Comments on: 2010 Arnold Sports Festival Kettlebell Championships http://www.kettlebellfitness.ch/2010-arnold-sports-festival-kettlebell-championships Effektives, funktionelles Training mit Kettlebells Thu, 12 May 2011 14:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sven http://www.kettlebellfitness.ch/2010-arnold-sports-festival-kettlebell-championships/comment-page-1#comment-154 sven Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:19:06 +0000 http://www.kettlebellfitness.ch/?p=620#comment-154 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 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

]]> By: Gary Horn http://www.kettlebellfitness.ch/2010-arnold-sports-festival-kettlebell-championships/comment-page-1#comment-153 Gary Horn Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:13:01 +0000 http://www.kettlebellfitness.ch/?p=620#comment-153 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. 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.

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