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JWright: January 09 2006
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Dead-weight snatches(like Mike Mahler does) help please...
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I know the basics and have seen this snatch variation many times but I am unclear of something. I know you must think of it as a jump "up" per say, you explode at the hips as you jump "up" and your also going to be pulling somewhat with your arm(almost a shurg from the upper back) as if your starting lawnmower. My question is when do you initiate the pull with the arm/shoulder. Most of my hip snap seems to come when the KB is about knee level but I am never sure when to pull with the arm, etc. Help please??? I have always done swing style snatches btw...
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Mike Mahler: January 09 2006
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at the same time that you drive through forcefully with the hips. One exercise that really helps with dead weight snatch is the hang snatch(covered in detail on my next DVD coming out at the end of the month).
Mike Mahler
http://www.mikemahler.com
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JamesC: January 13 2006
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HOC questions
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How many times a week can you do this,what do you do on non-HOC days, and can you start out with simple stuff like swings and hindu squats?
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Mike Mahler: January 13 2006
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depending on your goals and recover abilities. Once you try the program you will not be thinking about doing anything on off days accept resting up. Read the articles on HOC at my site and check out the newsletter archives.
Mike Mahler
http://www.mikemahler.com
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Ralf: January 14 2006
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ab vacuum
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I'm thinking of adding ab vacuums to my routine as shown in bullet proof abs. My question is are you supposed to inhale and hold your breath when holding the vacuum?
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Mike Mahler: January 14 2006
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you have to blow all of the air out to do the ab vacuum. If you breathe in, it is not possible. Blow all of the air out and then pull your stomach in.
Mike Mahler
http://www.mikemahler.com
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Xiang Gang: January 15 2006
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DD Loyalty Test
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Many of you have given me a hard time when I pointed out that there is a DDloyalty test and that you should not rock the boat. Well remeber Jeff Martone? Guess why he gave up the SRKC? Quote from Jeff's web site.
Hi Christoff,
Thank you for your post. You bring up an interesting concern and point of view. However, you don't have all the facts. I can't speak for other kettlebell trainers, but I will speak for myself. Please let me take a moment and clarify the recent events.
The only reason I gave up my SRKC title is because Pavel chose to view me as disloyal because I wasn't exclusively selling a Dragon Door kettlebells to my clients. He decided to take a hard stance about the issue, so I resigned. It's that simple. That's the only reason I gave up my SRKC title. That was about six weeks ago.
I could be wrong, but, by the tone of your post, it appears that you might have a bit of a problem with Coach Glassman and CrossFit. I attended a CrossFit seminar about a year and a half ago in CO. I was very impressed with the caliber of coaches and athletes associated with CrossFit. Do I agree with 100% with their training philosphy? Probably not. For that matter, I don't agree 100% on every tip or technique that the SRKCs or Pavel puts out either. I choose what works and ignore the rest. We don't have to agree 100% on everything to get along.
Coach Glassman is open minded to a wide variety of training methodoligies. He see's kettlesbells for what they are... a contioning tool. Like any good coach, he wants to give the folks in his community the best training they can get. AFTER hearing about my split with Pavel, he offered me an open invitation to be the kettlebell representative for the CrossFit community. This was a few days AFTER the first of the New Year. I'm all about training and teaching folks about the benefits of proper kettlebell training.
Will you be seeing a more crossfit style of training comming out on Tactical Athlete? If it works for me and the folks I train, then you'll see it on my website. It's that simple.
Train Hard - Stay Safe,
Jeff
Why Jeff gave up the SRKC
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Mike Mahler: January 15 2006
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just to clarify, we are not employees of DD. We basically have our expenses covered to teach at RKC's as independent contracters not employees. We all have our own indpendent operations. None of my seminars are DD sponsored and DD does not get a percentage. In other words I do not work for John or Pavel outside of the RKC's that I teach at.
Mike Mahler
http://www.mikemahler.com
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frankb: January 28 2006
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Has Mike given a release date on his new DVD?
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I though it would be out this month, and will dragon door be carrying it or should I go through Mike’s site??
Frank
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Mike Mahler: January 28 2006
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And the DVD is in the process of being duplicated. It will ship out to me next week should be up on my site for sale in early Feb.
Mike Mahler
http://www.mikemahler.com
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powerlifter54: January 30 2006
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Frequency the next buzz in Training
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Read these and be ahead of the cutting edge:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mahler77.htm
jmo
Waterbury from T-nation
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Mike Mahler: January 31 2006
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for the purpose of the article I did not feel the need to discuss the Pre-exhaustion method. A method that Mentzer did not emphazie as much in his later work "Heavy Dut II."
Mike
http://www.mikemahler.com
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