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Product review – Pull up Mate!
The pull up mate is a portable piece of kit for training pull ups, chin ups dips and a few other body weight exercises. It comes with a bag for transportation and is easily clicked together in a few minutes. Now before I begin I should just say that at 6ft, 4inches...
Can Kettlebells build muscle?
Can kettlebells build muscle ? Last time I checked there are about 3 million different exercises you can do with a kettlebell, so which ones are good for building muscle and which ones are not? Furthermore, kettlebells are often thought of as a cardio or strength...
How to Hip Hinge – The complete guide
Unless you've been involved in kettlebell training, powerlifting or olympic weight lifting you might not have come across the term "hip hinge" before. Hopefully if you went to a kettlebell class or you used kettlebells with a personal trainer, they first taught...
Back pain during Kettlebell swings – The top 3 reasons
Experiencing back pain during or after performing kettlebell swings? Here are the 3 most common reasons I see after teaching for 15 years. Back pain reason 1 - Squatting your swing The first thing to check is to see if you're squatting your swing. This is highly...
Working out vs Training
Working out versus training What is the difference between working out and training, and does it even matter? To begin, let's get a definition of each of these so that we understand the differences. How do we define working out ? Working out is...
Members profile – Helen Matheson
What led you kettlebells and training in our classes? I think it was curiosity initially, I’d been doing a lot of HIIT workouts, killing myself each and every time to get fit, and I was just wondering if there was something different I could be doing that still had...
Member profile – Kelly Cotter
What led you to sign up at the kettlebell club and swing heavy weights? It was six months after I had given birth to my daughter and I wanted something that would help me get back into shape, but not going to a gym. A friend of mine was training with the club and...
Snatch test results – June 2022
In the world of kettlebells, the 5 minute snatch test is one of the most demanding conditioning tests, the aim of which is to complete 100 reps with a given weight in the 5 minutes, this doesn't leave much time for rest as 20 reps takes on average 45-50 seconds! You...
Building muscle – A beginners guide
In this article you will learn 3 of the most important lessons you need to know in order to maximise your time spent in the gym. Muscle building is a slow process, you need to synchronise your diet, lifestyle and training program and deliver on it every day in order...
My client is tracking calories and not losing weight!
This is by far the most common post I see from frustrated personal trainers and nutrition coaches, in the various Facebook groups and forums I frequent. It typically goes like this: My client is adamant they're eating X amount of calories (usually a number that's too...
How building muscle assists fat loss.
This can be quite a hard concept for people to understand, its not a very intuitive thing to think that building up your muscle mass will help you lose weight, but once you understand the mechanisms of how it works, it'll make sense. Here are the main ways in which it...
1 year transformation – Glynis Moss
This is what going 'all in' with laser like focus on your goal for one year looks like! Diagnosed with high blood pressure, anxiety and depression, when Glynis came to me at the start of 2019 she was the heaviest she'd ever been. Being the smart cookie that she is,...
Members profile – Wendy Briggs
How long have you been training with the club? I started training with the club about 2 years ago, but due to work travel commitments I have had periods where I have not been able to train with the frequency and commitment needed. For about the...
10-20 minute kettlebell workouts.
INTERVALS (Exercising and resting for pre-determined amounts of time) 30 seconds on, 30 off Two hand swing Push press R Push press L Goblet squat Row R Row L Snatch R Snatch L Take one min rest and repeat 2-4 more...
Strength training for runners (part 1)
If you want to run and avoid the all too common aches and pains that can be associated with pounding the pavements week in and week out, you need to strengthen your body to be able to cope with all of that pressure on your bones, joints, tendons, ligaments etc. Key...
7 Fat loss methods that don’t involve counting calories
Intermittent fasting Everyone has heard of this by now. There are many different ways to do IF, probably the most well known is the 5:2 version, which is basically choosing two days per week where you fast. Typically on fasting days, you would only eat 500-600...
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