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Valery Fedorenko of World Kettlebell Club and Reebok Sports Club/NY bring you the World Kettlebell LongCycle Championship on March 27th, 2010

Come watch some of the most fit people on the face of the planet test the very limits of Human Work-Capacity and Power-Endurance on Manhattan’s chic upper west side at Reebok Sports Club/NY 160 Columbus Avenue at 67th Street . If there ever was a perfect place to hold a kettlebell competition, this is it. Between events, take a tour of the most amazing fitness facility in NYC! If you are a local, you just might become a member! You have to see it to believe it… Shop or grab a bite to eat at the club’s high end cafe. Come experience Kettlebells in the city! Spectators must register and secure tickets through Reebok Sports Club/NY directly for a very reasonable $10. Please contact Camie Kornely at 800-519-8553 or email to register for this event. This event might just change your life!

Men and women from around the World, including America’s best lifters will converge on New York City, making this competition a must-attend event for the serious Kettlebell Athlete. Participate in New York Cities first official Kettlebell Lifting Championship. Show up and not only step onto the platform, but meet new friends, get tips form Professionals and help bring this Sport closer to the Olympics! Athletes must submit $50 to WKC for Registration upon doing so will receive a free complimentary pass for access to enter Reebok Sports Club/NY.

Reebok Sports Club/NY:

“Reebok Sports Club/NY is a 140,000 square foot health club, committed to delivering the essentials of life through a comprehensive balance of programs. Offering an extensive range of amenities within the state-of-the-art, expansive facility, the Club is designed to offer Members the ultimate health resource to achieve their fitness goals.  With personalized, five-star service, the Club’s amenities include technologically-advanced fitness equipment, extensive fitness and Mind Body programming, and access to highly experienced wellness professionals, such as Private Trainers, group exercise instructors, nutritionists, and physical therapists, among others. “

REGISTER TO COMPETE

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 10Min. LongCycle (2-arm)*
-16kg Division (Rank IV required)
-20kg Division (Rank III required)
-24kg Division (Rank II required)
-28kg Division (Rank I required)
-32kg Division (CMS required)

Women’s 10Min. LongCycle (1-arm)*
-8kg Division (Rank IV required)
-12kg Division (rank III required)
-16kg Division (rank I required)
-20kg Division (CMS required)
-24kg Division (MS required)

Men’s 20Min. LongCycle (1-arm)
no rank necessary
-24kg Division
-28kg Division
-32kg Division
-40kg Division

Women’s 20Min. LongCycle (1-arm)
no rank necessary
-12kg Division
-16kg Division
-20kg Division
-24kg Division

*Athlete must RANK via DVD / VIDEO with World Kettlebell Club [Rank Links Page] prior to competing in this (10 Min. LongCycle) event. Athletes can compete at one rank higher than their current rank.

BONUS- As a special demonstration the Worlds first 80kg World Champion and Honored Master of Sport Valery Fedorenko will introduce his NEWEST SPORT, The Kettlebell Strongman/Woman “LongCycle Event” with his own performance of the lift! This is the Ultra Heavy version of LongCycle, created specifically for Strength-Enthusiasts. Don’t miss this!

ICKB Coach, Maya Garcia, shares the most extensive and in-depth interview of Valery Fedorenko to date!  For the first time in his Kettlebell Sport career, Valery opens up about his childhood, his most significant achievements, the WKC rank system, and the five greatest kettlebell lifters of all time…

Click HERE to READ the FULL interview!

Kettlebell Lifters, Coach Fedorenko is looking for 9 “Beta Testers” for his new Adjustable Pro-Grade Kettlebellâ„¢. The first 9 who pre-order this kettlebell and agree to give feedback on it will hold and be the first to receive one (limit 1 per shipping address) in less than a month from now. After this, they will be made available in mass for the public, but that could take a few months more. If you are interested in trying this out ASAP Click the Buy Now to Beta Test

You are looking at the prototype that has taken almost a year to get right. Of course anyone can take a Kettlebell and drill a hole in it and call it adjustable. Coach Fedorenko refused to let that happen to one of his designs. The goal here was to create a safe alternative with everything included to truly be able to call it “adjustable” out of the box. No one wants to go buy dirty lead shot or try to shove pennies in a hole and have to take those in and out to make it adjustable. It’s just not practical, affordable or safe. This unit adjusts from a tad over 8kg up to 40kg by selecting lead plates coated in rubber and torquing them down on a single bolt with a nut. There is a tool provided that allows easy turning of the nut for a tight fit. The tool also fits two holes on the bottom of the kettlebell that allow you to really tighten down the handle. 

The AKC Classic was a huge success, with many lifters achieving Rank!  We’d like to Congratulate all of those lifters with a special Congratulations to the following:

Svitlana Krechyk -
achieved Master of Sport Rank (LongCycle)

Jessica DiBiase -
achieved Master of Sport Rank (Long Cycle)

Eric St-Onge - achieved CMS (Biathlon)
Melanie Dixon - achieved CMS Rank (Biathon)
Janelle Routhier - achieved CMS Rank (Biathlon)
Ala Wheelock - achieved CMS Rank (LongCycle)
Emily Friedel - achieved CMS Rank (LongCycle)
Annette Jarman - achieved CMS Rank (LongCycle)

You can see the complete results here.

