This and the second part are the best interview I've seen yet with Steve Cotter. Highlights include Steve talking for the first five minutes or so about how his whole system comes from his background in Chinese internal martial arts. He explains how the IKFF teaches to balance the various aspects of fitness so that we are balanced in development and don't have the excesses seen in some areas of the fitness community.
The second part mentioned that we should work for time first with the kettlebell and learn to go for long sets of about 10:00 then, once we're comfortable with that, increase the pace of the work. Only then should we look at moving up in weight for the kettlebell. That clarified some things for me. It gives you a bit more direction in doing your kettlebell work.
I also appreciated Steve's saying that he's a teacher and that means he has to sacrifice some competitiveness to that role. Training for GS tourneys sounds great but I wouldn't let it interfere in any way with running a kettlebell gym or teaching my students. Those apsects have to come first for me. Competing with kettlebells would have to be a distant third. Nice to hear his thoughts on this stuff.
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