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The kettlebell snatch is the most technical kettlebell lift, and as such particularly close attention should be paid to technique in order to perform the snatch safely and efficiently.
This first training tip on the kettlebell tip takes you through exercises you should master before you start snatching.
The Exercises You Should Master Before Snatching a Kettlebell
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Kettlebell swings are a brilliant exercise – they’re one of the best exercises around for developing a strong, healthy and powerful posterior chain AND anyone who has done them will tell you they get the heart rate up very quickly. Think no impact running with a resistance workout for the muscles in your body [...]
I don’t train with anything other than kettlebells and I get this question a lot: how are kettlebells different to dumbbells? And this is usually followed by: are kettlebells better than dumbbells?
I’ll start by answering the second question:
Are Kettlebells Better Than Dumbbells?
There are many, many fitness tools out there, some more effective than others and [...]
In order for your kettlebell training to be as safe as possible, and therefore allow you to train without the risk of injury, you must pay attention to the basics – it seems pretty obvious but a lot of people skip this step and end up with substandard technique and training as a result.
Picking up [...]
Kettlebell training can be one of the most effective ways of increasing one or more facets of fitness, including strength, power, power endurance, strength endurance, cardiovascular fitness, mobility and agility. However, there are some common mistakes people make with their kettlebell training that can lead to sub-optimal training or even injury.
Here are 5 of the [...]
We get this question all the time at Australian Kettlebells: what’s the difference between the Pro Grade and Classic kettlebells?
The Number One Difference
The most noticable, and arguably the most important, difference between the Pro-Grade and Classic kettlebells is the standardisation of the Pro Grade bells versus the variation in size and shape of the Classic [...]
Hamstring injuries commonly occur with ballistic muscles actions. The sprinting and kicking involved in AFL often leads to hamstring injuries.
The swing is a great exercise to prehab hamstrings against injuries. It does this by:
Improving muscle balance: It is common to have stronger quads than hamstrings. This increases the chance of injury because the hamstrings have [...]
Lots of people in the gym don’t pay enough attention to rest periods, they just do the next set when they feel up to it. Advanced lifters who know their bodies really well can get away with this, but for most people they might have a good or bad day at the gym and have [...]
Kettlebell training is taking off in a big way in Australia – faster than good kettlebell training information can be disseminated. This is a bit of a worry because kettlebells are quite different to use than barbells or dumbbells (due to their displaced centre of mass) so the large body of information on these better [...]
Kettlebell sport is in its infancy in Australia, but with a core group of people working hard to promote it some momentum has been gained and we’re finally seeing some growth.
For those who don’t know, kettlebell sport is a power endurance sport involving long, timed sets of kettlebell ballistics. Traditionally, it’s 10 min sets of [...]
