The swing
Learn the hinge, setup, timing, breathing and finish. Build hip power, grip and conditioning with a movement that gives you a lot of return for your training time.
Durham Kettlebell Workshop · Saturdays · 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
Swing +
Turkish Get-Up.
Two movements. One explosive, one controlled. Four hours learning a simple foundation you can keep using for strength and conditioning.
CAD $200 + tax
Includes one month of Online Training follow-up after the workshop.
Keep it simple
One explosive. One controlled.
The Turkish get-up
Move from the floor to standing under control. Roll, organise your trunk, use the hips, establish a lunge and finish overhead—then reverse the process.
Why the get-up?
Every position teaches you something.
You move from a horizontal pressing position through rolling and rotation, up to the elbow and hand, through the hip and leg-sweep positions, into a lunge and finally to standing with the kettlebell overhead.
That asks for control, adequate hip mobility, lower-body strength, overhead stability and the ability to organise your body differently from one side to the other.
Complicated does not have to mean confusing. We break the movement into pieces, learn each position, then put it together.
Why the swing?
Power. Grip. Conditioning. Efficiency.
The swing teaches you to load the hips and posterior chain, generate force and repeat powerful efforts without needing a room full of equipment.
I often describe it as an antidote to sitting: modern life gives us plenty of sitting; the swing gives you a reason to stand, hinge, use the hips and produce force.
Kettlebell people sometimes call broad carryover the “what-the-heck effect.” It is not magic. It is what can happen when you get good at a simple movement that trains several useful qualities at once.
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Durham Kettlebell Gym · Grey County, Ontario
$200.00 CAD + applicable taxWhat happens afterward?
Your workshop includes one month of Online Training follow-up. Go home, practise and send me videos for feedback. The follow-up can include kettlebells, maces, clubs and your training as a whole. After that included month, continuing Online Training is optional at $100 CAD/month + applicable tax for programming, private-group access and video feedback. No automatic renewal.