Kettlebell 365

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Month 2!
Phase 2 - All Four Corners!
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Welcome Back!!
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I hope you’re feeling a lot more agile with a lot less aches, issues, and maybe even
pains. !
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People are often amazed at how good it feels to move well again. It’s funny: You end up
putting up with your issues for so long that they just become background noise. Then,
when they’re gone, you end up astounded by the sound of silence (and the peace that
comes with it)!!
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This month, we’ll be transitioning into Phase 2: Get Stronger. !
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It will have a similar look and feel to last month, but the focus will be more on the
extremities - or the intersections where the extremities meet - the shoulders and hips,
hence the name - “All Four Corners.” (Each shoulder is a corner and so is each hip.)!
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And since strength, developmentally strength is gained from the center out to the limbs,
it makes sense that we would spend a month shoring up our center before proceeding
to this month. !
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How is this then a Phase 2 workout and not a Phase 1 workout?!
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Great question.!
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Here’s why:!
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Strength has MANY definitions.!
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The two I like most are:!
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(1) The ability to overcome.!
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(2) The ability to produce force while maintaining a position!
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The first is obvious, the second, not-so-much.!
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Many times we compromise our positions of strength and stability under load. A back
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not uncommon during pure maximum attempt loads, like powerlifting, they should be
few and far between and the Regular Joe or Jane’s strength program. !
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The better you’re able to maintain your position of strength, the longer your career with
strength training without an injury. (Trust me, I have the hat, badge, and t-shirt to prove
this point.)!
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And that’s what we’re doing this month.!
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If last month we re-built the foundation, this month we’re reframing the house.!
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Make sense?!
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Good. !
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With that in mind, let’s get into this month’s program.!
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You’ll find it challenging. !
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Remember to focus on the necessary cues and make every rep feel the same. If you
can’t, then you’re losing your position, which means you’re losing your strength. And
that’s no bueno!!
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So, let’s saddle up and ford this river, shall we?!
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 Disclaimer
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You must get your physician’s approval before beginning this exercise program. !
These recommendations are not medical guidelines but are for educational purposes
only. You must consult your physician prior to starting this program or if you have any
medical condition or injury that contraindicates physical activity. This program is
designed for healthy individuals 18 years and older only. !
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See your physician before starting any exercise or nutrition program. If you are taking
any medications, you must talk to your physician before starting any exercise program,
including Kettlebell 365. If you experience any lightheadedness, dizziness, or shortness
of breath while exercising, stop the movement and consult a physician. !
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It is strongly recommended that have a complete physical examination if you are
sedentary, if you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes, if you are
overweight, or if you are over 30 years old. Please discuss all nutritional changes with
your physician or a registered dietician. If your physician recommends that you not use
Kettlebell 365, please follow your Doctor’s orders. !
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All forms of exercise pose some inherent risks. The editors and publishers advise
readers to take full responsibility for their safety and know their limits. Before practicing
the exercises in this workout, be sure that your equipment is well maintained, and do
not take risks beyond your level of experience, aptitude, training and fitness. The
exercises and dietary programs in this program are not intended as a substitute for any
exercise routine or treatment or dietary regimen that may have been prescribed by your
physician. !
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Don’t lift heavy weights if you are alone, inexperienced, injured, or fatigued. Don’t
perform any exercise without proper instruction. Always perform a warm-up prior to all
forms of training. !
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 The Warm Up!
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This month’s warm up will be the same as it was last month.!
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I challenge you to take this to heart and do it on a daily basis. You were meant to move.
And if you don’t, you’re training “not moving” or “non-movement” and all the wonderful
ailments that come along with doing so. Tendonitis is so much fun… !
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So do this on your “off” days. It doesn’t take that long. Plus, it’s a great “de-stressor” -
helping you take the load off. !
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Which reminds me, I’ve had people do this twice daily, before their workouts and/or in
the morning or evening and reported back amazing results - years of stiffness,
tightness, and soreness - gone. POOF! Just like that. !
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Like I said, we - YOU - were made to move. Why not follow your function?!
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Here’s the warm up again in case you misplaced or (ahem) - ignored!
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Reflexive Reboot Mobility Warm Up !
Exercise Descriptions!
