The B.o.S. premium powder coated kettlebells give you everything that you’re looking for in a non pro grade kettlebell. They are perfect for any box, gym, or garage.
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The B.o.S. premium powder coated kettlebells give you everything that you’re looking for in a non pro grade kettlebell. They are perfect for any box, gym, or garage.
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Also known as a Girya in Russian, a kettlebell looks like a metal cannonball with a flat bottom and a handle moulded to it. Kettlebells have long been used as a dynamic tool to develop strength and endurance. Their origin is still a matter of speculation, but archaeological records show evidence of their use in Ancient Greece. Kettlebells have proven to be a powerful training tool when used for ballistic multi-joint movements requiring full body integration and core stabilization. Kettlebell methods were designed to increase strength, stamina, and coordination by challenging our muscular, cardiovascular and central nervous systems simultaneously.
Kettlebells are a fantastic way to combine your strength and conditioning into multi-joint movements, that can be done as a series to make the workout anaerobic, or individually to train strength. Exercises like the swing, snatch, turkish getup, make up just a few of the dozens of exercises that can be completed with a kettlebell.
Kettlebell training is an amazing way to fit in an intense and compact workout, or use them as a supplement to your normal workout.
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Kettlebells are a great way to mix up your workouts. Training with kettlebells improves cardiovascular fitness, boost power endurance, increase balance, flexibilty, and coordination which are essential components of whole body fitness and athletic performance.
The idea behind using kettlebells to lose weight is to take advantage of their natural resistance. Using a kettlebell helps provide the resistance needed to burn a lot of calories in a short amount of time. Kettlebell exercises give targeted training for various muscle groups, which helps achieve a leaner physique. There’s also an after-burn effect leading to further calorie burn for up to 24 hours.
Kettlebell training combines cardio, strength, balance, and flexibility. The movement of a kettlebell workout involves your whole body making, it the ultimate fat-burning workout. Kettlebell exercises give you the ultimate payoff for the work you put in, making it a great solution for busy people who want to make the most of their workout.
Finding the right weight for a kettlebell can be challenging. The size of your kettlebell depends on a variety of factors – including your age, fitness goals, and your choice of exercise. If you are a beginner, the recommended kettlebell sizes are between 18lbs (8kg) and 26lbs (12kg) for women and kettlebells between 26lbs (12kg) and 44lbs (20kg) for men.
While kettlebell training is unquestionably beneficial to strength and conditioning, functional movement practice, and fat loss, it is also an excellent way to tone up your whole body, and it can give you the fit physique you desire. Kettlebell training will cause your forearms to be visibly stronger, upper arms and shoulders more defined, legs and rear are tighter and more shapely, and can also improve posture.
Kettlebell squats are also known as goblet squats. It’s an effective alternative to the traditional squats in improving athletic performance, power output, and posture control. With proper form, the kettlebell squat variation can build muscle in your legs more than a standard bodyweight squat and prepare your body for challenging compound exercises that use your legs.
Kettlebells are cost-effective for the home gym enthusiasts. There’s no need to have two to five different weights (like dumbbells), and having to buy more. With kettlebells, you can simply do a more challenging exercise or add more reps to your current program. You can perform most kettlebell exercises and produce some incredible results with just one kettlebell.
Swinging a kettlebell mostly works the gluteal muscles. The core, grip, shoulder, quadriceps femoris, adductors, hamstrings, and calf muscles are all strengthened by this exercise. Broad jumps, cable pull-throughs, barbell hip thrust, sumo deadlift, Romanian deadlift, and Good-morning are some of the alternatives to kettlebell swings.
For a someone who has no weightlifting experience, you should start at the beginner level to learn and understand the proper mechanics used in kettlebell exercises. To make the workout easy and comfortable for you, start with something around 35lbs (16kg) for males and 18lbs (8kg) for women.
Depends on your intensity, goals and your physical condition. A focused 20-minute workout can burn up to 400 calories. Kettlebell exercises offer a lot of flexibility and they are designed to keep you healthy and let you get on, especially when you have a busy life.