In case you haven’t heard, I’m a kettlebell guy now. A girevik. This started with Dan John’s 10,000 Kettlebell Swing Workout and really took over with Pavel Tsatsouline’s Rite of Passage. This time I’m here with Steve Cotter’s Full-Body Kettlebell Workout, though to be honest I modified it pretty heavily and I’ll get into the how and the why below.
While John and Pavel are very close to each other in terms of kettlebell schools of thought, Cotter broke off from this tree and started his own certification body for kettlebells (IKFF). His workout here is less focused on the simple, minimalist aspect of kettlebell training and gets to a lot of different movements and requires many kettlebells per workout rather than just one. It’s a good program for someone like me who has done the basics and is ready to learn about a lot more movements available for the kettlebell.
How did it treat me? Well, here are the measurements:
- Body weight: 187 lbs -> 186 lbs
- Arms: ~15 inches -> ~15.75 inches
- Legs: ~25 inches -> ~25 inches
I have nothing to complain about. A near inch of growth in my arms in six weeks is incredible. Now I can’t thank Cotter too much for that, more Mike Rose, as I added an extra day just for…
