ICKB students: Please be sure to come collect a special gift from Ivan and Ksenia tonight!
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A video featuring some of the spectacular highlights from the Open Cup of Europe 2011
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"Take your mind off of the numbers and focus on the elegance of your execution." -Maya
Australia’s 1st Master of Sport, Emily Friedel interviews Maya about motherhood, double jerks for women, and the history of the ICKB Girls:
You are a mother, as is one of your team members, how have you guys achieved such a high level of lifting with so much else going on in your lives?
“…I think kettlebell fitness, as opposed to sport, is far more compatible with my lifestyle right now, but I got into the competitive aspect of this long before I knew what I was up against as a mother (our son was only 10 months old when we first started competing). The only reason I didn’t give up after a series of disappointments and failed attempts on the platform is because Steve, Jess, Sara, and Surya wouldn’t let me…”
Take a look at the successes and failures of the ICKB Girls over the past two years.
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We also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank our Head Coaches Valery Fedorenko and Catherine Imes, our friends and family here at the IC and from around the world, and also our wonderfully supportive sponsors:Â Athleta, FlexPower, ATP Pro Lifting Gear, Mahler’s Aggressive Strength, and KettleGuard.
Happy Easter!
Team Ice Chamber made another impressive showing this weekend at the World LongCycle Championship in NYC!
Mel won the Silver (earned CMS rank) while Jen took the Gold in their respective weight classes of the 16kg division.
Sara and Surya take it to the next level by winning two Golds in the 24kg division!
Finally, Maya took gold in her weight class and simultaneously became (along with Lorna Kleidman) one of the last women to earn a MS rank in the 20kg Long Cycle (current WKC rankings). Â With this accomplishment, the ICKB Girls became the only team in the country to be comprised 100% of Masters of Sport!
Best,
Steven
The only wrist wrap designed for Kettlebell Lifting
Master of Sport, Dr. Scott Helsley, wrote a great review of the Kettle Guard, an ICKB Girls innovation.
“The Kettle Guards are a big improvement over both the simple wrist bands and wraps… I did my long cycle set and then I used them for a strongman set of jerks and cleans with the 40kg bell at the AKC booth. I also used them at home in similar sets with 48 and 53kg bells…”
Surya claims her Master of Sport victory after her last rep...
Congratulations to ICKB Girls Sara & Surya for earning their Master of Sport rank in the Long Cycle this past weekend at the 2010 Arnold Sports Festival!
Sara at the top of the Long Cycle Clean & Jerk
“Leading up to the moment, Sara was nervous and nauseous, but she fired off her set with classic well-trained speed strength and I didn’t see an ounce of doubt after rep one….”
World Champion and Master of Sport, Elena Yurysheva
Master of Sport, Elena Viktorovna Yurysheva is from the Vologodskaya region in the city of Vytegra, Russia. She is 25 years old and weighs between 60-61 kilograms. Elena credits her coach, Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Ogarev, for helping her become one of the first women in the world to snatch the 24kg kettlebell over 120 times in competition. Click here to read the full interview…
Thank you Elena. You rock!
