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New Turbulence Training Kettlebell Training Program

By Roy Furr | Published: December 17, 2009

So I’ve been a fan of Turbulence Training and Craig Ballantyne for longer than I’ve known about kettlebells. When I was going through my latest serious fat-burning period (started at 209, now low 180s) his program helped tremendously.

So when I heard there’s a Turbulence Training program for kettlebells … Well … I knew I had no choice but to share it with you!

Now a bit of a disclaimer here … It’s not Craig Ballantyne himself who teaches this course. No, it’s one of his original certified instructors, Chris Lopez.

And even though Ballantyne is good at spotting things that will work with fitness, he actually ignored kettlebells for a while. He even did secret kettlebell workouts at home, behind Lopez’s back, as he tested the fat-incinerating power of kettlebells (you can read the full story at the link below). But now he’s fully on board, and thinks you should be too.

I don’t have room to tell you the whole story here. So go ahead and click the link below to be taken straight to the Turbulence Training Kettlebell Revolution Fat Loss Workouts story:

Click Here For The Turbulence Training Kettlebell Revolution!

Stay strong!

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Kettlebell workout success stories

By Roy Furr | Published: December 16, 2009

I love to hear stories like this.

Cynthia E. lost 135 pounds and gained incredible confidence without stepping foot in a gym, thank to the help of kettlebell workouts.

Fitness trainer and flight attendant Susan H. has discovered kettlebell workouts are the single most efficient way to tone and build muscle, and has a lofty goal that could make it easier for you to work out with kettlebells while you’re on the road.

And world-champion drug-free powerlifter Bud Jeffries — who has lifted more than 700 pounds in competition — swears by the effectiveness of kettlebell training.

Read the full article …

Stay strong!

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A kettlebell workout approach to burn fat fast

By Roy Furr | Published: December 15, 2009

Found this exciting article from Mike Geary. It’s about a unique way to combine kettlebell exercises to work more muscles in less time, and ramp up your body’s own fat-burning furnace. Try doing this without sweating more than you have in the past month. I dare ya. Stay strong!

Barbell and Kettlebell Complexes to Take Your Body to a New Level of Hardness and Conditioning

Mike Geary, NCSF-CPT, AFAA-CPT

If you’ve never heard of “complexes” before, the basic concept is that instead of repeating the same exercise for multiple reps to complete a “set”, you sequence one rep of several different exercises right after one another and repeat the sequence several times to complete a “set”.

This type of training is excellent to work a huge amount of musculature in a short amount of time, and definitely takes your workouts to a whole new level of intensity. The conditioning aspect of this type of training is amazing, as you’ll find yourself huffing and puffing after repeating a sequence a mere two or three times.

If I had to venture a guess, I’d have to say …

Keep reading …

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Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans Use Kettlebells

By Roy Furr | Published: November 23, 2009

Saw a cool Men’s Fitness article recently on New NFL Training Methods, thought I’d share. In it, it reveals the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans have both added kettlebells to their weight rooms recently.

The description of “why” they did is more telling — and why kettlebells should and will continue to be adopted by more and more athletes:

The biggest benefit? When players swing a kettlebell, the weight distribution changes, unlike with regular dumbbells where weight remains equal. This forces the user to stabilize more parts of his body, hitting his core, and helping to increase grip strength as he adjusts to control the weight.

Exactly why kettlebells are such a powerful training method!

Other new training methods? Bikram “Hot” Yoga, Mixed Martial Arts, and Acupuncture. Interesting.

Stay strong!

Roy Furr

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Kettlebell Workouts Lead To Mom’s Weight Loss

By Roy Furr | Published: November 22, 2009

Found this great quote in a blog post about how success at fitness all comes down to “just do it” — no matter where you’re at now or where you want to get to.

I have given birth 6 times. I am 40 years old and not long ago a friend of mine said to me, “Leah you were just meant to be chunky.” NOT…I started with boot camp at the Y and now am an avid kettlebell enthusiast. I melted inches off my 4′ 10″ frame and dropped pants sizes. I have tight biceps and triceps and endurance to spare. I did it. I do it everyday. If you love your family then use them as your motivation. Good luck. If you do something for 21 days straight it becomes a habit. Start today and don’t stop.

If you’d like to read the full blog post, click here.

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Quick Hotel Room Workout

By Roy Furr | Published: November 18, 2009

From my hotel room at Hyatt Place in Atlanta, Georgia…

I’ve been traveling a lot recently, and have been without my kettlebells while on the road. So I’ve had to improvise with body weight exercises for a quick hotel room workout — because I’m just not that into hotel fitness centers.

So here’s what I’ve done, and it’s worked pretty well to keep my conditioning up.

(Just finished a set and my heart’s thumping and my breath is heavy!)

