What are kettlebells and how can they help you with strength training?

Website design By BotEap.comKettlebells are an alternative to modern dumbbells. Called girya in its Russian home country, it is a traditional cast-iron weight that looks like a cannonball with a handle. Kettlebells come in various sizes from 10 to 106 pounds.

Website design By BotEap.comKettlebells have become a popular exercise tool in the United States due in large part to the efforts of strength and flexibility coach Pavel Tsatsouline and also world champion and world record holder Valery Fedorenko.

Website design By BotEap.comThe effectiveness of the use of kettlebells can be proven by those who use them. Soviet weightlifting legends like Vlasov, Zhabotinskiy, and Alexeyev began their Olympic careers with kettlebells the old-fashioned way. Russian Special Forces personnel owe much of their sinewy strength, explosive agility, and relentless endurance to kettlebells. In fact, the official strength training manual of the Soviet armed forces declared that kettlebell exercises are “one of the most effective means of developing strength” and represent “a new era in the development of human potential of strength”.

Website design By BotEap.comThe elite of the US military and law enforcement also recognize the power of kettlebells. One can find Pavel’s RKC Certified Instructors among the Force Recon Marines, Department of Energy Nuclear Security Teams, FBI Hostage Rescue Team, Secret Service Counter Strike Team, to name a few.

Website design By BotEap.comOnce kettlebells became a hit among those whose lives depend on their strength and conditioning, it took off among tough people from all walks of life: martial artists and athletes. Mixed martial arts heroes Frank Shamrock, BJ Penn, Bob Sapp, and Fedor Emelianenko popularized the use of kettlebells in the sport.

Website design By BotEap.comThe basic kettlebell exercise is the power swing, a full-body exercise that we’ll ask you to perform in the first ten minutes. Brazilian jujitsu master trainer and world champion Steve Maxwell has said that “The perfect kettlebell swing is superior to 99% of all sophisticated strength and conditioning programs.”