How to Get Big With Kettle Balls

April 16, 2008

 

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or haven’t been to the gym in a REALLY long time, you are undoubtedly familiar with the newest workout craze to sweep the United States – the killer crunch of kettle balls! And of course working out with kettle balls is not new, rather European power lifters and bodybuilding aficionados have been using them for years to sculpt masterful physiques and dominant power. Remember Drago (Dolph Lundgren) from the Rocky movies? He is a well known proponent of massive power and strength through kettle ball conditioning. Let’s take a closer look at what they are, and how you can incorporate them into your workout for optimum conditioning and a little variety in your ordinary workout. Read on!

First of all – what are they? Simple – they look like cannonballs with handles! They come in a variety of weights, with the standard fare weighing in at about 35 pounds for men, and half of that for women. A killer kettle ball workout essentially mimics the movements of traditional dumbbells. Increased flexibility is provided by the handles as a mechanism to get a fuller range of motion, with some of the most intense excursuses taking full advantage of both vertical and lateral exercises to maximize functional strength, in addition to the obvious aesthetic improvements to the physical form.

Interestingly, kettle ball workouts have a bit of a partisan, cultural feel as if they are actually part and parcel of the cultures that cultivated them. With this said, as the effectiveness of the workouts have begun being incorporated into workouts in US gyms, more and more hardcore conditioning enthusiasts are singing the praises of the huge gains they have made through this novel approach – both in terms of physical transformation, as well as real day to day strength that is equally as helpful in the household, as it is in the gym. And true to its blue collar roots, these are exactly the sorts of benefits that KB coaches have been preaching about for years!
 

 

Written by Franz Fitness! · Filed Under MEN'S HEALTH 

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