This video showcases one of my young athletes who is finally really starting to "get it". She is coming a long way because she trains regularly, progressively and aggressively. She is doing what I would consider to be one of the absolute best combination of exercises for young athletes and fitness generalists as well. Take a gander and please leave a comment with your favorite combination/superset/couplet/triplet/whatever...

There are very few exercises you can do that have as much value, bang for your buck, as the swing. It is simple to learn, not easy to master, and has tremendous carryover to everyday life. We can perform this exercise almost anywhere, with a variety of implements, and it forces you to learn how to user your body in a synergistic fashion. In other words, it helps you become a better athlete. As an added bonus, you burn a ton of fat, which is probably the biggest sales pitch of the movement to the general public. However, we are not the general public. We are the athletic, the few who have chosen to do what is necessary to become the very best version of ourselves. That usually means making the harder decision. A decision that screams, "I will not settle for average!"  Just because things aren't lined up perfectly in your life, does not mean that you can't make the best out of what you have available to you. Some people make excuses why they can't do certain things, while others find ways how to get things done. In this video I perform a few variations of one of my favorite exercises, the swing, and show how it's not necessarily about the kettlebell. Although the kettlebell is my preferred tool for this exercise, if you don't have one available to you, you can still move your ass and get things done. 



Don't forget about The Strength Shop's Kettlebell and Bodyweight Training Workshop we have coming up next weekend, 11/06/10. We have just a few spaces left and it's the end of the road on this deal. If you're on the fence, time to make a move. It's gonna be a great day of training. Check it out here. 


As always, drop a comment above and let us know some of your favorite swing variations and what you had to do to accommodate certain situations. If we reach a whopping 10 comments, I'll make my next video a video of your choice. We will take a poll I guess. Post up, buddy.