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Lying Neck Rotations!
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• Place your tongue on the roof of your mouth (Swallow – it’ll go there naturally.
Now hold it there.)!
• Look over your left shoulder and then your right. !
• Repeat for 10 reps each side!
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Lying Neck Flexion!

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•Keeping your tongue on the roof of your mouth, pick
your head up as high as you can.!
•Think of rolling your chin to your chest.!
•Your shoulders should come off the floor slightly and
move down toward your hips.!
•You should feel your abs contract.!
•Place your head back on the floor.!
•Perform 10 reps.!
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Neck Led Rolling!
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Start lying on your back and lift your head off the ground.!
• Look in the direction you want to go – look right and place your nose into your
armpit. Your body will roll right over onto your stomach.!
• Prop yourself up on your elbows.!
• Look over the opposite shoulder of the direction you want to go – if you want to
roll onto your back – look over your left shoulder and you’ll to your right and end
up lying on your back.!

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 • Repeat for both left and right sides.!
• Do 5 reps each side/direction.!
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Leg Led Rolling!
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! • Start lying on your back!
• Lift one leg and reach across your body – your arms and head are relaxed, and
your arms are over your head!
• Let your leg pull your body onto your stomach/front!
• Keeping your arms and head relaxed, lift one leg and reach across your body!
• Let your leg pull you back onto your back!
• Repeat for 5 reps each direction!
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Quadruped/Child’s Pose with breathing – 10 breaths!
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•Assume a four-point position (on hands and
knees)!
•Rock back until your chest is on your quads and
your arms are out in front of you!
•Relax there and take 10 deep breaths into your
stomach. Your cue is to breathe into your stomach
so you can feel your stomach press into your legs
as you inhale!
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Cat-Camel!
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! • From “Child’s Pose,” straighten your arms so you are supporting your weight
evenly on your hands and your knees in a four point stance (quadraped)!
• Lift your head up and try to touch your chin to the ceiling. Your back should
become concave as you push your belly to the floor!
• Roll your chin down and push your upper and middle back into the ceiling
forming an arch!
• Go slowly and breathe at each position!
• Move slowly into and out of each position, attempting to create more and more
space in your upper and middle back!
• You should not feel your lower back much at all!
• Perform 10 reps!
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Quadruped “Thread the Needle”!
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! • From the four point stance, reach your right arm underneath and across your
body between your hand and your knee and exhale!
• Lead with your eyes and your head!
• Return to the start position and then repeat for a total of 10 reps!
• Do the same for the left side!
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Quadruped Lat Stretch (Chair or Pole) with Breathing!
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! • From the four point stance place your arms on a chair or grab a pole, like main
upright on the banister of a stairwell!
• Press them into the chair, and relax your head!
• Exhale and pull your shoulders apart – create space in your upper back and
between your shoulder blades!
• You should feel a stretch in your lats (the muscles on the sides of your body that
run from your armpits to your pelvis)!
• Perform 5 to 10 reps!
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Half Kneeling Windmill “Thread the Needle”!
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! • From quadruped, place your right foot next to and on the outside of your right
hand (this will be a lunge position, also known as “half kneeling”)!
• Reach up to the ceiling with your right hand and look up at it – this will cause
your body to rotate through the thoracic spine!
• Release your breath as you reach the top!
• From here, just like the “Quadruped – Thread the Needle” – reach your right arm
through the space between your left hand and left knee – lead the movement
with your eyes and your head!
• Release your breath at the end range when your hand is as far through as you
can comfortably get it!
• Then return to the HKW position only this time keep reaching behind you!
• Perform 10 reps on this side!
• And then perform 10 reps on the other side!
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Hip Flexor Stretch, with breathing – 5 breaths each leg!
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Start in the half kneeling/lunge position!
•Reach up in the air with the hand on the same side of your
body as the leg that’s in front of you!
•Squeezing your glute on the leg that is down, drive your hips
forward and exhale!
•Reach for the ceiling at the same time!
•Then return to the start!
•Perform 5 reps and then switch sides!
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Hip Flexor Stretch with Rotation, with breathing – 5 breaths each leg!
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This is performed exactly the same way as the previous
stretch except that you will reach across your body and grab
the opposite knee!
