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Boxing workout San Diego

By: laboxingpq -- May 20, 2009 01:20:38 Category: Sports

By LA Boxing personal trainer Jim Baglioni One of the reasons why kettlebells are becoming so popular (especially among women) is because this power-training that originated in improves your cardio while targeting trouble spots to help you get a leaner and toner body. If you remember, in the 1980s athletes from Russia and athletes from the old communist countries used to leave the competition in the dust when it came to winning gold medals … that’s because kettlebells were their secret training weapon of choice. A kettlebell training is an ideal workout for men and women who want to introduce strength training into their regime, but who don’t have that much time every day to workout. In one session you get your heart pumping while strengthening your muscles. Kettlebells are excellent at targeting and defining legs and glutes and within a few workouts, you’ll quickly noticed how much more vitality, strength and stamina you’ve gained. Another reason why kettlebells are so popular is because you can literally workout anywhere. You can workout with kettlebells in the privacy of your home, you can take them with your in your car for a gym session or you can take them with you to the park on a bright sunny day for an outdoor workout. A workout with kettlebells is vastly different from doing strength training with dumbbells. The reason is very simply: dumbbells have a well-balanced stationary centre of gravity while kettlebells have a fluctuating centre of gravity and a lever-like handle, which creates a fluctuating resistance arm, generating a greater load on the force arm through a range of motion. With dumbbells you rarely will use your entire body during your training session, because you usually are trying to isolate muscles. Kettlebells will require you to use your entire body motion to swing the kettlebells. The weights of the kettlebells vary and most women will start out with 18 lbs and then graduate to 24 lbs ones. Women who are already fit and who have been doing a lot of strength training will most likely be able to start at 35 lbs and work their way up. On the road to aging well, strength training and cardio training are very important as you age … not only to allow you to achieve and maintain a certain body shape and weight, but also to help you keep feeling strong with each passing year.

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By yavanna May 21, 2009 12:05:33

This is Really interesting. I Love to workout, have all my life! Kettlebells, to me, are a new concept in strength training, but to read about the Olympic athletes who've trained using them is truly amazing. I did wonder how they got that edge. I've seem some people work out with them, but they seemed so heavy, Like they would eventually be ripping cartilage as the grew older if they kept working out with Kettlebells. But this article is different and expresses quite the opposite. I guess I would like to know more about those athletes from the 80's. How are their bodies holding up now? Are they still using them? Are their bodies still strong or are they now prone to more injuries than others of us who have just used dumbbells? Would like more imput on this subject. When I see people use kettlebells, just seems like they are lifting way too much. But what you say about the weight distribution in the kettlebells is really true. I'm sure they would provide a much more intense workout.

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