We’d also like to Thank all those that helped make the AKC Classic a success including our Judges, Host and Announcer!

The Ice Chamber Kettlebell Girls were featured alongside WKC kettlebells on live network television this week!  Leigh Glaser from “ABC’s View from the Bay” invited the team to share their experiences with Kettlebell Sport over the past year and to demonstrate the techniques and protocols of the WKC.  This is the first time that the tools and methods of Valery Fedorenko were featured on network television to target the general fitness population.  Thanks to the team, the show was a huge success!

In February of this year, I was asked to share my experience with you about Kettlebells and the WKC Fitness Protocol. At that time I had just started working with the 12kg exclusively after passing all the levels of the Fitness Program with the 8kg. But in working with the 12kg, I was kind of hopping around between the levels and not doing the max reps. In early April, I went for it and was able to get Rank II in Long Cycle.

For 4 months after, I was going from Fitness to Strength & Conditioning to Sport, doing whatever with the bells I felt like that day. Sometimes I’d pick up the 12kg, and sometimes the 16kg (usually the 12kg). Sometimes I’d do a 10 minute set switching hands every minute, and sometimes I’d do 5 minutes each hand only 1 switch. Even looking at my own training log, I’m a bit confused what I was doing I was working out with the bells and I was loving it, but I was doing it just to get my workout in. I didn’t really have a clear goal and was kind of just going through the motions of doing my set for the day.

Then came the World Kettlebell Lifting Championships in August. Personally I was going through a transition, and after attending the Championships and, again seeing smaller women than me using bigger bells, it was time for a change. I found my goal…Candidate for Master of Sport (CMS) in LongCycle. On the way back from Worlds, I asked Eric if he would be my Coach and get me to CMS. He agreed after I told him I really was serious about it and I would work hard to get it. I also asked, “Do you think I can get CMS LongCycle by Vegas?” (in November of this year). The answer was unsure, so at the time I was settling to make it by Worlds 2010. I had the goal set…now, what did I need? Let me think…oh yeah…mental focus And LOTS of it!

I have received an amazing amount of support from those who knew I was trying to get Rank, and I couldn’t appreciate it more!! Thank you all! And especially thanks to my Coach, Eric, for helping me make tremendous gains in just a short period of time! Onward to CMS. I know now it’s just a matter of time. It’s really not to compete…It’s just for me. This is my goal that I know will happen. A clear goal, mental strength and focus, and my Coach & support system. That’s all I need! So….What’s YOUR goal?

All American Kettlebell Club and World Kettlebell Club T-shirts are now on sale, including a variety of rarely before seen ladies tees!  They can be purchased directly from the FAQ section of the AKC Forum

All proceeds from T-shirt sales will go toward the AKC Classic, November 7th in Las Vegas. 

Show your support today by “sport”ing the AKC/WKC brand!
 

AKC CLASSIC

WHEN: 
November 7th, 2009   

TIME:
9am - 7pm

WHERE:
Tropicana Resort and Casino |Vegas|
3801 South Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109

EMAIL:
americankettlebellclub@gmail.com  with any questions

This is the American Kettlebell Club Classic, the AKC’s annual Kettlebell Competition held in Sin City. This year’s Meet will be held on “The Strip” at one of the busiest intersection in the world (Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard) The four corners are made up of the worlds most famous Casinos, Excalibur Hotel and Casino, Tropicana Resort & Casino, New York-New York Hotel & Casino and MGM Grand Las Vegas (MGM being the largest hotel in the world!). So, if you can’t find this venue we know you just got sidetracked

Divisions:

Womens Biathlon (Jerk/Snatch)
12kg, 16kg, 20kg

Womens LongCycle
12kg, 16kg, 20kg and 24kg!

Mens Biathlon (Jerk/Snatch)
20kg, 24kg, 28kg, 32kg

Mens LongCycle
20kg, 24kg, 28kg, 32kg

Lifters MUST Qualify to compete under the WKC Rank System. For this Meet a Rank III is required to play. Each subsequent rise in competing weight bell must have the next higher Rank. For example, a Woman who is Rank I may compete with the 16kg, the next higher bell. If CMS, then she may use 20kg in Competition.

For Ranks and Weight Classes Visit:
http://www.worldkettlebellclub.com/ranks.php

REGISTER TO COMPETE:
http://www.worldkettlebellclub.com/register.php

TROPICANA RESORT and CASINO
http://www.tropicanalv.com/
Phone:1888-826-8767

*Please let the Tropicana know you are with American Kettlebell Club when booking a room.

Here are the Results for the 2009 World Kettlebell Lifting Championships/Chicago-2009.