•This will open your hip and thoracic spine simultaneously!
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Pumps!
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! • From quadruped, extend your legs behind you so you are in a push up position!
• Push your hips up in the air and look between your legs!
• From here, extend your head and look up at the ceiling and push your hips to the
floor – VERY IMPORTANT! Squeeze your glutes together hard as your hips
move toward the floor – and exhale!
• Look over one shoulder and drive the opposite hip toward the floor – keeping
your glutes squeezed very tightly!
• Then look over the opposite shoulder the same way!
• Then push your hips back up to the start position where your hips are up in the
air!
• Perform 10 reps – 5 reps looking over each shoulder – and alternate between
them!
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Bird Dog!
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! • Return to quadruped!
• Lift your head and look at the wall in front of you!
• Extend your right arm and your left leg simultaneously so they are both parallel
with the floor and hold for 1 second!
• Return them to the floor – their starting positions, and perform a total of 10 reps.!
• Then do the same for the other limbs – the left arm and right leg – again, 10 reps
total.!
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 Month 2 Workouts!
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We are continuing with our A/B split this month. This month’s programming is similar to
last month’s although we are going to drop the number of exercises and start focusing
on the shoulders and hips, one limb at a time. We will however, retain some emphasis
on maintaining and strengthening reflexive core stability.!
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(NOTE: Prof. Stuart McGill, one of the world’s leading spine biomechanists, states that
it’s not a lack of abdominal strength that leads to or causes back injuries, but rather a
lack of strength-ENDURANCE, a perfect example of the ability to maintain positioning
under a load. Therefore, you’ll see some higher reps this month on some of the core
stability exercises.)!
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Workout A!
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A1. Get Up To Hand, L,R !! x 3-5 !
A2. Half-Kneeling Press, L,R ! x 5-15!
A3. Prone Cross Crawl ! ! x 10-15!
A4. Reverse Lunge, L,R ! ! x 5-15!
A5. 1 Hand Swing, L,R ! ! x 10,10!
! • Repeat the circuit as many times as comfortable in 30-40 minutes.!
• Perform as many high quality reps in the given rep ranges as possible. Never
sacrifice form for quantity. Ever.!
• Rest as much as you need, but no “lollygagging” – you’re breathing should be
elevated along with your heart rate. You should be sweating.!
• Use a comfortable sized kettlebell that will allow for the prescribed number of
reps in each set!
• Using a scale of perceived exertion (RPE) between 1 and 10, you should never
exceed an 8 out of 10 during this training. (1 = sitting on the couch and 10 = all
out maximum effort, giving it all you got.) The acceptable range for your RPE is
between 5 and 8.!
• Exercises in parenthesis () are optional. You may do them if you wish.!
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Workout B!
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A1. Get Up, L,R ! ! ! x 3-5 !
A2. Tall Kneeling Press, L,R! x 5-10!
A3. Single Leg Deadlift, L,R ! x 5-10!
A4. Walkout To Plank ! ! x 10-15!
A5. Hand-to-Hand Swing ! x 10-20!
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! • Repeat the circuit as many times as comfortable in 40 minutes.!

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 • Perform as many high quality reps in the given rep ranges as possible. Never
sacrifice form for quantity. Ever.!
• Rest as much as you need, but no “lollygagging” – you’re breathing should be
elevated along with your heart rate. You should be sweating.!
• Use a comfortable sized kettlebell that will allow for the prescribed number of
reps in each set!
• Using a scale of perceived exertion (RPE) between 1 and 10, you should never
exceed an 8 out of 10 during this training. (1 = sitting on the couch and 10 = all
out maximum effort, giving it all you got.) The acceptable range for your RPE is
between 5 and 8.!
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 Exercise Descriptions!
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1. Get Up To The Hand (Stop at Step 3)!
2. Get Up!
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Target muscles: Everything in the middle, shoulders, lats, legs!
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1. Cradle and grip the bell.!
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• Place the kettlebell next to the shoulder on the side you are working.!
• Roll to your side and cradle the kettlebell with both hands – the working hand
grips the kettlebell, and the opposite hand covers it. !
• Roll on to your back and place the kettlebell on your stomach.!
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2. Press the bell overhead.!
