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What is a Kettlebell?

First things first, if you're unsure of what a kettlebell itake a look to the right.
Kettlebells look very much like a cast ironball with a  thick metal handle.
Kettlebells come in various sizes ranging from 4 kg to 92kg.  Most men of decent strength levels will have trouble handling a 48kg kettlebell. A good starting weight would be 6-8kg for women and 12-16kg for men.

 


Why Train with Kettlebells?

1. Kettlebells give a full body workout.

The basics of kettlebell training is based around 3 moves - the kettlebell swing, snatch and clean and jerk. All of these movements elicit one thing and that is functional, triple extension, all over body exercise.  All the large muscles of the body are brought into use when these exercises are performed. All othe kettlebell exercises can be considered secondary.

2. Train Explosively.

The majority of gym training is based around training slowly with weights. Other than olympic lifting, kettlebell also ensures that you train explosively.....a training method that is veru understated these days

3. Work the Hips and Back

The hip and back area of the body are some of the biggest and strongest muscles of the body and require some special attention, kettlebells provide this and strengthen this area like no other fitness tool can.This one key element makes the kettlebell a great tool for athletes and athletic performance.

4. Kettlebells for grip strength and endurance.

The kettlebell also hits the grip from more than one direction, creating a very solid enduring set of mits.Ready for all kinds of uses

5. Ultimate Conditioning tool.

Kettlebells are also used as the weapon of choice for Girevoy Sport (GS) where by athletes rep using the clean and jerk, jerk and also the snatch for time in a competition against themselves and the clock. Elements of this can be used in your training and make the kettlebell almost superior to any other training method on the market right now

Kettlebell Training

There are so many Kettlebell exercises that can be done using the Kettlebell. Many awesome ones.

The value of any movement should be determined by the amount of physical capacity that can be expended whilst doing it.

For example a simple wrist curl or concentration curl needs a lot less muscle to be fired and used in unison to perform than say the Kettlebell snatch.

However, if your desire is to single out muscles in a non-transferable fashion then go ahead on with your girly finger.

The kettle bell is such a fabulous strength/fitness exercises tool as it pushes you in the direction of function not fashion, kettle bells are ancient.

For some the kettle bell maybe a trend but for those who are willing to learn the moves it is a very desirable
way for training your body in a way that gets you extremely athletic and very strong very fast.

Why is this?

The kettle bell instructs your body to work as a system rather than lots of body parts seperately.

Super strength athletes of days gone by and present are so because they train their body to work as a system.

For example: the kettle bell snatch is the supreme kettle bell exercise and has the biggest bang for your buck if you are looking to increase hardcore conditioning and athletic ability
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This is because the kettle bell snatch requires you to move the Kettlebell from the floor to overhead in one fluid/explosive movement and forces
a triple extension movement (the same as in olympic lifting).

There are unlimited kettle bell lifts if you use your mind.

Anyway, these are the top ones that give the greatest 'bang for your buck'

Remember if you're looking for maximum results with Kettlebell, then just completing a workout is not good enough.

If you desire explosive athletic quality from your efforts then you must work explosively when training.

If you require super strength then you must lift the heaviest Kettlebell near to your limits.

Just like everything else.... how hard you work is very closely related to what you get out in results.

Here are my Top kettle bell exercises for mega strength

#1 The kettle bell Snatch
#2 The kettle bell swing
#3 The Kettlebell clean and jerk
#4 The Turkish Get Up
#5 The Kettlebell flip
#6 Bottoms up Kettlebell press


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