Fitness

Core? Huh? What is it good for? Absolutely everything!

Submitted by kenwen on 3 November 2009 - 11:29am

It's that time where we fill gyms up in an effort to get ready for the Christmas party season!

You'll never see the stretching area so busy again - people doing crunches, draped over swiss balls, using those ab cradles, because we're all looking for that elusive six pack.

Core training is more than working to get washboard abs, there's a whole lot more than needs to be worked with to get really strong, really fit and beach ready.

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PowerClubs - have fun clubbing

Submitted by kenwen on 8 August 2009 - 10:35am
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We've been supplying PowerClubs at London Kettlebells for ages but never really spent much time showing what to do with them. They've been used by people in the know for the past few years, so I guess it's time to start spreading the word about them!

Here's a quick video of what I've dubbed a circular clean. Absolutely phenomenal for shoulder strength and mobility so definitely worth adding to your training if you play any racquet sports or are involved in martial arts.

Going to be adding more in the coming days!

Viking Warrior Conditioning - one month review and test starts today

Submitted by kenwen on 5 May 2009 - 5:57pm

Kenneth Jay's Viking Warrior Conditioning, dramatic title excepted, is quite possibly one of the best academic studies available on conditioning with kettlebells.

The focus is on VO2max training; the maximum volume of oxygen intake provided by the cardiovascular system. In a nutshell, this is how much oxygen your body can use during activity. The more, the better!

VWC uses the kettlebell snatch as the exercise of choice and provides five progressive protocols for boosting your VO2max capacity.

Kettlebells AKA weight training that women love

Submitted by kenwen on 8 September 2008 - 4:13pm

I've been training with kettlebells since 2002 - way before Ginger Spice got her dainty little mitts on them and I originally used them to improve my strength and conditioning for martial arts.

The first seminar I attended had a mix of gentlemen, well let's just say that if you saw them out in public you'd be worried about what prison day release schemes were for, involved in combat sports, rugby and general hard nuts. Nice bunch though!

Skipping forwards a few years I find that kettlebells have grown immensely in popularity and amongst women the curiousity (and publicity) is immense.

So I thought it was high time that the proper reasons why women (should) love kettlebells were explained properly and we'll clear up a few myths about weight training in general.

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