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•Move the bell so the arm is perpendicular to the
floor.!
•The elbow should be locked, and the shoulder
pulled into its socket.!
•Bend the knee on the side of the body that’s holding
the kettlebell.!
•Place the opposite arm on the floor approximately
45 degrees from the body.!
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3. Roll up onto the elbow and then the hand.!
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• Drive from the foot on the working side and roll up onto your elbow and exhale.!
• Once stable, roll up from the elbow onto the hand.!
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4. Lift the hips high into the air.!
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•Squeeze both gluts and lift your hips as high in the air
as you can.!
•You will be supporting yourself on one arm, the heel of
the straight leg, and the surface of your flat foot – like a
tripod. !
•Maintain your arm extended overhead.!
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5. Sweep the leg and find the lunge.!
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Take your straight leg and pull it under your body
placing it next to and behind the hand that is on the floor.!
•You will end up in a position that makes your legs
appear to be 90 degrees from each other. One knee will
be pointing straight ahead, and the other will be pointing
at the hand on the floor.!
•Your neck is rotated looking up at the kettlebell in your
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6. Ascend from the lunge.!
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•The knee that’s on the floor will be approximately 90 degrees
from the other knee. Your hand is still on the floor.!
•Take your hand off the floor and move your body into an
upright position so you are looking straight ahead.!
•“Windshield wiper” the leg that’s on the ground so that both
legs are now parallel to each other, in a lunge position.!
•Drive from your back foot through your hips into your front foot
and stand up from the lunge.!
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7. Descend and reverse.!
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Step back into the lunge so your knee is on the floor, and
reverse the steps that got you into a lunge.!
•“Windshield wiper” the leg back to perpendicular (90
degrees) from the front leg.!
•Fold into your hips and place your hand just in front of the
knee on the floor.!
•Stick your leg back in front of you so it is once again
straight.!
•Put your butt on the floor.!
•Roll down to your elbow.!
•Roll down to your shoulders.!
•Lower the kettlebell with two hands to your stomach.!
•Roll to your side and place the kettlebell on the floor.!
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3. Half Kneeling Press (HKP)!
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• Exactly the same set up as the TKP, but you are in a lunge position with your
back knee down and 70% of your weight on it!
• Keep your hip over top of your knee!
• Press the kettlebell overhead, pause, and pull it down to the rack !
• Let your abs and glutes contract as necessary and needed – don’t force them to!
• Perform 10 – 15 reps per side!
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4. Prone Cross Crawl!
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• Start in a push up position!
• Bring your left elbow to your right knee,
touching them underneath your body!
• Make sure you pause in that position
demonstrating to yourself that you have
control !
• Return to the start position!
• Bring your right elbow to your left knee,
touching them underneath your body,
again, pausing in that position,
demonstrating to yourself that you are in
control!
• Return to the start position!
• That’s one (1) rep.!
• Repeat for the prescribed number of reps!
• Do the best you can not to let your hips
jack-knife into the air - keep them as close
to parallel to the ground as possible!
• Breathe normally in and out through your
nose, with your tongue on the roof of your
mouth, without mouth-breathing!
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5. Reverse Lunge!
! • Target muscles: Legs – quads, hamstrings, glutes!
• Hold the kettlebell in one of five positions:!
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1. Holding on to something for balance!
2. Standing without holding onto anything !
3. Farmer’s/Suitcase – in your hand by your side!
4. Rack – on the chest!
5. Lockout – overhead at arm’s length!

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Step back with one leg – preferably with the leg on the same side the kettlebell is
being held if it’s held in the hand, or in the opposite hand if the bell is in the rack
or lockout!
• Touch your back knee to the ground.!
• Return to standing by driving from the back foot, through the hips, into the front
foot – pushing the front foot through the ground.!
• With the Stationary Lunge, you will assume the lunge position first, then descend
into the lunge – and your legs will remain in the lunge position the whole time –
you feet never leave the ground.!
• With the Reverse Lunge, you will start with your feet together, step back into the
lunge, and then return to the start with your feet together!
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 • Target muscles: Lats, abs, glutes!
• Kneel down on both knees – on a towel or pad or cushion if necessary!
• Lift a kettlebell to the shoulder!
