Heavy Kettlebells After 40
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Heavy kettlebells aren't destroying your joints. How you USE them is.
After 30+ years of kettlebell training - including 25 years of knee pain and two torn hip labrums - I learned the hard way that the problem isn't the weight. It's the foundation underneath it.
In this video I break down the 3 mistakes that cause joint damage from kettlebells, and the framework to fix them.
0:00 – How I destroyed my own joints
3:00 – Mistake #1: Pushing through joint pain
4:20 – Mistake #2: Lost stability (it's not flexibility)
6:04 – Mistake #3: Technique drift you can't see
7:15 – The "Earn the Right" framework
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