I love kettlebells.
You could imagine how happy I was to come home and find a big ol’ heavy box on my doorstep from GoFit.net.
Inside was Sarah Lurie’s Kettlebells The Iron Core Way: a 15 pound kettlebell, and an accompanying DVD.
Kettlebells are great because they are all about functional movement. How often you find yourself actually needing to benchpress something? With functional training you train your body to, well, function properly. Its all about learning how to safely transfer momentum (the more weight, the more momentum) efficiently and safely through the body, like when you pick up your child or heft the groceries into the house. If your core is not strong and you cannot transfer this power, then you can pull a muscle or throw out your back.
i have a lot of back problems, and this is why I like kettlebells. It seems counterintuitive that slinging around a ball of iron would actually be good for your back, it helps to not only loosen it up, but also train it transfer those loads better.
I popped in the DVD expecting it to be a workout i could follow along to, but was suprised when it wasn’t. It was an instructional DVD to teach you basic and more advanced moves. Before each exercise, the key form points were spelled out for you while a woman (with a whole lot of I-could-kick-your-ass attitude) demonstrated. after that, you were invited to do a set along with her to get the hang of it. Although it was just to teach, by the end, my muscles were burning and i was dripping in sweat. Its the perfect DVD, especially for someone that has never done kettlebells before. It works as a guide to prepare you incase you want to take a class, or it works as a good routine if you just want to do it at home. There are more DVD’s available at GoFit.net along with different sized kettlebells (and a guide to help you pick the proper weight for you.)
Oh, and on the site they have a shirt that can spout your love for the wonder that are kettlebells.
And you know whats even better? GoFit.net sent me 2, so head over to GroundedFitness and read: GroundedFitness’s Badass Giveaway right now to enter to win your very own Kettlebells The Iron Core Way set.
(I told you it was good.)