Members Speak

  “Joining NKB 15 months ago is by far the most positive thing I have done for myself in over two decades. I feel transformed! At the age of 52, I never imagined that my body could feel and move as it did when I was 35. Aches, pains, as well as dysfunctional...

The Common Thread: Guest post by Jedd Johnson

The following is a guest post by RKC, Grip Sport world-record holder and Full Grown Man, Jedd Johnson of The Grip Authority Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Muscle-ups, Snatch, Clean, Jerk, Curls, Ropes, Pull-ups, Push-downs, Climbing. What is the common thread between all of...

Consistency Over Time

Consistency over time. If there is a “secret” to success, this is it. Even a perfect exercise program and the ideal diet will fail to produce any kind of result if it is only followed for 4 days. Paraphrasing Mark Reifkind, MRKC, I would rather see someone train twice...

Lessons in lifting

The practice of strength training should be principle-based if you have any hope of success.  Principles are universal and tend not to change. Methods are situational and can change at any time. In my DVD Lessons of the Old Time Strongmen, the entire lecture is...

Time flies…

I was looking through an old notebook yesterday and realized that this week marks the fifth anniversary of when I began doing group kettlebell classes in Centennial Park park. This was planting the seed for what would become Nashville Kettlebell. We started out with...

Knee Update: An Epiphany

“Whether things are posted on the Internet or the gym wall, we always seem to post our strengths and somehow neglect to report our weaknesses—to others as well as ourselves. It is easy to fall into a situation of looking at numbers and posting maximums in our...