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(703) 444-0662 Hours 21620 RIDGETOP CIRCLE STE 150, STERLING, VA 20166
(703) 444-0662 Hours 21620 RIDGETOP CIRCLE STE 150, STERLING, VA 20166

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Kettlebell Mile at Beyond Strength in Sterling, Virginia
Life is better with strength and endurance. That’s our credo. Because when you have both, you have access to more life – in the present and in the future.   We spend each training session at Beyond Strength developing one, the other, or both. So, it only makes sense for us to do a challenge...
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Dave Hudgens knocking out some Kettlebell Swings at Beyond Strength in Sterling, Virginia
We’re entering the summer block’s final training phase. It’s the final phase in the transition from work capacity training to heavy strength and power training.   Monday and Friday: Strength A and Strength B Yes, Monday and Friday. If you’re about to ask, “What in the blue blazes is going on here?” There’s a good...
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Sandy and Lauren training with kettlebells and batling ropes at Beyond Strength Strength in Sterling, Virginia
We’re onto Phase 2 of our summer block of training and continuing our transition from work capacity training to heavy strength and power training.   Monday and Wednesday: Strength A and Strength B You’ll notice a lot of similarities between Phase 1’s strength sessions and Phase 2’s strength sessions. There are a few good reasons for...
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A member of Beyond Strength performing kettlebell deadlifts
July’s training program marks the start of Block 3. That means we’re making a small “shift in gears” to transition us from Blocks 1 and 2’s work capacity training to the heavier doses of strength and power training coming in Block 4. We’re also introducing a strength-training method yet unseen at Beyond Strength. Let’s break...
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Over the last three months we’ve covered How to Kettlebell Swing,  How to Single Arm Kettlebell Swing and Clean + Double Kettlebell Clean, and How to do the Get-Up.  Make sure to check those out if you missed them!   For our fourth and final kettlebell how-to (for now, anyways), we’re covering the kettlebell snatch....
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Megan performing a get-up at Beyond Strength in Sterling, VA
Over the last two months we’ve covered How to Kettlebell Swing and How to Single Arm Kettlebell Swing and Clean + Double Kettlebell Clean.  Make sure to check those out if you missed them!   In this month’s technique blog we’re taking a break from kettlebell ballistics and going over the get-up—a rather complex exercise...
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woman standing over a kettlebell between sets
Last month we covered how to kettlebell swing—starting from the plank, glute bridge, and deadlift, all the way to the swing.  If you haven’t gotten those movements down yet, go back through the link above and practice before continuing to the single arm swing, clean, and double clean.   Now that you’re a swinger… 😉...
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Chris Merritt doing a kettlebell swing at Beyond Strength in Sterling, Virginia
Everyone wants to do the kettlebell swing.  But it’s not an exercise one should just watch and go try. So where DO you start? Ah!  You’re in the right place…   We’re going to start by looking at what we call the trifecta—the kettlebell deadlift, the hard-style plank, and the glute bridge. And in this...
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Last week, in preparation for our Kettlebell Strength Classes that start September 6th, we held a kettlebell swing clinic at Beyond Strength Performance NOVA. We walked the attendees—some were current BSP NOVA Clients, others were new comers—through all the steps it takes to do a successful, safe kettlebell swing.   If you couldn’t make it,...
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Last week we had a quick chat about why HIIT is not enough to build a body that’s strong, looks good, and has longevity. Well, it would be rude of us to say that HIIT isn’t enough and then not fill in the blanks on the other things that you should be doing. So, today,...
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