Ep 855: Madeleine Conti on Real Kettlebell Strength

Power Athlete Radio

Power Athlete

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Kettlebells have become everything from Instagram fluff to serious strength tools, but somewhere the message got lost. Madeleine Conti joins John Welbourn to cut through the noise, breaking down kettlebell training methods, programming, and where most athletes get it wrong. From high-rep conditioning to precision strength work, this episode dives into what actually builds real-world strength, and why intent matters more than load. Shownotes: https://bit.ly/PAREP855 No barbell? No problem. Lean & Able is our essentials program for those lean on time and equipment, but hungry for results. START TODAY - https://powerathletehq.com/leanandable/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow Madeleine on Insta https://www.instagram.com/mcontifitness Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day.
0:08.4	Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.
0:17.0	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place.
0:24.5	Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin.
0:27.2	Betty, welcome to Power Athlete Radio. So good to see you again.
0:31.6	Good to see you too. I know a long time.
0:34.3	I know. Even though we recently ran into each other in Boulder, you came to one of the
0:40.7	power athlete symposiums, which ended up, we put to rest in 2019, I think 2019 was the last
0:46.5	one. Was that the one you came to? I can't remember exactly what year, but it was definitely
0:52.7	before COVID, which feels like a lifetime ago.
0:57.3	Isn't it funny that people break life into pre and post COVID now?
1:02.5	Yes, yes.
1:04.7	And also 2020 feels like it was yesterday.
1:08.7	So I'm not really sure what time warp we were involved in
1:12.0	during that. But I'm happy we're all back to doing things in person back to for the past half
1:19.1	a decade. Yeah. I did hear a cool conspiracy theory that time reset during COVID, that the whole
1:26.8	world ended and then somebody went back in time and then
1:29.2	started a new timeline and unfortunately I listened to this guy rant for probably like 15 minutes
1:35.1	before you know I mean obviously he was a little crazy who knows but he gave all of these different
1:39.5	reasons on how we know that time is like the the timeline has been reset And one of them was our perception of time has completely changed because 2020 seems like
1:48.8	decades ago.
1:50.0	But then you're like, oh man, that was only like, I mean, I guess it would be six years
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