Do you find that you get bored doing cardio at the gym? When doing traditional forms of cardio such as running on a treadmill or on the x-trainer are about as exciting as watching paint dry. Lets face it one of the main reasons why people give up on cardio is because they do not know what else to do and it is easy to jump on some contraption like a mouse does when it goes on a wheel. Moreover, with regular cardio you only burn calories post workout upto about 1-2 hours afterwards and you can save more time when doing Kettlebells as you only need to workout 20-30 minutes with them to get results.
When training with Kettlebells you will not only stay challenged and motivated -you will also burn off more calories (about 800 of 'em in fact) and also keep burning calories up to 3-4 hours post workout. So why do you persevere through the boredom of the gym doing the same old routine and spending your quality time pounding away at the treadmill watching last weeks football match?.
Do not believe me? Take a trip down to your local gym and look at the people the gym. Now go back in a month and see if you notice any differences in their physiques. See what I mean? Fortunately there are several alternatives that offer more variety, are more challenging, and produce faster results-including Kettlebells! I am going to cover the benefits of kettlebell training in this article.
Lets start off with PHA. PHA stands for Peripheral Heart Action. P.H.A is basically a high intensity form of circuit training in which you work the whole body as a unit instead of working on isolation exercises like bicep curls or leg press. Instead of focusing on one area at a time, the goal when training with Kettlebells is to work as many muscles as you can together to help increase your blood volume and circulation enormously without over fatiguing your muscles. You need to pump blood through your muscles rather than just into them. P.H.A training is similar to circuit training where you move from one exercise to the next as quickly as possible without any rest and work the bigger compound muscles. So when training with Kettlebells you can train the entire body with very few exercises...
For example do this workout back to back like a circuit without any rest...
Turkish Get Ups x 3 each
2 Arm Swings x 10
Windmills x 3 each
Front Squats x 10
Military Press x 5 each
Feel free to take a one to two minute rest after the circuit. Repeat 4-5 times for a fat burning workout!
For more on kettlebell training contact Jamie Lloyd BSc RKC
www.russiankettlebellsuk.com
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