Learn how to become great with kettlebell movements

Our sessions and programmes are effective and enjoyable. You’ll get to train in our kettlebell club with other people who are passionate about improving their kettlebell movements and motivating each other.

Our HARDSTYLE KETTLEBELL CLUB is taught by a StrongFirst-certified instructor.
StrongFirst are among the best in the industry at producing certified kettlebell coaches worldwide.

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From Beginners to Advanced

We welcome all levels from people who are new to kettlebell training, to more advanced
enthusiasts wanting to progress to harder hardstyle kettlebell movements.

Kettlebell Fundamentals

Learn how to perform fundamental kettlebell movements from kettlebell grinds to ballistic movements:

  • Kettlebell swing
  • Kettlebell clean
  • Kettlebell press
  • Kettlebell squat
  • Kettlebell Turkish get-up
  • Kettlebell snatch

Ballistic exercises include movements like the kettlebell swing, cleans or snatches.

Grinds include exercises like squats, presses, kettlebell deadlifts, and Turkish get-ups.

You will learn to use a single kettlebell and as you progress double kettlebell movements.

Improving Your Movement First

We prioritise safety first, helping you understand how to control your body while performing kettlebell and bodyweight movements.

This helps build a resilient, robust body.

These movements can help you develop improved stability, mobility, strength, power, and strength endurance. They’re also great tools for building muscle and supporting fat loss.

What We Cover

  • Move Better — We teach how to move correctly with kettlebells and bodyweight exercises.
  • Kettlebell Fundamental Movement Patterns — We train all kettlebell fundamentals first, then progress you to more advanced movements.
  • Power, Tension and Relaxation — Learn how to apply these principles across all kettlebell movements to maximise benefits.
  • Quality Over Quantity — We emphasise safe, high-quality movement over simply doing a high number of reps.
  • Movement & Strength First — We prioritise proper movement and strength. You’ll learn when to use power and when to relax for optimal performance.
  • A Better-Balanced Body — Improve balance and symmetry in your body.
  • Practice to Progress — We believe in mastering the skill first, then building on it to gain strength, power, and endurance.
  • Movements to Suit Your Abilities — We offer regressions and progressions for each kettlebell movement, tailored to individual abilities, injuries, or fitness levels allowing safe and effective practice.
  • Simple Principles that Get Results — Our approach follows simple, effective principles to learn and apply the hardstyle kettlebell method.
  • Minimal Equipment — You only need 1–2 kettlebells and your own bodyweight. That means you can train in the gym, outdoors, or even on holiday — anywhere really.
  • Programs to Help You Keep Practicing — You’ll get access to extra weekly programmes you can follow around your kettlebell sessions using only 1–2 kettlebells. This is especially useful for people who are busy or limited on time but still want to stay consistent.
  • Learn How to Write Great Kettlebell Programs — We also teach you how to design your own effective kettlebell and bodyweight programmes so you can train anywhere with just minimal equipment.

What “Hardstyle” Means Here – A Brief Breakdown

Hardstyle

Hardstyle kettlebell training has its origins in the special forces of the Soviet Union. In the 1970s, select units adopted a karate-based hand-to-hand combat style. Then in the 1980s, the “hard style” of kettlebell training emerged to support these combat techniques.

This method shares the concept of “focusing energy,” similar to a punch or a powerful, precise kettlebell lift such as the snap of a well-executed kettlebell swing. The martial-art origins give Hardstyle kettlebell training its distinctive focus and power rather than simply
being about difficulty.

The roots include influences from Okinawan Goju Ryu a martial art known for combining hard Japanese techniques with flowing Chinese suppleness.

Hardstyle

Hardstyle is not about sheer difficulty. It’s about combining focus, control, and power.

We aim for “power production over power conservation,” building both explosive strength and controlled tension-relaxation through every lift.

Pavel Tsatsouline introduced Hardstyle kettlebell technique to the United States in 1998. He became widely respected, teaching elite personnel from the military and law enforcement (including Marines, the Secret Service, and Navy SEALs).

He later co-developed the Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) and then formed his own comprehensive strength-training organisation StrongFirst in 2012.

Hardstyle kettlebell training combines maximal acceleration in ballistic lifts (like swings, cleans, snatches) with maximal tension in grind lifts (such as presses and slow lifts).

Through training both ballistic and grinding lifts, we develop a full “performance coin” — tension and relaxation.

Muscles generate force by creating tension so in our slow lifts we apply maximal tension.

This controlled approach lets the body learn how to use strength safely and effectively.

Power, Tension and Relaxation Breakdown

  • Ballistic lifts are fast lifts — kettlebell swings, cleans and snatches.
  • Grinds are slower lifts — e.g. Turkish get-ups, double kettlebell squats, military
    presses.

For ballistic lifts, the movement should combine a strong explosive effort (for example, the hip-hinge that starts a swing) with a moment of relaxation (such as the split second when the
kettlebell “floats” at the top of the swing).

For grind lifts, we teach high-tension technique — for example, using the “irradiation” principle where tension in one part of the body helps stabilise other parts. For instance: during a military press, you might tighten your free hand into a fist to push through sticking points in the lift.

In our sessions we emphasise tension during all slow (non-ballistic) movements. This builds a stable foundation that allows you to move weight safely and effectively.

It’s important to learn to use appropriate tension: that means more tightness than necessary at first — but learning to do it properly, with control and relaxation at certain stages of the lift.

Kettlebell Hardstyle Club Benefits

  • Better movement
  • Increased strength
  • Improved fitness
  • Improved flexibility
  • A great community to be part of


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