Monday, July 15, 2013

Get fit and lose fat doing kettlebell workouts

By Chris Rivers


A kettlebell is a certain type of cast-iron weight with a handle. It is essentially an iron ball with an iron handle attached. originally developed in Russia in the 1700s. The point of a kettlebell weight is to facilitate strength training with cardiovascular training. Both are important. Strength training refers to the training that results in muscle building resulting from muscles being used and damaged and then "rebuilt" stronger and bigger. Cardiovascular is exercise that refers to a workout that facilitates good breathing and blood flow, so that the whole body gets a good workout and the cardiovascular system is maintained in working order.

Kettlebell exercises offer a lot of great benefits, but in order to enjoy these benefits you will first need to learn how these exercises affect your body. For starters, it's worth pointing out that the handle on kettlebells are generally thicker than the ones that you can find among dumbbells. What this means is that kettlebell exercises are an effective choice is you to want get a stronger grip.

Kettlebell workouts closely resemble real world workouts, such as shoveling and moving large quantities of heavy objects or boxes which could easily be seen in the workplace.

A popular kettlebell workout is the doing the kettle bell swing. This workout works both strength training and cardiovascular endurance. Swings are a real all round exercise and can burn up to 20 calories a minutes done correctly.

Aside from athletes, kettle bells can also offer plenty of great benefits to ordinary people who just want to lose weight. One of the best benefits of kettlebell workouts is that they develop the body's midsection and increase shoulder flexibility. Given these reasons, many physical therapists and chiropractors recommend these kinds of workouts to their patients. Of course, if you're only interested in increasing your body strength then you can easily use your kettle bells for squats and double swings to get the effects that you want.

Another great thing about kettlebell workouts is that they are very effective in building muscles which are essential to weight loss. The more toned lean muscle you have in your body the faster you can burn fat. It's really is the best of both worlds in regard to fitness as you get a cardio and weights workout all in one.

As you can see, the kettlebell facilitates so many different aspects of human fitness that it's almost foolish not to include it in your fitness routine.




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