• Keep your body in a straight line with your hips over your knees!
• Press the kettlebell overhead, pause, and pull it down to the rack !
• You may look at the kettlebell like I am in the pictures or you may look straight
ahead!
• Let your abs and glutes contract as necessary and needed – don’t force them to!
• Perform 10 – 15 reps per side!
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8. Single Leg Deadlift!
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• Target Muscles: Glutes, hamstrings, opposite lat, some abs!
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1. Stand on one leg.!
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• Hold a kettlebell in each hand OR!
• Hold a kettlebell in the hand opposite the leg you are standing on.!
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2. Hinge at the hip.!
• Just like the Swing, Clean and Snatch, start by pushing your hips back.!
• One leg should start to elevate and lift off the floor.!
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3. Push the elevated leg back to the wall.!
• As the torso bends forward and the hips go backward, elevate the back leg.!
• Keep the leg in line with the torso, forming a straight line from the heel to the
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 • Keep your midsection tight and your shoulders packed. This will prevent you from
rotating around your middle.!
• Contract the lat hard on the side of your body holding the kettlebell and attempt
to pull your shoulder toward your hip. !
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5. Stand back up.!
• Push your foot through the floor and squeeze the same glut and stand back up.!
• Make sure you stay tight through the middle.!
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• Start exactly the same way as you did for the walkout!
• Keeping your abs braced, lower yourself onto one forearm, then the other so
both forearms are parallel to each other!
• Keep your glutes squeezed and your abs braced!
• Raise yourself back up to your hands, one at a time, keeping braced in the
middle, so your body remains rigid and in a straight line!
• Walk back to the start position – which is folded in half, with your palms touching
the floor – that’s 1 rep!
• Perform 5 to 10 reps!
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• Grab it out of the air with the opposite hand and perform another Swing!
• Alternate from one hand to the next on every other Swing!
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 Nutrition!
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There is very little difference between eating protocols in Phase 1 and Phase 2. The real
changes occur when we move into Phases 3 and 4 and eat to get lean and to grow
muscle.!
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Therefore, we are going to revisit and refine last month’s food recommendations. !
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Here’s what we laid down last month:!
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That’s why over the years I’ve defaulted to an intermittent fasting (IF) style of
eating. It’s really simple. !
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You don’t eat for the first half of the day - until around lunch. That meal is
relatively light. Then you eat a big dinner.!
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The primary reason to engage in this pattern of eating is based on your circadian
rhythms, and the corresponding parts of your autonomic nervous system (ANS),
and which part of your ANS is dominant during that rhythm. !
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There are two parts to your ANS: Your Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) and
your Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS). During the day, your SNS,
responsible for “fight or flight,” is dominant. This means during the day you’re
body is geared for work. In the evening and at night, your PNS, responsible for
“rest and digest,” is dominant. Therefore, it makes good sense to work with your
body instead of against it. !
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Eating in this pattern increases your body’s fat burning enzyme production
and keeps you in a literal “fat burning zone” until you eat. !
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The fasting also helps you get in a “flow” state, where you experience high levels
of concentration. The light meal enables you to keep it. !
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And the large meal at night helps you relax and wind down from a stressful day.
The best part is that you can eat a lot of calories, still be social, and not gain any
fat, assuming you do this right.!
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So, how do you do this right?

Honestly, if you’ve been on my list for a long time or have been a customer of
mine before, you already know it, you’re probably just not doing it.!
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Eat lean cuts of protein (meat, chicken, fish, pork, ham, eggs), fruit, and
lots of green veggies. !
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Yeah, that’s pretty much “it.”!
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Simple, right?!
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On workout days, have some starches at dinner to help you refuel: Potatoes,
sweet potatoes, rice, quinoa, that sort of thing. Keep processed and refined
foods like breads and pasta to a minimum.!
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Then treat yourself once a week to your favorite meal - whatever it is: Pancakes,
cheeseburgers and fries. Whatever. (Just one meal though - don’t get carried
away.)!
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If this sounds like a boring diet plan, remember, you’re only limited by your
imagination.!
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I’m a big fan of using lots of spices and low calorie condiments:!
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• Curry!
• Mustard!
• Cumin!
• Salt and pepper!
• Salsa!
