I’ve recently been out the water for a few weeks after having a pterygium cut off my eye, which has resulted in more time spent in the gym keeping fit and in shape while I’m out the water, It been super interesting watching how other people train from the muscle junkies to the weight loss obsessed women.
Something new that has taken off in gyms country wide and is often featured in health and fitness magazines is the use of kettle bells so I decided to do a little research on these oddly shaped weights.
For those of you who do not know what a kettle bell is, it is those new weights in the gym that look like a cannon ball with a looped handle on the top, the weight of these kettle bells varies.
Surprisingly these pieces of equipment are not new but in fact been around for multiple years and are often used by MMA and other cross fit athletes.
So why the sudden movement towards the use of kettle bells in the common gym?
Unlike the traditional dumbbell which is used to train a single muscle group at a time, the kettle bell on the other hand offer full body conditioning, working multiple muscle groups and specifically the core during each exercise as the body both stabilizes and controls each movement.
Kettle bell exercises which are usually used in explosive time movements (swinging, snatching and jumping) combine cardio-vascular, flexibility, strength training all in one.
There are numerous different exercises that one can perform using a kettle bell, this training is great for leg and back strength as well as great for enhancing your core strength, perfect type of resistance training for surfers, working all the muscle groups essential to high performance surfing.
Watch this space for some kettle bell exercises as well as safety and technique tips.
Wade
(image courtesy of dragondoor.com)
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