Yesterday I had the opportunity to work on my Girevoy Sport training with Andrew Durniat. AWESOME!! It was worth the 3 hour drive to train at Andrew’s gym. If you are interested in competing in kettlebell sport go see Andrew.

I have a long-term goal of putting up Master of Sport numbers and I knew that it was going to take some refining to get efficient with the 3 GS lifts (my introduction to kettlebells was Pavel’s book “Enter the Kettlebell”, so I have some RKC movements that need to be unlearned).

Andrew Durniat is a C.S.C.S and the owner of Optimal Performance Training. He is a Master Trainer for world champion Valery Federenko’s AKC certification course, an international kettlebell competitor and current American record holder for the single arm snatch (147 reps, 32kg).

Over the course of an hour, Andrew rebuilt my swing motion, shored up my rack position, and gave me the feedback necessary to improve my cleans, jerks, and snatches.   One of the many things I learned from him was the importance of learning to relax in the rack.  Spend a lot of time in the rack!  That time under tension will only benefit you in competition.

I am now fired up to try and compete at the IKFF competition in Detroit on September 24.  Now I have to get to work!  I will keep you posted on my progress.