• Whatever else sounds tasty to you!
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The key is staying away from “sauces” like ketchup and BBQ sauce, which are
usually heavily-laden with sugars/high fructose corn syrup.!
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Here is what a “typical” IF day looks like for me:!
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! 5am: Wake up, pour stein (large mug) o’ coffee!
! 7am: Off to school!
! 1pm: Lunch. 3 scrambled eggs and cheese. Can of tuna. More coffee.!
! 4/5pm: Workout.!
! 6pm: Dinner. Meat. Lots of meat. (Usually between 1-2 pounds). Veggies !
! (sometimes). White rice or potatoes.!
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And yeah, it’s really that easy.!
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It’s not uncommon for my wife to throw a 2-3 pound roast in the crockpot
seasoned with whatever she thinks best in the morning and it’s ready to go
around dinner time. !
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 The key point to wrap your mind around is that you need to change how your
eating if you want to see the results you want to see.!
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A Clean Slate!
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Also, it would be unfair of me to not point this out:!
!
Many people get started with this lifestyle but retain the destructive
remnants of their old lifestyle, like one of my private coaching clients
recently did. !
!
He switched his eating patterns, but kept his old comfort food habits. He’d eat
crackers and cookies and drink up to a six-pack of beer a night. He was
wondering why he wasn’t seeing any progress in the weight loss department. !
!
So when you do this, my suggestion is you go through your pantry and your
cupboards and get rid of - trash, give away, whatever - all your cookies, candy,
crackers, chips, pretzels, and any other snack food so you’re not tempted to
emotionally/stress eat or graze, or whatever reason you have for eating those
foods. Bottom line: If they’re not in the house, you can’t eat them. !
!
This is akin to giving yourself a “clean slate” and will help you out big time not
just from a fat loss perspective, but also from a health perspective, since many
of those products are laden with trans fats and high fructose corn syrup, both of
which have been proven to wreak havoc on your metabolism and cellular
function in general.”!
!
If you don’t have this down pat yet, now is your chance to work on it. Keep going and
don’t give up until this is second nature. This is really one of the simplest, easiest ways
to manage your food/eating. It becomes a lifestyle that fits into the busiest of schedules
and accommodates the social aspects often associated with eating - namely, get
togethers with family and friends.!
!
This month I’m going to make one other simple recommendation:!
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Start taking probiotics.!
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Why?!
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Probiotics aid in digestion.!
!
Probiotics are the healthy bacteria that assist in digesting and absorbing your food.!
!
Many Westerners have damaged digestive tracts due to antibiotics, which, along with
killing the unhealthy bacteria that make you sick, also kill the good bacteria which keep
you healthy.!

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Many people who struggle to lose weight or have poor health do so because they have
taken many and sometimes large doses of antibiotics over the course of their lives and
haven’t repopulated their healthy gut bacteria. !
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This will go a long way to help improve your digestive and immune system functions.!
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Where do you get probiotics?!
!
Just go down to your local Whole Foods or other health food store and ask the store
clerk for a high quality probiotic. I recommend Jarrow or Udo’s Choice, but there are
others.!
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I just cannot emphasize enough how important getting this whole nutrition thing down
pat is. I know I’ve said it before, but I feel the need to say it again. You combine healthy
eating with recapturing your movement, and then layer some high quality strength work
on top of that, then you can really change your body composition and more importantly,
maintain that change, for as long as you want.!
!
In other words, you end up in control of your food, etc, instead of feeling controlled by it.
It’s a powerful, powerful place to be and live. And it’s my sincerest desire that you get to
this place - It’s a great place to live.!
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 Wrap Up!
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This month’s Phase 2 program, “All Four Corners” will be challenging. As you finish up,
you’ll find that you will have gained the ability to maintain your positioning in under
heavier loads and in the presence of fatigue - and that’s where real, useable, every-day
strength lives. And, it’s the type of strength that many of us are missing. Enjoy yourself
this month. It’ll lay a strong foundation for next month’s Phase 3 programming where we
work on getting lean.!
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If you have any questions, email me at support@kettlebell365.com.!
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Talk soon.!
!
Geoff!
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Geoff Neupert, CSCS!
Author, Presenter, Lifter of Heavy [Round] Things!

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