If you appreciate old-school strength, you’ll enjoy what’s coming soon: Kettlebell VIP: Vintage Iron Power for True All-Round Strength! Old-school lift variations. Forgotten methods. Timeless results. Favorite kettlebell lifts and “secrets of strength” from the Golden Era of legendary old-time strongmen. Want to be first to know when the new online course drops—and grab the special launch discount? 📩 Subscribe to my SIMPLEXSTRONG newsletter 👉 simplexstrong.com ✉️✅ #simplexstrong #strongfirst #kettlebell #kettlebellVIP #bestrongfirst

Ha. You should be carrying big logs or boulders. There was a good StrongFirst article a few years ago about a high school teacher doing strength training with kids. He’d have them reading classics while holding kettle bells overhead…

14 years ago, I met Pavel for the first time. Looking back, it was one of the defining turning points of my life. It changed the way I train, teach, think, and approach challenges. The lessons, friendships, opportunities, and experiences that followed have shaped me in countless ways. For that, I am grateful every day. #strongfirst #bestrongfirst #grateful @BeStrongFirst

Coming soon: favorite kettlebell lifts, training methods, and strength secrets from the old masters. Forgotten by many. Proven by generations. If you appreciate old-school strength, you’ll enjoy what’s coming next. Kettlebell VIP: Vintage Iron Power for True All-Round Strength! Old-school lift variations. Forgotten methods. Timeless results. Favorite kettlebell lifts and “secrets of strength” from the Golden Era of legendary old-time strongmen. Want to be first to know when the new online course drops—and grab the special launch discount? 📩 Subscribe to my SIMPLEXSTRONG newsletter 👉 simplexstrong.com ✉️✅ #simplexstrong #strongfirst #kettlebell #kettlebellVIP #bestrongfirst

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W. A. Pullum, bent pressing with a kettlebell and a dumbbell (!). “Extracts from the dlary of W. A. Pullum, who, at the suggestion of the Editor, is conducting an experiment upon himself to prove that physical culture and weight training can rejuvenate a man even though he be past the fifty mark.” — Health and Strength Magazine, 1939. — Dumbbell lifting 👉 enterthedumbbell.com Old-school kettlebell lifting 👉 Kettlebell VIP: Vintage Iron Power for True All-Round Strength! Old-school lift variations. Forgotten methods. Timeless results. Favorite kettlebell lifts and “secrets of strength” from the Golden Era of legendary old-time strongmen. Want to be first to know when the new online course drops—and grab the special launch discount? 📩 Subscribe to my SIMPLEXSTRONG newsletter 👉 simplexstrong.com ✉️✅ #simplexstrong #strongfirst #kettlebell #dumbbell #bestrongfirst

The inaugural USA Enter the Dumbbell workshop — Modesto, CA. Old-school lifting for modern strength: heavy dumbbells, maximum power. Muscle, power, and split clean. Muscle, power, and lunge overhead swing. Strict press. Explosive and grinding strength, the Hard Style way. Huge thanks to everyone who came, lifted, learned, and brought the right spirit. Special thanks to Mike Sousa! 👉 Learn more: enterthedumbbell.com #enterthedumbbell #strongfirst #bestrongfirst @BeStrongFirst

My big brother in Strength, Mike Sousa, StrongFirst Certified Senior Instructor, immediately implementing the Hard Style dumbbell skills and lifts in his own training. 👉 enterthedumbbell.com

Its ok to have extended arms via the elbow joint in the top position but the shoulders should be packed/retracted which I rarely see done properly in the gym without some formal training: i.e. kettlebell kings or StrongFirst

“Harry Baker was a very fine all round lifter, but like most lifters, he had his favourites and one of these was the pictured Dumbell Swing. He was very stylish on this lift, extremely fast, and his best performances were not a long way off "bodyweight" (148lb. [67.1 kg]” — The Baker Story: W. A. Pullum continues the story of Harr Baker, a life member of BAWLA and a real iron game enthusiast — Discover the lost art of old-school dumbbell lifting. Enter the Dumbbell brings back forgotten strongman lifts, stripped down, systematized, and taught for serious strength. 👉 enterthedumbbell.com #simpexstrong #strongfirst #enterthedumbbell #dumbbellswing #bestrongfirst

CONGRATULATIONS to the new SFG Kettlebell Certified Instructors at the 2026 Minneapolis StrongFirst Certification! Welcome to the School of Strength!

