schravendijk discovered Kettlebell Sport in 2011 and has since obtained her Master of Sport in 24kg Long Cycle, 24kg Snatch, 2x24kg Long Cycle, 2x20kg Triathlon, 20kg Snatch, 2x20kg Biathlon, and 16kg Snatch Half Marathon. Brittany set numerous World and National records from 2012-2016. She uses her expertise in Kettlebell Sport to teach workshops and train clients all over the world.

Ramsey Dewey is a Mixed Martial Arts Coach in Shanghai, China. He's also a ringside fight commentator, judge, and referee, having worked for many fight promotions. @Ramsey Dewey  is all about MMA, Mixed Martial arts, grappling, jiu-jitsu, catch wrestling, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, sanda, taijiquan, combat sports.

Kat Tabakova (full name Ekaterina Gabrielle Tabakova) is a Strength and Conditioning Coach, StrongFirst and IKSFA Kettlebell Instructor, Calisthenics Coach and Movement and Performance Therapy Specialist. Kat runs the YouTube channel @Kat's Kettlebell Dojo, lives in New Zealand and coaches worldwide. Time Stamp 00:00 Risk To Benefit Ratio 07:30 Hybrid, Hardstyle & Kettlebell Sport 17:25 Kat’s Preferred Training Style 21:10 Kettlebell Programming 26:35 Black & White Thinking, Beta Testing & Training Protocols 32:40 The Idea Behind CrossFit 41:00 The Difference Between Kettlebell Sport & Hybrid Style 43:00 The Lebe Stark Training System 54:00 The Power Of Simplicity 1:02:20 Just Because You Can.. 1:07:05 Benefits Of Double Kettlebells 1:15:00 5 Features Of The Swing - Kat’s Reaction & Review 1:28:00 Working With Fixed Weights 1:38:00 How To Progress With Kettlebells At Home 1:43:00 Different Types Of Clients/ Trainees 1:50:00 The Beauty Of Different Coaches At Different Stages 1:54:00 Different Types Of Personal Experience In Training 1:58:05 The Kettlebell Roundtable

For more than 30 years Steve Cotter has promoted body-mind fitness around the world through martial arts, qigong, mobility, flexibility and kettlebell training and via IKFF educational courses. Steve Cotter is the iconic landmark in Gregory's pivotal moment in his young career as a kettlebell coach when he personally certified Lebe Stark in June 2019. Time Stamp 00:00 The Student Meets His Master - Again! 03:20 Transcending The Levels Of Physical Education 10:20 The Physical Scientist 16:30 Steve Cotter - The Original Hybrid 21:30 The Modern Revolution Of Kettlebells 26:30 Steve Cotter’s Involvement In The Early Days 36:00 Contributors To The Modern Kettlebell Era 42:20 Early Adapters Of Kettlebell Sport In The West 46:52 Steve Maxwell’s Skin In The Game 51:20 Valuing Different Priorities

Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record. Time Stamp 00:00 Leaving a Legacy 05:44 Destructive & Negative Feedback 10:25 Steve Maxwell Controversy 16:20 The Origins Of DragonDoor & RKC Part I 19:33 Kettlebells In Soviet Track & Field 23:35 The Origins Of DragonDoor & RKC Part II 25:45 Mental & Physical Preparation Of An Athlete 29:00 Investing In Asymmetrical Risks In Sports 33:00 Attention To Detail 38:05 Dan John’s Involvement In RKC 48:25 Concept, Drill, Frankenstein’s Monster 56:00 Setting New Priorities 1:05:10 Rotational Kettlebell Exercises 1:08:00 The Power Of Walking 1:11:00 Stuart McGill’s Work 1:13:40 The Gift Of Injury 1:16:50 You Don’t Have Because You Don’t Ask

Chandler Marchman is one of the biggest kettlebell channels on YouTube. In this podcast conversation, we cover a lot of ground ranging from YouTube, to Strongman and (of course) kettlebells. Time Stamp 00:00 Finding Your Seat At The (YouTube) Table 05:30 How To Handle Negative Feedback 08:40 Communal Learning 11:18 Chandler’s 100k Achievement & The Silver Play Button 15:00 How To Perform Best On YouTube 20:45 The Formulae Of Success 27:25 Chandler’s Journey Into Kettlebells 32:00 Training Economy 38:05 Bodybuilding & Kettlebells 42:00 Complementary Nature Of Proper Training Modalities 50:50 The Right Tool For The Job 55:45 How To Use Kettlebells For Maximum Strength Efforts 1:01:35 Precision Of Olympic Weightlifting Athletes 1:06:15 Thor’s Deadlift World Record 1:10:00 Strength Athletics 1:17:15 Machines & Corporate Gym Culture 1:25:50 Influence Of Social Media 1:35:00 Anything For The Gram 1:41:00 Empathy - The Greatest Quality Of Coaching 1:50:00 Carrying The Kettlebell-Torch

Louka Kurcer is the owner of  @Hardstyle Kettlebell Pro  and is a Strong First Certified Team Leader, hailing all the way from Montréal, Canada. Time Stamp 00:00 Rotational Torque In Athleticism 08:30 Experts, Geniuses & Influencers 13:00 Two Kettlebell-Schools Of Thought 20:00 Kettlebell Programming 26:27 From Simple To Sinister 34:50 Combining Different Coaching Modalities 38:30 The Steve Maxwell Controversy 49:15 Shear Forces & Loads On The Spine 54:30 Pushing Through The Boredom 57:45 Overspeed Eccentrics 1:04:20 Common Sense In Kettlebell Training 1:08:55 Variety In Training 1:16:45 GPP & Skill Transfer 1:21:45 Training In All Planes Of Motion