Author: Tom Denham

After 6-8 weeks on my own, I met with my trainer – Michelle Luna – on Saturday. I usually warm up before she arrives, but this time I asked her to evaluate my warmup and she identified problems. Face-the-wall squats...

Double clean and press ladders 5 x (1, 2, 3, 4) – 50 repetitions with 16 kg (35-pound) kettlebells One-handed swings 10 x 30 – 300 repetitions/150 each hand with 16 kg (35-pound) kettlebell Dead hang pullups – 1, 1, 3, 3,...

I love it… Kettlebell burpees. They don’t fit my program currently, but one of these...

Naudi Aguilar of Functional Patterns shares some of the ways he works on “Rhythmic Explosiveness” in this 3 minute video. Explosiveness is not as important to me currently as simply improving my rhythm in general....

Turkish getups – 1 left and right with a 16 kg (35-pound) and 2 left and right with a 12 kg (26-pound) Double clean and press and front squat combo – 5 x 5 – 25 repetitions with 16 kg (35-pound) kettlebells Dead hang pullups – 2...