Kettlebell Workouts with Master Geoff Neupert

People often ask me how they can combine barbells with KBs. Or bodyweight with KBs. That’s why I finally relented and put together the ‘BOLT ON BUNDLE’ here, where I detail how to do both. https://salutis.kartra.com/page/M82491 Also: If you like the “one-stop-shop” idea of the Clean + Press, this program is probably one of my most popular of all time. https://salutis.kartra.com/page/alw494 I recently drove down to Phoenix. It took 14+ hours. (After a stop in Sedona.) I spent the weekend at the StrongFirst “Programming Demystified” workshop all-day Saturday and half a day Sunday. [NOTE: If you’re a coach or trainer, you owe it to yourself to go to this the next time they offer it. It was as if they’d wrapped up everything I’d learned from 1992 to around 2010 or so, and put it in a manual, and a few other goodies.] I went a day early because I had a project I needed to finish up and I needed a quiet place to go without interruption. I also put my pair of 32s in the back seat and took the...

Kettlebell MAXIMORUM uses single and double KB lifts. Check it out here. https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ If you’re not ready for double KB lifts yet? Check out the time-tested Kettlebell Burn 2.0 here. https://go.chasingstrength.com/burn-sa1/ The Holy Grail of strength training is to be able to dump unwanted body fat, put on some muscle, and get stronger at the same time. Many people think it can’t be done. Or if it can, it’s only done sequentially, like bodybuilders do it: Run a “bulk” cycle to grow muscle and get stronger. Then run a “cut” cycle to strip off body fat and lean out. And if you’re lucky, you can keep what you gained in the first cycle at the end of the second cycle. Unfortunately for many it’s “Net Zero” - 24+ weeks of “marking time.” I’m here to tell you that’s not true and there’s a better way. I’ve been using this “method” or “style” of training - whatever you want to call it - on and off for over 25 years, and 13 years with kettlebells. It wor...

If you want to skip the “trial and error” process and prefer the “built for you” option, a lot of guys are loving this “all-in-one” program. https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ I got a message from Luis the other day asking about if there was an optimum (a.k.a. “best”) number of sets he should aim for on one of my programs. Before I answer that question, researchers and coaches have been attempting to answer this question for years. To build muscle, Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, arguably the West’s most prolific hypertrophy researcher, has found you need more than 10 sets per muscle group per week. And the range is as wide as 10 to 45 sets, depending on the muscle group. The larger the number of sets, the more days you should train. Rep ranges were all over the place: 1-6, 8-12, and as high as 30. What about if you want to get stronger? Peterson, et. al., suggests 2-6 sets per muscle group, per training session. The Soviets recommended 200-500 lifts per month, depending on t...

👉 Kettlebell MAXIMORUM https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ … and how to fix it TODAY. If you’re not seeing the results you want from your kettlebell workouts, you’re not alone. It seems to be rampant. In fact, I was talking to someone I’m very close to this morning about this very problem. It’s really easy to feel like you’ve “tried everything” and then be tempted to throw in the towel because “nothing works.” At times like these, it’s best to take a step back and take some deep breaths. (How many? Until you feel calmer. 🙂) Then, we need to apply logic - a concept not routinely embraced in our society these days - which worships at the “Altar of Feelings” - to extricate ourselves from this situation. So, let’s break this down: CAUSE → EFFECTS. INPUT → OUTPUT. If you’re not getting the “right” effects - a.k.a. OUTCOME / RESULTS, then the “CAUSE” or the “INPUT” is… dare I say it in this day and age… WRONG. There are 3 reasons - or areas we need to examine: AREA #1: T...

👉 ‘SWING HARD!’ - https://salutis.kartra.com/page/SWING-HARD-2 👉 Kettlebell HARD! - https://cart.chasingstrength.com/hard3b Have you ever had that thought or something similar? Just do ONLY Swings (or Snatches or Clean + Jerks) for fat loss without having to worry about diet or nutrition? If so, you’re not alone. There’s a thread over on the StrongFirst forum about this very thing. The OP was asking if it was possible to do “ONLY Swings for fat loss.” A bunch of people chimed in and said, “NO.” “DIET” was the only way to strip off body fat. While diet / nutrition / eating less of the wrong things / more of the right things is important… The little known fact is that there IS an Urban Legend that if you do “enough” Swings you can strip off body fat, without dieting. Which is part of the allure of KB training, based upon my observation after being in the “kettlebell space” for the last 20+ years. And another little known fact (which you may or may not know) is that back in the early da...

👉 Kettlebell MAXIMORUM https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-maximorum-e/ 👉 ‘THE GIANT’ https://salutis.kartra.com/page/oWP219 👉 “The King-Sized Killer” https://cart.chasingstrength.com/ksk2 All the programs I design are designed to be “standalone” and create a specific outcome. Unless otherwise stated, which is (a) rare, and (b) usually contained in a FAQ in the program itself or a series of follow up emails. (Same thing w/ other program designers I know.) For example: My newest program, Kettlebell MAXIMORUM, is designed to be the “ultimate” kettlebell program. It’s designed to develop maximum strength, power, strength endurance, and power endurance. As a result, it builds muscle and strips off body fat as a result. Or at least keeps you from gaining body fat from accumulating (worst case scenario). You don’t need to do anything nor should you want to, because it’s that physically challenging. Which brings me to my second point: Challenging. Many times, and I’m not saying thi...

Not only that, he bought 2XL shirts… What is a “Recomp” program? Recomp is short for “recomposition.” And it’s building muscle, getting stronger, and losing body fat in the same training block. For most of us it’s easier than using the traditional bulking and cutting phases that most use with traditional bodybuilding style programs. And by “easier,” I mean it fits into our lifestyle better than eating 6 meals a day, carrying a cooler of food around everywhere, and being so sore we can hardly move. It’s not that those things don’t work - they do, for those who know how to structure their training cycles, and who are willing to put in the extra eating effort. Which is why I wanted to highlight Matthew. He emailed me - which I’m putting up here on the screen - and told me he gained 10 pounds, his waist remained the same, and he had to buy 2XL shirts from using one of my kettlebell “Recomp” programs. I think those are spectacular results, and ones that most of us would not be opposed to. A...