My quick hotel room workout:

- Do 5 burpees (video below)
- Rest, counting to 10 seconds
- Repeat 8 times back to back (roughly 4 minutes)

This is roughly equivalent to a Tabata interval workout.

It engages many of your muscles in dynamic work. And the cardio on it is killer — despite the deceptive simplicity of the workout.

While on the road you should do this at least once a day — preferably 2-5 times for maximum benefit.

And you don’t have to use this as just a hotel room workout either, because this can be done anywhere, with no equipment needed.

Stay strong!

Roy

P.S. — Here’s the video of burpees, if you’re not familiar:

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RKC Certification Workshop Savings

By Roy Furr | Published: October 26, 2009

I know a lot of my readers are either RKCs already, or in the process of getting RKC kettlebell certification.

If you’re in the latter group, and you’ve been considering registering for one of the workshops, I’d like to save you $1000.

If you register by Friday, October 30th, 2009 for the RKC Kettlebell Certification Workshop in St. Paul, MN from April 23 – April 25, 2010, you can save $1000.

Remember, this is how you can train with Pavel himself — alongside many of the sharpest, strongest, and most successful kettlebell trainers in the world.

Not only do you get a complete system for using kettlebells in your personal training business…

You also get the experience of a lifetime…

The opportunity to make personal breakthroughs on physical, mental, and even spiritual levels…

And a complete framework for building a personal training business around kettlebells!

(I know there are a lot of personal trainers out there who have gone with other kettlebell certifications and still work a second job just to pay their bills — while many RKCs are able to finally follow their passions, break free, and do full time personal training using kettlebells, using what they’ve learned at the certification workshop.)

Anyways, don’t want to spend to much time going on. If you’ve been considering RKC Kettlebell Certification it’s never going to happen until you take action.

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How to turn up the heat on your kettlebell swings

By Roy Furr | Published: October 21, 2009

I was sent a link to this kettlebell swings video with Steve Maxwell by my good friend Korey, who originally introduced me to kettlebells.

If you’ve been looking for a way to turn up the heat on your kettlebell swings — and you have a partner handy — try this on for size:

This may lead to an “ouch” reaction!

Stay strong!

Roy

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Yes, KettlebellWall may occasionally make a few bucks

By Roy Furr | Published: October 19, 2009

So there’s been a recent FTC ruling requiring all bloggers and website owners who may make a few bucks by recommending products to disclose this fact. (See the New York Times article here.)

(I may make money by running advertising on my site? Gasp!)

So, even though I think my readers are smart enough to figure this out on their own, I’m going to provide a formal disclosure, just in case someone at the FTC decides to come knocking on my door, asking about this.

Some of the links from KettlebellWall to sites of interest may contain a small piece of information to inform the sites I send you to that I’m the one who sent you.

Then if you decide to make a purchase from those sites, they may pay me a portion of your purchase as a referral fee.

It happens everywhere on the internet, including here.

Let me add something to that though.

I’M NOT being paid in advance for endorsing anything.

I AM going out on my own, doing my own research, and picking products I like and feel excited to endorse — regardless of any compensation. Then in the cases where I can earn compensation for endorsing them, I set that up with the merchant.

It’s how the cogs of capitalism turn my friend, and what allows me to continue publishing useful information on kettlebells for you.

Disclaimer done. Thank goodness. Now we can get back to kettlebells!

Stay Strong!

Roy

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Video: Jillian Michaels Is Going To Kill Someone!

By Roy Furr | Published: October 5, 2009

Wow. Jillian Michaels’ kettlebell advice is going to kill someone. Seriously. Or at least break their wrists.

I was just watching her QVC pitch-fest for overpriced adjustable kettlebells and her misdirected kettlebell training video.

Now I’ve been the first result on Google for a while when you search for “jillian michaels kettlebell.” What comes up is my blog post Video: Massive Kettlebell Fail By Jillian Michaels on The Biggest Loser (opens in a new window).

Thankfully so, too. Because she needs to be exposed for the danger she is.

In her QVC spot, the demos show multiple instances of poor kettlebell form. The only saving grace is the weight of the kettlebell she’s selling is so small it’s unlikely to injure someone. But if someone gets into kettlebells taking her bad advice, and then moves up in weight, they’re going to injured. Period.

And in Enter The Kettlebell! Pavel would say “It’s your fault” if you get injured. However if you follow Jillian Michaels’ bad advice, I’d have to say it’s HER fault too — for putting herself out there as a qualified instructor without learning proper form herself first.

Listen, if you want to get into kettlebells and want a kettlebell-video combo, here’s two worth trying (which won’t get you killed):

Oh yeah, and if you promise not to buy her advice (but still want to listen to the benefits of kettlebells and see the poor form in her demo) you can watch the Jillian Michaels QVC video here.

And stay strong!

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