2010 Arnold Sports Festival Kettlebell Championships
Am kommenden Wochenende, 4-7 März 2010, findet das Arnolds Sports Festival in Columbus / Ohio statt und ist eines der grössten Multi-Sport-Events der USA, wenn nicht der Welt. Das 2010 Arnold Sports Festival präsentiert die 22. Arnold Classic, die 3tägige Arnold Fitness EXPO, Professional & Amateur Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figur Wettkämpfe, Professional & Amateur Strongman, Powerlifting, Strength Training, Armwrestling, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Bench Press, Martial Arts, Boxen, Grappling/JuJitsu, Judo, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Crossfit Games, Pump & Run / 5K Run und vieles mehr! Natürlich gibt es auch eine offizielle Arnold After-Party .
Es werden jede Menge Sport-Größen, Filmstars und natürlich der Namensvater dieser Veranstaltung – Gouverneur Arnold
Schwarzenegger, erwartet.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in jungen Jahren
Info – Links
- Mehr Infos zum Arnold Sports Festival findet ihr hier.
- Infos zur Kettlebell Championship / IKFF wie z.B. Gewichtsklassen gibts hier.
- Die IKFF Wettkampf Regeln & das Ranking System gibts als PDF hier.
Hasta la vista, baby Sven Arnolds Sports Festival – Trailer Steve Cotter – 116 Jerks / 32 kg an der Arnold Sports Kettlebell Championship 2009 Ken Blackburn`s Sohn Mitch (Ken ist der Director of Operations IKFF) erzielt beeindruckende 205 Wiederholungen im Snatch mit einer 16 kg Kettlebell am Arnolds Sport Festival 2009. Arnold KB Comp. 2009 – Frauen One-Arm Long Cycle 16 kg

















2 comments
I see a lot of bad technique in these clean-and-press and snatch videos. There isn’t enough hip snap, and too much effort is being used by the arm and shoulder. This isn’t true “hard-style” technique, in my opinion, and it could lead to injury.
Hello Gary,
thanks for coming by.
I agree with you, that is not “hard-style” technique!
This is Girevoy Sport (Kettlebell Sport) and they are using the GS-Technique, also called the fluid-style and if you do the technique correctly there is no risk of injury.
This is not a bad technique in the Clean & Jerk and the Snatch video. Of course if the time goes by and the athlete is becoming more tired the quality of the technique will maybe decrease. But belief me, if Mitch (snatch video) would not use his hips and would rather use more strength in his arm & shoulder, he would not be able to do 205 reps. in 10 min. at the snatch with just one hand change!
Unlike hard-style, which is more strength oriented, GS involves equal parts strength/endurance/willpower. One of the main goals here is to avoid fatigue / efficient work to save energy to stand the competitive time of 10 minutes.
GS, being a sport, also has ranks based on the size of the kettlebell used and the amount of reps in one of two events:
“Biathlon”: total number of jerks in 10 minutes plus total number of snatches in 10 minuts = your score
“Log Cycle ( Clean and Jerks)”: total reps comleted in 10 minutes=your score
Also the Girevoy Sport is presented among others by big organizations like IKFF, WKC & AKC. The GS-Technique is successfully performed and teached by world famous kettlebell athletes like Steve Cotter, Valery Fedorenko or the russian kettlebell champ Ivan Denisov.
I hope this gives you a different point of view!
With best regards
Sven
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