Girya Strength first demo and open house.

We had 15 people or so show up this morning for our first open house/demo at Girya Palo Alto. I had no real idea of what to expect and was very pleased at the turnout. A combination of new people from the ad, current clients, old clients as well as old friends. Got to work with a number of very diverse people and expose them to kettlebells and to my friend the swing.

People were shocked at how much worked it produced in their bodies as well as how much fun it was. I was also impressed and amazed at the power of the KB at how quickly the average person could learn how to do a decent swing.

I am also starting to rethink my idea of starting people witha very light KB. If its too light they cant swing it very well as the downward force isnt great enough. Having to do this so quickly certainly isnt ideal but I gets you down to brass tacks pretty fast!

Very interesting to watch peoples ability to use their hips and how greatly it varied.

the moves that got shown were:

two arm swing
one arm swing
cleans
presses
windmills
arm bar


transfers happened very naturally when you told people to do the other arm. so add that one in.

Seven basic moves. for everyone.