All morning I watched folks who I regularly work with swing Kettlebells that 5 months ago they never would have imagined being able to handle. I’m talking 53lb, 70lb, 88lb Kettlebells, worked with safely, for repetitions. Even now, some might not believe me if I told them, with continued training in proper technique…

When I was a kid my uncle would ask me, every time that we talked, how many push ups that I could do. For whatever reason, because I know he would ask my brother the same thing, I took this question so seriously that I would do push ups every night from the age of 8 until I found Kettlebells at the age of 20.

In my time as a trainer I have learned and explored many effective ways to build on radiant compression as a strength skill. Like all other strength skills, the ability to engage more of the musculature is a feat to be constantly practiced and improved upon.

It’s all too easy to be taught that physical degradation is inevitable, or that older people with phenomenal strength are uncommon, or even uncanny, but this has never been the case.

A special consideration should be taken when choosing a high impact weight training regiment if you are to maintain healthy shoulders and have strength/mobility throughout your lifetime.