Saturday, September 8, 2012

How Training With Kettlebells is Helping Get Me in the Best Shape of My Life

By Greg Diener


Last year around the holiday season, one of my friends gave me a kettlebell set as a gift. At first I thought this was a weird thing to wrap before I opened it. I was pleasantly surprised at my gift, I also received some kettlebell instructional workout DVDs. Hopefully this will get me into good shape and maybe use kettlebells as a potential gift idea for one of my other friends.

Why are kettlebells such a useful tool for training? First of all, kettlebells help you use muscles that you normally wouldn't. The deep muscle work that you can get from using kettlebells cannot be gained by most other mainstream forms of workouts. Yoga, Pilates, and aerobics all diminish in comparison to kettlebell exercises and the deep muscle/tendon work.

Kettlebell workouts are one of the few that provide the afterburn effect. The afterburn effect is where your body continues to burn fat and calories long after you have ended your work out. This effect can last as long as two days, making kettlebell training the perfect exercises to help stimulate a slow metabolism and maximize the benefits of working out.

Kettlebells are also incredibly convenient to use. I kept mine in my family room at home so that I could practice anytime I got home from work or on the weekends. I recognized that because of the relatively quick workout time necessary with them, that having an alternative set of kettlebells at the office was one of the best expenses that I've made to date.

My pals, who knew my demand to get healthier but also realizing how busy I am made the best choice in getting me a complete kettlebell training package. The videos, combined with the kettlebells themselves, have helped to start me on my way to the best shape of my life. I even took those before pictures to have evidence of what I looked like. I can't wait because in two months of diligently working out, I'm hoping the after pictures will be amazing.




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