So you may be aware that the Girevoy Sport Union Scottish Championship 2018 (co-hosted by GSU and us “Alba Kettlebell Clan”) is taking place at “The Peak” (Stirling Sports Village, Forthside Way, Stirling FK8 1QZ) on Saturday 18th August 2018… please check out the below… IMPORTANT INFORMATION:- GETTING THERE & PARKING Coming from Glasgow M80/ […]
The superstar that is Jodi Duffin received confirmation that she achieved her GSU Rank I with her first ever 16kg OALC set on 4th February in Rushden at the English Championship. 100 reps !!! Way to go Jodi. Excited to see what’s next on your kettlebell journey. Proud to have you as a member of […]
SO! We have just finished competing at the competition held over 3 days and hosted by WAKSC and Orange Kettlebell Club in Costa Mesa, California! Final results from the Cali Open / WAKSC Worlds 18 as follows:- Robert 2x16kg TALC, 73 reps (+6 pr) bronze medal 🥉 Jay 2x12kg TALC, 104 reps, first time, gold […]
An advert on Facebook giving details of an Introduction to Kettlebells class caught my eye and I thought, why not give it a try? I struggle with confidence and self esteem, but Sunday 30th October 2016 saw me take a massive step out of my comfort zone as I entered a gym where […]
Come along to Alba’s Kettlebell workshop – this is aimed at beginners. If you haven’t lifted before we recommend you attend this introductory class… You should complete an induction before coming along to our regular Wednesday, Friday and Sunday classes. We will start at the very beginning… teaching technique from the foundations up – Rack, Swing, Clean, […]
RESULTS Seonagh Jerk 2x8kg 71 +2 PB Snatch 10kg 99 +14 PB LongCycle 2x8kg 21 Donna Jerk 14kg 53 +15 PB Snatch 14kg 87 Silver 🥈 LongCycle 14kg 29 Jodi Jerk 2x12kg 58 +7 PB Silver 🥈 Snatch 12kg 101 +24 PB LongCycle 14kg 65 +7 PB Silver 🥈 Paul Jerk 2x18kg 32 (1st time) […]
A very successful year so far for Alba in first season of the Grassroots Triathlons! We’ve had Paisley on 24th April, Edinburgh on 26th June, our own on 21st August, Buckie 9th October and Troon 11th December. Our competition on 21st August was a debut for Dawn, Robert and Paul where Paul earned himself Silver […]
What a spectacular event for our sport today at Falkirk’s Kelpies! A charity snatch marathon / relay hosted by our friends over at Forth Valley Kettlebells and their coach Niall MacKinnon (who actually introduced me to kettlebells – TY!). This event was to raise awareness and funds for Falkirk District Association for Mental Health (FDAMH). ^ […]
Grassroots Kettlebell League have appointed me as their Scottish Representative! I’m so excited to help spread the KB ❤️, get new lifters on the platform and further the movement from North of the Border. So far since the movement begun in April 2016, 82 people from across the UK have taken part in the Triathlons. […]
Absolutely over the moon with how well today went, so happy to introduce more like-minded individuals to our wee niche community, it’s crazy but it’s fabulous! The 90 minutes flew in… we begun with an introduction, warm up and then illustrated the extent of the range of different aspects by demoing a short Kettlebell Sport […]
Alba Kettlebell Clan Stirling 