Kettlebell Basics

Variety in your training program, contrary to popular belief, can be both good and bad.  If you keep doing the same workout for a long period of time, your body adapts and you stop making progress.  It also gets super boring.  On the other hand, change things up too much and you never have time to improve.  Sticking with your program just long enough and changing things up when your gains start to stall is the ticket to steady progress.

That being said, here are a few kettlebell routines to give you ideas for your workouts and to help you keep things interesting.  Most of these have written descriptions and video – enjoy!

A Beginner Kettlebell Workout

Combines two basic kettlebell exercises – the Swing and the Get Up – into a medium intensity, beginner level workout. Start here after you feel confident with your Swing and Get Up technique.

Kettlebell and Body Weight 300 Workout

Combines the Swing and Goblet Squat with some basic body weight exercises for a short kettlebell circuit.

A ‘Big Five’ Kettlebell Circuit Workout

This one takes all five basic kettlebell exercises – the Swing, the Get Up, the Goblet Squat, the Clean and Press, and the Snatch – and combines them into a giant circuit.

‘Extreme Cardio’ Kettlebell Workout

How to use kettlebells for cardio! Includes two sample workouts.

Two Ultra-Abbreviated KB Circuits

If you’re short on time, here’s two kettlebell workouts you can do in 15 minutes or less.

Kettlebell Basics Combo Series

A video series by yours truly (still in the works) that features four ‘kettlebell combo’ videos so far. Take combo #1 for example – the one arm Swing to one arm Squat to Overhead Press to one arm Snatch. All combos also have a basic workout you can do with them.

Kettlebell Basics Combo #1

Kettlebell Basics Combo #2

Kettlebell Basics Combo #3

Kettlebell Basics Combo #4

These kettlebell routines are just a start – we’ve got many more to come, so stay tuned!!  Comments and questions are always welcome.

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