Two Hands Anyhow, performed with a barbell and kettlebell, on the cover of The Art and Science of Lifting by Thomas Inch, published in England in 1900. #thomasinch #twohandsanyhow #simplexstrong #strongfirst #bestrongfirst

Get resilient - @BeStrongFirst RESILIENT! StrongFirst RESILIENT at BrickHouse, Modesto, CA—Mike Sousa StrongFirst Certified Senior Instructor’s awesome gym. Thank you all 🙏🤜🤛🤝💪 #strongfirst #resilient #strongfirstresilient #bestrongfirst

The name "Yosemite" is derived from the Southern Sierra Miwok term yohhe'meti, which translates to "those who kill" or "the killers". It historically referred to the indigenous Ahwahneechee tribe, who were given this foreboding name by neighboring tribes due to their fierce reputation and composition of tribal renegades. StrongFirst AIl-Terrain Conditioning, Yosemite National Park, June 2026

「ケトルベルスイングは、誰もが行うべき最も有益な種目だ。 ヒップが動かす。腕は引っ張らない。」 #KettlebellSwing #StrongFirst #ケトルベル

「常に次の練習のために新鮮でいろ。今日強くなるためではなく、年後も強くあり続けるために訓練せよ。」 #Longevity #StrongFirst #長期的な強さ

“You can generate plenty of force when you begin the one-hand dumbbell clean from the platform—and that makes it a great exercise for developing explosive power. It’s easier than the swing or the snatch, and it may very well become one of your favorite dumbbell exercises.” — Brooks Kubik Dumbbell split clean with the legendary Milo Duplex dumbbell at the very first U.S. Enter the Dumbbell workshop at BrickHouse, the best gym in Modesto, California, run by Mike Sousa. — Old-school strength never went away. Some of us are just bringing it back. To learn more about old-school dumbbell lifting, check out my online course, Enter the Dumbbell: 👉 enterthedumbbell.com #oldtimestrongman #dumbbell #enterthedumbbell #simplexstrong #strongfirst @BeStrongFirst

The very first #enterthedumbbell workshop in the USA 💪 #brickhouse #strongfirst #bestrongfirst

Lifting with my big brother in strength, Mike Sousa, StrongFirst Certified Senior Instructor: double Beast press (2×48 kg) and 52 kg bent press. Make sure to join his AWESOME gym BrickHouse in Modesto, California. #strongfirst #modesto #brickhouse #bestrongfirst

“Pressing Kettlebells Upside Down” (or as we say today, bottom up) Place the kettlebell in front of you at a distance of ¼–½ arshin [36–71 cm] from the heels. The heels should be on one line and separated by ½–1 arshin [ 36–71 cm], depending on your height. The handle of the kettlebell should be perpendicular to your body. Take hold of the middle of the handle, not deeply in the hand, but rather so that the wrist is slightly bent outward. In this position the handle will rest firmly against the palm. With a strong, short pull, bring the kettlebell to the shoulder, keeping it bottom-up (Fig. 81), and then press it overhead until the arm is completely straight (Fig. 82). While doing so, it is permissible to bend the torso slightly toward the opposite side. … Pay special attention to ensuring that the handle sits firmly in the palm. To achieve this, one must become accustomed to keeping the wrist slightly bent outward. At first this will feel strange and unfamiliar, but once you become accustomed to holding the kettlebell in this manner, you will discover that there is no better way to maintain balance, and that no exceptional finger strength is required to press kettlebells bottom-up. Become accustomed to working equally with each hand and do not allow one arm to lag behind the other. — Lebedev, Ivan Vladimirovich. Heavy Athletics: A Guide to Developing Strength Through Training with Heavy Kettlebells. Petrograd, 1916. — Kettlebell VIP: Vintage Iron Power for True All-Round Strength! Old-school lift variations. Forgotten methods. Timeless results. Favorite kettlebell lifts and “secrets of strength” from the Golden Era of legendary old-time strongmen. Want to be first to know when the new online course drops—and grab the special launch discount? 📩 Subscribe to my SIMPLEXSTRONG newsletter 👉 simplexstrong.com ✉️✅ #simplexstrong #strongfirst #kettlebell #kettlebellVIP #bestrongfirst