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The Bear Protocol for size and strength
If you are looking for a method to get stronger and grow muscle, it doesn’t get any simpler than the bear protocol by Pavel. Heres the rules! Choose a fixed weight around 70-70% 1RM Lift it for sets of 5 Take between 30-90 seconds rest Start with 5-10 sets and add a...
Member profile – John Evans
When did you join the club? I joined BKC in Feb 2012 after being bought the introduction session as a gift as I wanted to get back in to exercise after a few years of not really doing anything. I have trained on and off since then with some prolonged gaps, but have...
Member profile – Mandy Bond
When did you join the club? I joined the Bristol Kettlebell Club back in April 2011. What attracted you to it? I had been putting on weight since my bowel surgery for Crohns Disease in 2009. I was going to the gym but just not getting the results I wanted, so when I...
Minimalist Muscle and fat loss program.
Time crunched? Follow the progressions in this short duration but intense program, and build muscle, strength and fitness with only hour training time per week! That might sound unrealistic, but if you follow the progressions as laid out, your body will have no choice...
Kettlebells for Beginners
If you are new to kettle bells you may be wondering things like "what is so good about them", "what is unique about them" and "how do I get started"? So in this short blog post I will answer those questions and more. What is so good about kettle bells?...
Vitamin D3
If you've spent any amount of time reading my blog posts, you will already know that I am big advocate of getting all the nutrients you need from whole food before supplementing. However Vitamin D is one of the 24 critical micronutrients for human survival, so if...
Magnesium flakes – Recovery and performance!
To continue seeing optimal progress in your quest for ultimate strength and fitness, you will need to employ recovery strategies. A very simple thing you can do is to add magnesium flakes to your bath. Magnesium is a mineral that has a long list of benefits: Improve...
Joint pains? – What to do.
If you love lifting weights and do it frequently, its inevitable at some point you might get some annoying niggles or pain in your joints. If you've tried: Stretching Massage/foam roll Using a compression sleeve The next step I'd recommend would be trying a...
10 tips for better sleep.
Quality sleep is massively important for your well being, health, recovery from exercise and of course in the quest for lower body fat. Use and implement these top tips to ensure you are getting enough. 1. Decide on a bed time in advance. There needs to be a...
What to do when life gets busy
Some times life is unpredictable and things will come up that derail your training. So what do you do? Well what you don't do is stop! You will lose the momentum that you are gathering, and have to start over. Big mistake! What you do is you follow either the Program...
Zinc – Do you need topping up?
I am not a huge supplement fan, but there are some bases that need covering because we can't get enough from our diet alone, and one of them is Zinc. The chances that you are zinc deficient are high! Especially if you are of older age, drink alcohol, are a vegetarian,...
The missing part of your fat loss equation?
When you think about getting in shape, what do you think? Exercising and diet right? But there is a third very important factor that can make a HUGE impact on your results! and that is something that has been abbreviated to NEAT. This stands for "non...
The 3 biggest kettlebell mistakes
Kettlebells are a great tool to help you develop strength and endurance, build muscle and reduce body fat. However the exercises are fairly technical, so attention to detail is paramount if you want your experience with kettlebell training to be a positive one....
Client case study – Jacqueline Campbell
Client case study - Jacqueline We love to show case our clients achievements, and Jacqueline is a great example of what can be achieved with some consistent training. Despite her impressive fat loss since starting with club, she has also developed incredible strength...
Client case study – Linda Thorne
Client case study - Linda Thorne Today we are talking with Linda who has made rapid progress in strength, body composition change and fitness. Some of her feats of strength include a 140kg deadlift, a 70kg back squat, double 16kg kettlebell clean and...
Kettlebell muscle program
Don't listen to what the gym rats say, if you have a collection of kettlebells, you can use them to build a strong and muscular physique. Yes kettlebells lend themselves to ballistic movements and are mostly thought of as a metabolic fat loss conditioning tool,...
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