Kettlebell Workouts with Master Geoff Neupert

As you know, I’m a BIG FAN of RMs - Repetition Maximums - or the maximum number of reps you can do without your form breaking down - in my programs. “Geoff, I've worked through Maximorum and am currently working through the Kettlebell S&C Beta Test program. I'm curious about this general question as it relates to how your programs prescribe running them given, e.g., a ‘5 RM in the double kettlebell clean and press’ as is the case with Maximorum. Let's say you have a 7 RM with two 28KG kettlebells in the double KB clean and press, but then let's say you have a 2 RM or 3 RM with two 32KG kettlebells in the double KB clean and press. Do you have a default blanket recommendation for this type situation, or any situation like this where the available weights and your RM don't line up very well with what the program recommends going with, and you're faced with choosing two KB's that allow you to do more than the program RM starting target, or less than the pro...

And that was on a “hard” lift - the double KB Military Press. (I’ll show you that in a minute…) Unfortunately, most guys will never see those types of results. Why? 3 Reasons: 1- They can’t / won’t / refuse to focus. They either end up program-hopping with a nasty case of “Shiny Object Syndrome”... 2- The cares of life overwhelm them. Or… 3- They’re so HYPER-focused on the outcome - the goal - they’re easily discouraged when the results don’t come “fast enough.” Regardless, it all comes down to a failure to engage and stick to THE PROCESS. But that didn’t happen to @PaulieShortcuts. Here’s what he said - As you can see, he followed Kettlebell MAXIMORUM and ‘THE GIANT X.’ Both are programs. And both consist of a PROCESS. Follow either, or both, and you’re guaranteed some sort of positive strength gains. If you’re tired of having nothing to show for your workouts, stick to a proven PROCESS. I recommend you follow in @PaulieShortcuts footsteps. Use either Kettlebell MAXIMORUM or ‘THE GIAN...

Hard to believe we’re almost 12% through 2025 already. If you missed the past 2 videos, we’re discussing WHY you should slow down this year if you want faster results from your training. And we’re discussing how to slow yourself down instead of BEING SLOWED DOWN by injury. And the way to do that? Identify the reasons you’ll get injured / people get injured in the first place and OVERCOME them. Today, Part 3… Which I said in our last video is a very good reason why, no matter how much you “practice” your technique, you can’t seem to “get it to work” - [3] Pre-Existing Yet [Maybe] Undetected Issues and Injuries In our last video I mentioned “ugly” lifts using bad technique - “Heil Hitler” Military Presses, “Tail Tucking” Swings, and “Knee-knocking” Squats. Sure, sometimes those are simply not knowing the proper technique. Many times they’re not. They’re a result of your body doing the best it can to do what you ask it. But… After a few decades of rustling papers and riding a desk, your b...

If you missed the first video in the series, we’re discussing WHY you should slow down this year if you want faster results from your training. And we’re discussing how to slow yourself down instead of BEING SLOWED DOWN by injury. And the way to do that? Identify the reasons you’ll get injured / people get injured in the first place and OVERCOME them. Today, Part 2 - this is something I’ve seen repeatedly on forums, social media, and even on Zoom calls. It’s - [2] Poor Technique See this picture? That was the first Olympic Weightlifting Team I was on. That picture was taken Summer of 1995 - almost 30 years ago. (Hard to believe!) The guy second from the left is Mark Cohen (I’m second from the right). Mark taught me the fundamentals of Olympic lifting technique. You know how much it cost me? At the time, I was making about $6.50/hour most of the time working at the Rutgers College Gym supplementing my income with $15/hour as a Personal Trainer at New York Sports Clubs. Finding the $5.20...

Well, whether we like it or not, month 2 of 2025 is upon us. I’ll potentially be releasing a new program some time this quarter. I had some great feedback and some downright bad feedback. The great is probably what you’d expect, which I’ll tell you more about in a future email, but the bad? Well… it was generally something like this: “I couldn’t complete the program because I got injured.” “I couldn’t complete the program because I had an injury going into it, and I thought I could work around it / overcome it.” Now, let me just say this upfront: THERE IS NO GOOD REASON YOU SHOULD GET INJURED TRAINING. But “Bad Reasons?” There are plenty of them. Trust me, I know. I’ve been injured plenty over the years. (The exception being the last 15 years where I’ve been injury free.) So what are these “Bad Reasons?” They fall into one of three categories. The first? [1] Poor Recovery Again, for the 55th-11th time, we need to remember, it’s not how much work you do that makes you stronger / leaner ...

You know what the “Annual Reboot” is, right? It’s where you start the year in the same place (or worse) than you did last year. No measurable results - no stronger… No leaner… Still look exactly the same (maybe puffier and a little grayer and/or wrinklier). Tired and frustrated from spinning your wheels… Why does this perennially happen to many folks? Here’s what I’ve noticed over the last 30 years: They bite off more than they can chew. They think about things like “the Perfect Programs”... You know the ones - the kind that have all the Primal Movement Patterns in every workout… Perfectly “periodized”... Beautifully “balanced”... They eventually overextend themselves physically and emotionally… And the craziness of life swallows them up like the Lightning Sand did to Wesley and Buttercup in the Fire Swamp. So, my friend, if you find yourself in this situation (again), how do you avoid it in 2025? Simple. UNDERACHIEVE. Pick the simplest program that you KNOW 100% you can do - and do it...

[1] The Double Kettlebell Clean + Press: The Double Clean + Press is a valuable exercise that uses every single muscle in your body. In fact, Sig Klein, old time strongman, called the 2-Dumbbell Clean + Press the “One Best Lift” and claimed that the early 20th Century European weightlifting champs owed their strength, power, and muscularity to this lift. So, if it’s good enough for Sig and those guys, well… Plus, when you do it for enough reps it stokes the fires of your metabolism, burning a bunch of calories, while training your heart and lungs at the same time. That means it’s good for your heart health and your waistline and helps you defeat the “battle of the bulge.” There’s a “magical” effect on body composition that results from combining an explosive lift (Clean) with a slow/ grind lift (Press): Simultaneous muscle growth/strength gain and body fat loss (known as recomposition). [2] The Double Kettlebell Clean + Push Press: The Double Kettlebell Clean + Push Press is a close nu...

Do you ever feel like your workouts are boring? And perhaps you need something “more exciting?” If so, that’s a very common problem and in this email, we’re going to fix it. In fact, I was just on a call with a private client on Monday and we were covering this same topic. For him, it was about doing his restoration work vs. his kettlebell work. His kettlebell work is way more exciting and because of that, he was having a hard time doing his restoration work because it was “boring” in relation to the KB work. So, let’s start where he and I started: 1- PURPOSE: What is the “purpose” of your training? Get stronger? Get leaner? Get rid of aches and pains? Notice how each of these 3 things - along with any other outcome / goal is a DESTINATION. In the case of those 3 destinations, once you reach them, you’ll feel like you’ve accomplished something - because you have. 2- PROCESS: Each outcome… goal… destination… has a process… Procedures that you follow, like directions to get from here to ...