Cool Kettlebell Workout Facts
Cool Kettlebell Workout Facts - One of the latest fitness rages to
invade America the last few years is the kettlebell workout. When I first heard the name I thought it sounded like
"cow bell" but all
joking aside kettlebells are fast establishing themselves as one of the best ways for getting into shape.
Kettlebells are basically cast iron balls that resemble a bowling ball with a handle. They can be purchased is
sizes from as low as ten pounds up through 100 pounds each and
more.
Here is some cool ketlebell trivia.
- A thorough kettlebell workout can last just ten to fifteen minutes but during that time you burn fat and
build strength and endurance at the same time.
- Although often referred to as "Russian kettlebells," it is believed that kettlebells where also used in
ancient Greece and Scotland.
- It has been reported that several actors use kettlebells including Ed O'Neil, Matthew McConaughey , Bruce
Lee, Jennifer Lopez, Sylvester Stallone, Penelope Cruz and
others.
- In 1704 a Russian dictionary refers to the kettlebell which in Russian is known as a handlebell or
"girya."
- Kettlebells are uniquely effective in that they require not only the primary muscle movement but utilize
core and other stabilizing muscles to help offset the inertia
created by the kettlebell when doing swings and jerks which are two common exercises.
- The story goes that Russian kettlebells where originally used as weights to weigh grains when the merchants
began to play with them, swinging them around and using them
for entertainment.
- The American Council on Exercise says that kettlebells are "a great way to get a whole body workout in a
relatively short period of time."
- Kettlebells are amazingly simple to maintain since there are no moving parts to lubricate and virtually
nothing that can break on them.
- Kettlebells are heavy but have a small footprint which means they are very easy to store and even travel
with.
- Kettlebell training was originally thought to be to hardcore and dangerous for the average user a myth of
which has been dispelled.
- The Russian name for a kettlebell is Girya.
- Traditionally kettlebells where measured in "poods," a Russian Imperial unit of weight that was done way
with in 1924. A one pood kettlebell is 16kg, a two pood is 32kg
and so on. "You never know a man until you have eaten a pood of salt with him." - old Russian proverb.
Rich with history, kettlebells have an established track record for being one of the best ways to get into
shape.
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