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GIRYA: The Original Soviet Kettlebell System
GIRYA: The Original Soviet Kettlebell System
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The original Soviet kettlebell system…
The Soviet Union pioneered kettlebell workouts, using them to build near-superhuman levels of functional strength in both their special forces and elite state-sponsored athletes.
And now that training is available to YOU in the form of a simple 8-week kettlebell routine built from the Cold War government archives and personal interviews with Soviet defectors.
Featured in Men’s Health Magazine
What’s Inside:
• Duration: 8 weeks (4 training days + 1 active recovery day per week)
• Session Length: 45–75 minutes
• REAL Soviet Training: the same exercises, structure, and progression used by the Soviet special forces and Olympic teams.
• Coaching: 50+ technique demonstrations
• Difficulty Level: Medium to High (though scalable across Beginner, Standard, and Advanced levels)
• Equipment Needed: Kettlebells (pair) + somewhere to do pull ups
Why It Works:
• Wave-Loading Progressions: volume and intensity cycling drawn from Soviet sport science
• The Soviet Diet: Soviet athlete nutrition (breakdown of foods, macronutrient ratios, etc.) and supplement regiment from behind the iron curtain
• Ballistic and Plyometric training: swings, cleans, snatches, and jumps for explosive strength
• Kettlebell Conditioning: metabolic and mitochondrial training using only kettlebells for maximum endurance (no running required)
• Strength-Skill Training: developing efficiency the actual “skill” of strength
Who It’s For:
• Functional strength seekers
• Kettlebell lovers
• Hybrid and combat athletes
• Off-season field and contact athletes
• Those who want to uncover the lost training secrets of the Soviet Union
Don’t fall victim to mediocre results from mediocre training.
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I am writing this purely to provide constructive feedback. I don't feel the value for money is there for me. The program is essentially having to click on Youtube videos for each exercise separately to understand how to do it. This is something I could easily have done myself by finding videos online and pasting them on a sheet. For this amount of money I would expect recordings for each day which walks through each exercise. Also, you included exercises that I cannot do at home. I cannot for example toss a kettlebell against my wall. I honestly find myself not using this program and just using the loads of videos where you can do the exercises along with the person so it's a cohesive workout. I pay $20 per month for a platform where the instructor really spends the time and does every rep with you. It feels like not a lot of effort was put into this. I really hope this helps. This is just my preference. You have good reviews from others who may not mind this approac.
Hi Kristyna,
It seems like maybe you missed some important details, so let me help you out:
1. All of the exercises in this program can indeed be performed at home. The example you give for the kettlebell throw comes with a safe indoor alternative (it seems like you just missed that part?).
2. While you can find all sorts of exercises online, that is VERY different from having the expertise to organize them in an ideal structure, progress them responsibly and effectively, and know which exercises NOT to include. Indeed, the fact that the Soviets understood these nuances is exactly what makes Soviet kettlebell training so much more effective at delivering results than the average kettlebell routine cooked up by an influencer or personal trainer.
3. The video links embedded for each exercise are just there in case you need to see a demonstration, as this is not intended as a video program.
Having said all of that, if you complete the program and are still not satisfied, we are happy to provide refunds on all of our programs.
Best kettlebells workout on the market. Easy to follow and make adjustments too.
Good solid program.
This was not what I expected and if I could, I would ask for my money back. This info is OK, and I thought there would be a full video of exactly what what-to-do instructional video. This course goes over some of the basics and you have to go all over YouTube and pieces all the info and figure it out yourself. One would be much better to get some older full course video workout with Steve Cotter on Amazon for half the price as I felt the course itself was not worth the money. People want full detail instructions and a full workout video so they know exactly how to train. James would have been better of to make it a series, where you can buy more videos as you learn and advance, then you can buy more cores. This course is way to piece meal. SPECIAL NOTE: James Pieratt the owner, seems like a really good guy and he is a hardcore training machine, so I do think his heart is in the right place. James thanks for the effort!
Hi Peter,
It seems like maybe you were under the impression that this was a video course. It’s not. It’s a training routine. The demonstration videos are embedded for each exercise simply to show you how to perform them. Additionally, you certainly do NOT have to go all over YouTube because the demonstration videos are directly embedded in each exercise.
For a deeper level of history and instruction, we run a community called the Warrior Athlete Group - for which a free membership is actually included in this program.
As for the actual quality of the program and the results it delivers, there is ZERO doubt. The effectiveness of this routine has been shown by generations of Soviet athletes, hundreds of modern athletes of all levels, and James himself. Which is something few, if any, other kettlebell routines can claim.
However, if that’s not what you are looking for, we are always happy to offer a refund.
Received the original 16mm film of this program with a very large amount of content in the late 1960s.
Back then it was amazing not many people had it .Have coached many Athletes
and from all walks of life with it and have had great out comes .The great advantage Giyra is, it is in English not Russian like the original program ,and with program guidance and safety info regarding the exercises,I am in my 80s and still use it in my coaching sessions currently .