KOR Strength and Conditioning Blog
Everyone agrees that fitness is good. It boosts your health, brightens your soul, calms your mind, and allows you to do more with your life.
Our articles focus on tips and advice to help you live better. Follow our KOR Strength and Conditioning blog to learn about upcoming events as well as exercise tips and tricks to keep you healthy, toned, and fit.
Kettlebell HIIT Workouts
By now it's common knowledge that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a much more effective training modality than low-intensity, long-duration aerobic exercise. Combine HIIT with our favorite training tool - the kettlebell - and you have the [...]
Top 6 Reasons to Get a Personal Trainer
At KOR, we believe strongly in the value of a personal trainer. Many are hesitant to hire one because of price or intimidation, but the benefits will greatly outweigh your doubts. Keep reading to find [...]
10 Myths About Kettlebell Training
From KBFitBritt.com Kettlebells have become increasingly popular in the fitness world, and for good reason. They are an incredible tool to build strength, conditioning, unilateral coordination, endurance, and mobility. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of [...]
Get a Grip
By Mark Reifkind There are no strong people with weak hands. In fact, grip strength, along with abdominal and hip strength (read glute) are the three key neural generators of strength. You’ll never meet a weak [...]
January Pull Up Challenge
Starting in 2018, KOR Strength and Conditioning Coaches are challenging our members to improve their benchmark exercises: pull up, push up, swing, press, pistol, and Turkish Get-Up(TGU). In the month of January, we are focusing [...]
Rules and Scoring for Kettlebell Sport: How To Win
How are kettlebell competitions judged? Kettlebell Sport rules require every lifter has a judge who sits in front of them for the duration of their competition set and counts their repetitions, monitors their technique, and [...]
Swingers Club Challenge 2017
It's back!!!!!!!! What is the Swingers Club Challenge? The Swingers Club Challenge provides fun fitness challenges that KOR members can complete to earn points towards prizes. How do I play? Fill your name in on [...]
5 Reasons to Start Swingin’ the Kettlebell Swing
Strengthen the posterior chain When done properly, the kettlebell swing is a fantastic hinging movement that works several major muscles on your backside including the hamstrings, glutes, and erectors. Improve posture In a world where [...]
What is Kettlebell Sport?
Kettlebell Sport, also known as Girevoy Sport, is an endurance style of lifting kettlebells that is used in competition. The objective of a kettlebell competition is to complete as many repetitions as possible in 10 [...]
Breaking Down the Science of Building Muscle
Building muscle can seem complicated and overwhelming at times, with so many philosophies and programs on the web promising 2 inches to your biceps in 2 weeks. Fortunately, Brad Schoenfeld, PH.D, C.S.C.S., and fitness expert [...]