Author: Tom Denham

Simple and Sinister: Week Eight

I attended the StrongFirst kettlebell training at Peachtree City on Sunday, 19 January with Senior SFG Delaine Ross and her badass friend Susan Moore. My technique is now better in at least a dozen ways, but I think I will be...

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Simple and Sinister: Week Seven

I am attending the day long StrongFirst kettlebell training in Peachtree City on Sunday. I did not want to risk injury this week, so am repeating my program from last week with no increases. My focus has been getting the work...

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Simple and Sinister: Week Six

This was my first week of completing all 50 get-ups with the 35 pound kettlebell. I wobbled a few times during the week, but overall the transition was much easier than I had expected. I plan to continue with 35-pound get-ups in...

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ten thousand hours of focused practice

9 January 2014 excerpt from delanceyplace.com – The oft-cited 10,000-hour rule, which states that you must spend 10,000 hours practicing a task to attain mastery, is only half true: “The ‘10,000-hour rule’...

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Simple and Sinister: Week Five

I went to see Delaine Ross in Atlanta on Thursday. Delaine is a Senior Instructor with Strong First and owns Condition Kettlebell Gym. We met online because we are both moderators of the Whole30 Forum and this was our first...

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