Valery Fedorenko, Ice Chamber Kettlebell Team, and WKC athletes honor World Champion Fedor Fuglev for his historic achievements in Kettlebell Sport on July 16, 2011 at the San Francisco WKC Sport Camp.

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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We are now recovering from a long weekend of training! We apologize to the Core group for missing the Sand Bag mile, but we understand that Bear, JD, and Kenny took great care of you. We were with you in spirit.

Here is a video collage of this weekend’s certification. A big thank you to Cate and Valery for coming out to teach, and of course we are grateful to everyone that flew in from around the globe to participate in this once in a lifetime event. Congratulations to all the new WKC Trainers and Coaches!

Best,
Steven

Valery, along with Catherine Imes, will be at the Ice Chamber next Saturday for the West Coast WKC Coach Certification. For those of you interested, please be sure to complete your Fitness Trainer License prerequisite on Friday, September 24th at 12pm. We look forward to seeing you all.

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IC Kettlebell Members:  Please note that Kettlebell Lifting class will be cancelled on Saturday, September 24th.  The make-up class will be this Thursday, September 23rd, at 6:30pm.   Core class on Thursday night will run concurrently.

IC Core Members:  We will be running the Sandbag Mile on Saturday, September 24th.  Please meet in the parking lot promptly at 10am.

All other classes are NOT affected by these scheduled changes.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to train with Honored Master of Sport, Valery Fedorenko, America’s 1st Master of Sport, Catherine Imes, and Masters of Sport Ice Chamber Kettlebell Team, all under one roof at the WKC San Francisco Coach Certification!

Date: September 25-26, 2010

Location: Ice Chamber Athletic Performance Training

Register Now!

This is the only West Coast Coach Certification in 2010.

Due to popular demand, the Ice Chamber Kettlebell Team will be hosting another WKC Fitness Trainer Certification on September 24th, in anticipation of Valery Fedorenko’s visit to the SF Bay Area on September 25th.

This course is the prerequisite for the WKC Coach Certification at the Ice Chamber on September 25-26th.

Video of our last Fitness Trainer Certification  
Date: Friday, September 24, 2010
Time: 12-5pm

Space is limited. Register Now!

Valery Fedorenko does 116 reps of OALC using the 40kg bell in 10 minutes. Even though he is switching hands on the minute, that’s still roughly 12 rpm.  Extremely difficult to accomplish at any weight class.
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Announcement:

The Topic of Winning!

Tuesday, July 20th at 6:30pm.

Come hear our hometown Olympian, Sayaka, discuss her mental strategies for winning! The is open to any current IC member interested in exploring the mind body connection in sports and the competition field.

“…Hanging over the gym’s only clock in the center of the kettlebell room directly across from four wooden platforms is a banner printed on an old roll of computer paper.  In faded Russian red letters, it reads: I Am Champion.  Fedor pointed to it right away and then brought his index finger to his forehead with more to say about it.  “This is not about arrogance,” Valery began to translate, “This is about using your mind and believing in yourself.  You must be the one to think you are a champion in order to become one,” Fedor wisely advised…” READ MORE

Maya and Surya with 15x World Champion Fedor Fuglev

The ladies are back from the World Kettlebell Club’s Ukrainian Sport Camp hosted at the historic training facility of 15x World Champion, Fedor Fuglev (who is 48 years of age by the way, but wait till you see the stuff he does).  With more than 24 hours of travel time and 4 flights to get home, they are a bit jet lagged, but full of immense gratitude for their incredible experience.  Maya and Surya promise to chronicle their most amazing excursion to date on the ICKB site very soon.  Until then, here is a video of their once in a lifetime adventure to the Black Sea.

Best,

Steven

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:  Athleta, FlexPower, ATP Pro Lifting Gear, Mahler’s Aggressive Strength, and KettleGuard.

Happy Easter!

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.  Maya shares the most extensive and in-depth interview of Valery Fedorenko to date…

“I clearly understood that I had to decide whether to go party, have fun OR go train.  I decided that first I had to become somebody.  I needed to get some titles and keep working hard.  After that, maybe, I figured I could have more fun, but I never worried about that really.  To get somewhere in life, to be Champion for example, I knew I had to pay the price…”  -VF

Click HERE to READ the FULL interview!