Kettlebells have been around for a long time, but have become very popular recently due to the intense workouts you can get using them.
What do Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey have in common? They both use kettlebells to stay in shape.
One of the unique benefits of using kettlebells is that you can train both cardio-vascular and anabolic systems in one go. Simply put you can increase your overall fitness and tone up your muscles. The biggest benefit from doing kettlebell workouts by far, is for weight loss.
On this site you will find countless kettlebell workouts for you to get started, all the workouts are aimed at beginners and intermediate level trainers. So they are suitable for most people of all shapes and sizes.
In this post I will highlight some of the best kettlebell workouts for you, whether you want to increase muscle mass, tone up your muscles or lose weight.
Key kettlebell exercises.
Twice the Results in Half the Time?
Kettlebell workouts have a reputation for providing much faster fat loss results than conventional resistance weight and barbell workouts. It’s no wonder that Hollywood actors are turning to them to the droves. It is touted that Gerard Butler the lead from the movie 300 used kettlebells to get in shape for the film.
The American Council on Exercise undertook research with University of Wisconsin, to get to the bottom of all the kettlebell claims. The research led by John Porcari Ph.D., and Chad Schnettler, M.S., found that the calorie burn per minute was off the charts. The only comparable equivalent to kettlebell workouts would be running a 6 minute mile or cross country skiing uphill at a fast pace!
Time-saving workouts: Kettlebells combine aerobic and anaerobic (aka cardio and strenngth) into one workout, so you don’t have to do 15 minutes of cardio and a boring 45 minute weight training session into your workout. You just need to do 25 minutes of kettlebells and you’ll be done!
Grab all the best kettlebell workouts in a nice and easy to read complimentary manual.
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Kettlebells for Women
Contrary to what you might think, kettlebells aren’t just for men, but women can use it today. It’s actually perfectly suited for women because the aim is not to build huge muscles, rather the aim is fitness and overall core strength. What you will find is that you will lose fat and tone up those glutes and thighs.
Ready for the challenge? See if you can keep up with kettlebell workouts from the free kettlebell basics 101 programme
300 Kettlebell Workout
If you’ve gone through and enjoyed the 300 workout, then you’ll just love this workout. Kettlebells can be adapted to work very well to the 300 workout
Super MMA Workouts using Kettlebells
Kettlebells have been widely adopted by MMA trainees and coaches for their versatile use and sport specific training abilities which make them perfect for us in MMA.
What makes Kettlebell workouts so special
Kettlebells are so versatile and suit trainees who are more interested in core body strength, and fitness. This is why kettlebells are utilised so much by crossfitters and MMA athletes.
- Kettlebells save time, there’s less resting time and more time spent on the exercises. A workout lasts for 30 minutes max, but is twice or three times more intense then resistance weight excercises.
- Kettlebells hit all the wish lists anyone can ask for, they aid in fat loss, strength gain and fitness.
- Kettlebell explosive movements closely mimic sport specific moves, helps shotputters throw more further, helps baseball players throw faster, and helps boxers snap their punches more quickly.
- Kettlebells free you up from going to the gym, you can own just 3 kettlebells, a skipping rope and a yoga mat and it would be sufficient to get all your workouts from this basic kit.
Grab all the best kettlebell workouts in a nice and easy to read complimentary manual.
Get it here before it’s withdrawn.
Related sites
- How Kettlebells helped me run the BIG Climb (kettlebellhell.wordpress.com)
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