WHY KETTLEBELLS?

Where did kettlebells originate? Well this is still a discussion people will differ about. The are claims that the Scots, the Greeks and the Russians were the founders. The real answer – nobody can prove it – does it matter?

The Russians have certainly, in more recent times been the advocate of the techniques generally used in today's systems of kettlebell training.

Reasons To Train with Kettlebells

The kettlebell basics focus around three easy movements - the swing, snatch and clean and jerk. This forces the body to work as an integral unit. Power is generated from the legs, driven through the hips and expressed through the arms(continually working the core stability). Every single muscle is brought into play and every single muscle is worked hard.

Your hips and legs are some of the strongest and biggest group of muscles in the body. This means working this area creates a great fat burning result as the muscles here will require the greater amount of food to replenish the work = fat burn! Almost all sports, powerful hips and legs will always be vital. Kettlebell ballistic drills work the glutes, hip flexors, abdominal hard and will greatly improved athletic performance.

Kettlebell Sport training develops strength, endurance and cardio capacity equally and to extreme levels. Standard gym routines use a prescribed breakdown in number of sets and reps, kettlebell sport uses a fixed training period where the challenge is to push to reach the end of the time set and to improve on your previous session. You are constantly under tension as the kettlebell cannot be released. Even in the ‘racked’ kettlebell position, requires exertion and one of the major benefits is training your work capacity in spite of ever increasing fatigue.

Grip strength is increased due to the thick handles on the kettlebell, this works for the forearm and hand/wrist for all aspects of grip. Also unlike standard gym training the kettlebell works the fast twitch muscle groups, not the slow twitch as with standard endurance and weight training. Improving ballistic speed, strength and agility.