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* Intro to Kettlebell Training
* Kettlebells for Circuit Training
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”Thanks! Feeling much better! What a difference!! You’ve changed my life!“ - Suzy Q    
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We all know that the hardest part about keeping your new year’s resolution is sticking with it. Begin this year with an exercise routine that’s so fun you won’t want to stop!

Enter the Russian Kettlebell.

This “cannonball with a handle” delivers a full-body training session that’s so much fun, you could call it addictive!

We can rebuild you.
Together we will:

  • ramp up your metabolism and burn fat
  • build lean muscle
  • tighten your core
  • get stronger
  • injury proof your joints and back
  • increase bone density
  • restore youthful flexibility
  • improve mobility
  • develop correct body mechanics for life
  • and blast your cardiovascular system into peak condition

 

 

About Russian Kettlebells
 

You’re looking at your favorite magazine and see Penelope Cruz holding a cannonball with a handle. What is that thing? This is the Russian kettlebell, and increasing media attention has brought it into the world of popular fitness culture as well as to regular folks who are looking for a better way to get in shape.

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So what makes kettlebells so special?

First of all, you get the most bang for your buck. Using this compact, inexpensive, portable tool, you can meet every one of your exercise needs: resistance training, cardio workout, stretch, and stabilization. And because kettlebell drills work every muscle group in unison, your training sessions are extremely efficient, cutting your total workout time in half or more.

Secondly, the offset center of mass challenges stabilizer muscles like no other form of exercise. This protects your joints against injury, and in most cases will even rehabilitate back, knee, and shoulder injuries.

Proper core activation is one of the most important aspects of kettlebell training; without it the lifter has only a fraction of his or her strength and is at risk for injuries.

The high intensity drills not only give an awesome cardio workout, but raise metabolism and burn fat like crazy.

And kettlebell exercises put your body into its full range of motion, giving a dynamic stretch that increases flexibility, and engaging the entire body in unison, the way Nature intended.

But what really makes kettlebell training so effective is the training, not the bell itself. The former Soviet Union extensively researched movement techniques that would most efficiently generate results, while posing the least risk of injury. Russian based full-body training differs greatly from Western style isolation-centered excercise. The body does not naturally move with muscles working in isolation, and kettlebell training was developed with this in mind. It boils down to developing the best possible body mechanics and generating results efficiently.

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