Kettle Bell Training

Kettle Bell classes are conducted at 6pm every Monday and Thursday in September. Additional classes are forming NOW - call 732-201-0252 or email thetrainingrim@gmail.com for more info on days and times! (One on one sessions and semi-private sessions also available).

Although training with Kettle Bells has been around for centuries, just recently it’s become popular in the U.S. - for many reasons.

What is a kettle bell?

A kettle bell is essentially a cannon ball with a handle.

Why is it better?

Training with kettle bells isn’t necessarily “better” than other modalities, just different.  It does afford some advantages that are difficult to implement with other tools however:

It teaches decelleration:

Sound boring? Well the inability to decellerate weight and body movement leads to almost every injury, in the gym and out.  Because of the momentum generated by the handle, the user can’t simply drop the bell like a dumb bell or barbell - the swing must be controlled, and slowed.

Improves Total Body Strength and Coordination:

Moving such a small, compact, but heavy weight requires the recuitment of pretty much every muscle in the body simultaneously.  To do so requires and improves your total body strength and coordination (as opposed to the “one muscle at a time” approach seen in gyms).  This is the main reason kettle bells are popular with athletes…

Hip extension:

Kettle Bells force your hips and glutes to fire - you simply will not be able to move the bells otherwise.  The number one reason knees and backs get injured is because we, as a society, tend to initiate movement with our backs and knees.  Kettle bells eliminate this bad habit.  Of course, in addition to keeping our knees and backs healthy, if our hips and glutes start to function correctly, how do you think they’ll start to look?  Speaking of which…

Rapid fat loss:

Using your entire body to maneuver a swinging cannon ball severely jacks up your metabolism, and therefore, burns fat FAST.  Combine this with the glute benefits listed above and you’ll see why kettle bells are becoming very popular with the ladies!

About the Instructor:

Jon holds a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and has been a personal trainer for alomost a decade.  He’s been training with kettle bells for about 4 years with some of the top instructors in NJ.

Check out Jon in action with the kettle bells in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0FCeq-RH1U

Check out Training Rim Trainer Melissa Gissubel doing one of our favorite KB circuits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0OEXQHosA

Training Rim client Dr. Kristin working on the “get up” and showing off the guns!