This is an intermediate to advanced level 3 day/week, 8-week program geared towards building strength with the barbell deadlift and increasing one's 1 rep max for the barbell deadlift.
This is a barbell and kettlebell integrated program that will help you to build strength for your deadlift while also maintaining skill and strength with fundamental kettlebell movements.
Each day training starts with, Turkish get-ups, a 4 exercise circuit of pull-ups, kettlebell squat or lunge variation, kettlebell military press or floor press, and a core movement.
Then moves onto the barbell deadlift sets.
Then finishes with either two hand or one hand kettlebell swings.
EmpowerU Online Coaching
Artemis Scantalides, NASM-CPT, StrongFirst Team Leader Emeritus, Elite Instructor (SFL, SFB, SFG II), & Iron Maiden, CK-FMS, DVRT I, Pn1
Artemis is a former Ballet Dancer turned Kung Fu Black Belt and the 9th woman in the world and the lightest woman to date as of July 25, 2014 to pass the Iron Maiden Challenge (24kg-53lbs Weighted Pull-up, Strict Military Press, and Pistol Squat). Based upon her dance and martial arts background, Artemis is focused on helping clients to develop great movement before building strength on top of that movement. Artemis believes that any goal is possible as long as you train for it and she proved it by completing the Iron Maiden Challenge as a lightweight. As former Co-Owner and CEO of Iron Body Studios, Performance Conditioning Specialist for Cirque du Soleil, Owner of Iron Body Training Systems, Author of the Blog Iron Body By Artemis, Creator and Founder of the I Am Not Afraid To Lift workshop series, and former ReebokONE Fitness Ambassador, Artemis seeks to empower women through strength as she continues to encourage and inspire women to not be afraid to lift weights and she swears by kettlebell training and strength training, as she states: “Kettlebell training and strength training not only strengthened and changed my body, but also my mindset.” ***** Eric Gahan, MS, LAT, ATC, SFG, CSCS, CK-FMS, DVRT I Eric’s eye for movement began while working with Division I athletes in undergraduate studies at Canisius College and then continuing at the University of Kentucky. Professionally Eric has worked with athletes from St. Bonaventure University, the University of Mississippi and future MLB/NFL players. Eric served as the Senior Athletic Trainer for football at the University of Mississippi and Senior Athletic Trainer at Boston University and Head Therapist for Cirque du Soleil located in Las Vegas, Nevada. This experience has helped Eric develop a keen eye for helping athletes and clients merge the gap from injury to return to high level of fitness. After previously co-owning Iron Body Studios and EmpowerU Online Coaching with his wife, Artemis, Eric now works as the Director of Sports Medicine for Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. *****