Starting Kettlebell Workouts

by Harry
(California)

I've recently begun incorporating kettlebells into my workout. I found I was hitting a bit of a plateau in terms of strength and weight gains and a friend of mine recommended kettlebells to me.

Their greatest strength is in their versatility. All major muscles groups can be effectively targeted with a good set of kettlebells. I found the compound nature of kettlebell exercises very satisfying. Rather than isolating muscles, kettlebell exercises recruit a whole range of muscles in one motion.

For example, the kettlebell handswing targets back, arms and legs in one motion. When my gym membership runs out, I'm seriously considering investing in a good set of kettlebells and working out at home. They really don't take up much room. If you break down the costs, a good set of kettlebells will cost about 150 to 200 dollars while a gym membership will set you back 300 dollars a year.

The only problem as far as I can see, is that kettlebell workouts might start to become very repetitive after a few months. I’m loving them at the moment but if you work with ONLY kettlebells for an extended period of time, I could see routines starting to get boring. It would be important to be on the lookout for new exercises to keep you routine fresh. Luckily there seems to be a lot of websites like this one out there for kettlebell enthusiasts so finding new exercises is only an internet search away.

Hopefully should have my home gym set up some time in the new year.