Introduction to Using Kettlebell Weights

these cannon ball shaped weights
combined cardiovascular strength and
flexibility for one fast and efficient
workout hi i’m veronica watchmojo.com
and today we’re looking at different
ways your body can be saved by the
kettlebell what type of workout are we
doing when we incorporate the
kettlebells into our strength training
well the kettlebell can work over many
different energy systems you could be
working in endurance strength or power
so it can be added to any type of
routine and be a great complement to
that what makes the kettlebells so
unique the kettle ball has a lot of
unique qualities to it but I think the
most important one lies in its shape so
I’ll show you guys here as you see there
is a handle horns and a ball and the
weight is not equally distributed right
so that that shape influences our
movement and is ideal for momentum based
movements what’s the history behind this
workout the kettle has come from Russia
they date back actually 300 years
initially they were used for
agricultural purposes to actually weigh
food and later they became an actual
sanctioned sport the the national sport
of Russia in the mid 1900s this actually
comes out of competition is that
kettlebell work at a functional way to
train absolutely kettlebell is pure
functional training at its best it’s
working the full body is one recruiting
the entire body together as a unit team
player and in every exercise we do they
hear that you can easily get injured
with kettlebells is there anything that
we can do to avoid this it’s actually a
misconception we can definitely say that
any exercise that you do especially with
weights you need to be careful you have
to understand how to do it with the
proper technique kettlebells are no
different however I think the most
important thing is learn from someone
who who knows how or knows what they’re
doing with kettlebells a certified
trainer preferably and we’re
progressively through movement start
with the basic movements and work
way up because there is an actual a
method and technique behind them is this
a workout for both men and women we have
people of all ages and all genders
working with kettlebells again we start
with basic movements and we progress
them through those movements and again
because they’re functional full body
they’re appropriate and and great for
everybody can we lose weight as well
definitely in fact a 20-minute circuit
style kettlebell workout will burn over
400 calories that’s actually better than
running a six-minute mile you’re holding
the kettlebells in your hands so this
just an upper body type of workout
absolutely not in fact the the driving
force behind most kettlebell movements
are the hips so the hips of the driver
the upper body are more the guide of the
movement but the entire body is working
together you’re generating a force
through ground forces generating tension
through the body and your whole body is
working as a unit why can’t we just use
the dumbbells at our gym first thing a
lot of people try and do kettlebell
movements with dumbbells and it just
doesn’t work again the shape of the
kettlebell is very important a dumbbell
is a balanced weight the kettlebell is
an imbalance way of course that unequal
distribution of weight in the kettlebell
also makes our body work that much
harder
trains different muscles recruits
different muscle fibers depending on the
positioning of that kettlebell well
thank you mike is great to have you
you’re very welcome thank you very much