Kettlebells are getting to be a very popular tool of choice inside the fitness circle slowly, and for once it is an improvement that is properly warranted. There are plenty of advantages of training with kettlebells, and making use of them will add significantly to any exercise routine.

Regularly doing exercises with kettlebells has the benefits listed below:

1. Enhanced grip strength

While there are a few kettlebell exercises that do not demand securely holding the bell, these are in the minority. Kettlebells are most useful for doing compound exercises, often with high speed, like swings, snatches, and cleans. Due to the high velocity involved, these exercises call for gripping the bell very carefully. If a strong, appropriate grip is not used, there is going to be holes in walls or broken bones at some point in the future.

Regularly performing kettlebell workouts is going to do wonders for grip strength, which has been highly linked to a long life (source). Note, of course, that grip strength is highly correlated with overall muscular strength: performing wrist curls and isolated grip exercises alone will not do much to extend life expectancy. However, kettlebells do not solely develop great grip strength: they’re an excellent option for building overall body strength and power too. There’s one region of the body that kettlebells develop quite well, and that is the subject matter of the next benefit.

2. Improved posterior chain strength (and aesthetic appeal)

Kettlebell swings are the king here, but any movement that actively makes use of the hips will have glorious effects on one’s posterior chain strength, function, and aesthetic appeal. Defined hamstrings and glutes look good on almost anyone, and when they look good it’s likely that they’re powerful too. Not only can a stronger posterior chain help a person move better, sprint faster, jump higher and look better, it is also among the best ways to avoid knee and lower back soreness.

Knee and back pain is commonly created from either insufficient strength in the hamstrings and/or glutes or from excessively tight hip flexors. The explosive kettlebell exercises like swings and snatches are perfect for fixing both those issues.

3. Effective fat loss

Kettlebell workouts are effective at pushing the heart rate up, along with being an excellent strength stimulus. The two of this combined help make kettlebells an exceptionally powerful fat loss tool. Hour-long workout sessions definitely are not needed to get these benefits. Most of the time a quick 10-minute workout is plenty.

4. Convenience

Unlike barbell sets, kettlebells are not too difficult to travel with. While I do not recommend taking them on an airplane, they are well suited to take on a road trip or to a recreation area. Power racks and various other different kinds of special accessories are not necessary either: all that’s needed would be the kettlebell as well as a surface to stand on. With those two elements present, an excellent, time-efficient, fat-loss and strength-building training session is simple to perform (but is not necessarily easy!).

Kettlebells are not magic, but their numerous advantages make them a great component of any kind of weight loss routine. Start working with them regularly and it will surely become clear why they’ve gotten to be so popular in the fitness industry: they deliver results!

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Source by Jordan Rosedahl