Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.

What if there's one piece of fitness equipment that was affordable, didn't take up much space,

could get you both strong and flexible, and was fun to use.

While that might sound too good to be true, my guest, Pat Flynn would say you can find all

those benefits in the old school kettlebell.

Pat, who's the author of Strong On, 101 minimalist kettlebell workouts to blast fat, build muscle

and boost flexibility, and 20 minutes or less, calls kettlebells the Swiss army knife of workout tools and the

minimalist ultimate secret fitness weapon. Today in the show, we unpack why Pat's such an

advocate for bells, but before we get there, we first take a dive into his background and philosophy

and why beginning a workout program takes faith. We then talk about how to use kettlebells to get

an all-around

fit physique, including the three kettlebell weights that make for an ideal starter set,

the two best exercises for building muscle, the pyramid-shaped program that can facilitate

body recomposition, how to incorporate progressive overload in kettlebell training,

which kettlebell exercise coach Dan John considers the fat-burning athlete builder?

The 300 swings challenge that will help you take a brusely approach to fitness and much more.

After shows over, welcome to the show.

Brett, it is a pleasure to be here.

Thanks for having me on.

So you are an entrepreneur, your philosopher, you've got your master's in philosophy.

Hopefully we can talk about that.

But you're also probably most well known for your

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