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Five Lessons from my First Year in Self-Employment

Working for myself has been the most liberating year of my life. Before becoming a coach, I worked in a bank. I found myself being unable…

4 min readApr 4, 2022

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Five Lessons from my First Year in Self-Employment

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Resistance Training & The Menopause: Insights from June Potts, MBA, PhD

One of the greatest benefits to hyper-connectivity is the ability to network with interesting and insightful individuals from the palm of…

5 min readMay 23, 2022

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Resistance Training & The Menopause: Insights from June Potts, MBA, PhD

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Leighton - The KB Coach

The Problem with Calisthenics

Calisthenics, or bodyweight training, has seen somewhat of a boom in the last decade or so — partly thanks to a number of high profile…

3 min readMay 9, 2022

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The Problem with Calisthenics

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Building an Enjoyable Training Program from Scratch

As a personal trainer, I’ll start by saying this — you’re more likely to get better results with a coach-designed program. It’s just a…

5 min readMay 2, 2022

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Building an Enjoyable Training Program from Scratch

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Overuse Injury or Poor Preparation?

Too often in fitness circles we hear the term ‘overuse injury’ - Usually, these occur as a result of repetitive demand on a particular…

3 min readApr 28, 2022

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Overuse Injury or Poor Preparation?

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Boxing, Kettlebells & Mobility — My Holy Trinity

The best program is the one you stick to. You’ve heard it a thousand times, so why not actually follow that advice? After years of…

3 min readApr 17, 2022

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Boxing, Kettlebells & Mobility — My Holy Trinity

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Leighton - The KB Coach

How Effective are Home Workouts?

The onset of the pandemic in early 2020 resulted in worldwide lockdowns and, bizarrely, the mandatory closure of fitness facilities in most…

4 min readApr 16, 2022

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How Effective are Home Workouts?

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Training for Life: Function over Form

Life itself is an obstacle course. We’re standing, twisting, bending, squatting and carrying throughout the day, and that’s before we’ve…

3 min readApr 13, 2022

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Training for Life: Function over Form

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Minimalist Training — Is it Worth its Salt?

Being active in the kettlebell community, I’m no stranger to minimalism. The kettlebell ideology is based around the simplicity of…

3 min readApr 12, 2022

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Minimalist Training — Is it Worth its Salt?

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Antagonistic Supersets: The Most Efficient Way to Train

If you’ve ever dipped your toe in the realm of bodybuilding, you’ll know all about antagonist supersets. For those alien to the concept…

2 min readApr 11, 2022

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Antagonistic Supersets: The Most Efficient Way to Train

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Leighton - The KB Coach

Leighton - The KB Coach

I’m Leighton, a full-time kettlebell & strength coach & founder of The KB Coach. My philosophy is simple — hammer the basics, ignore the noise.

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