The Secret to Get Stronger Not Just Sorer: Exercise Order. Anyone can make a workout hard.
For instance, do some sprint work, and make it harder by super setting it with another full body, high intensity lift. Go try a set of three heavy, nearly all out reps in the clean – full squat cleans – and then run 200m flat out immediately after. That’s going to be awful and aside from teaching you how to run slowly or lift sub-maximally all it is going to do is make you suffer. The problem is that people have taken their misguided notion of “go hard or go home” and made it the trump card for everything they are trying to achieve. Because let’s face it, personal trainers like making clients sweaty because then the client walks away feeling like the workout was beneficial.
To train for strength – which also relates to power and speed – there is a right way and a wrong way to structure a session. High speed before low speed. Jerks – A very high skill move that also requires speed for maximum power to be trained. But here’s where it gets interesting. Photos and Descriptions of Kettlebell Exercises by Mike Mahler. For comprehensive in-person training on all of these kettlebell exercises and much more, attend one of my Kettlebell Workshops around the United States!
If you cannot make it to a workshop then check out my kettlebell training DVD's and Kettlebell Training Manual e-book at Kettlebell Training DVD's Photographs of Mike Mahler courtesy of Michael Neuveux. One-Arm Kettlebell Swing Place one kettlebell between your feet. Push back with your butt and bend your knees to get into the starting position. One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch Place a kettlebell between your feet. One-Arm Kettlebell Clean Place a kettlebell between your feet. One-Arm Kettlebell Bottom Up Clean (Hang Position) Hold a kettlebell like a suitcase. Kettlebell Sots Press Clean a kettlebell and go into a full squat. Kettlebell Windmill Clean and press or snatch a kettlebell overhead with one arm. The Benefits Of Kettlebell Training For Athletes! Kettlebell training has takes the fitness world by storm.
In just a few years, there are now thousands of people in the U.S. who are benefiting from the brutal benefits of kettlebells. In addition, to everyday men and women, many athletes from a variety of sports now use kettlebells in their programs. Top K-1 fighter Bob Sapp recently stated that he uses kettlebell training to enhance cardio in a recent Muscle & Fitness interview. Welterweight UFC champion BJ Penn uses kettlebells to ramp up his muscular endurance for killer MMA battles. The benefits of kettlebell training having even reached Hollywood as actor Ed O'Neil well known for his role as Al Bundy on the hit comedy sitcom "Married With Children" (Imagine Al doing Kb snatches!) Make no mistake about it kettlebell training is not another passing fad. Kettlebells For Killer Cardio There is no better way to burn fat than with a few high rep sets of kettlebell swings, snatches and clean and jerks.