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Member profile – Pete Bowen

How long have you been training with the club?  I started training with BKC in September 2016 aged 60, taking advantage of an 8 week Semi Private course. Why did you join?  Having retired from amateur coaching, I needed to do something constructive with some of my...

Members profile – Carly Jones

How long have you been training with the club?  5 years Why did you join?  At the age of 32 I had been suffering with terrible back pain for 15 years and had avoided almost all forms of exercise. In 2010 I was diagnosed with severe facet joint arthropathy and 3-level...

Member profile – Zoe Curtin

How long have you been training with the club?  I started my training in March 2017 Why did you join?  My initial aim was to find something that I loved that would help me to shed some weight but also tone up and stay fit. I had quite literally tried every type of...

Our Training Principles

Principle noun “a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived” Method noun “a procedure, technique, or way of doing something, especially in accordance with a definite plan Adhering to sound training principles will be the difference...

Member profile – John Evans

  When did you join the club?  I joined BKC in Feb 2012 after being bought the introduction session as a gift as I wanted to get back in to exercise after a few years of not really doing anything. I have trained on and off since then with some prolonged gaps, but have...

Member profile – Mandy Bond

When did you join the club? I joined the Bristol Kettlebell Club back in April 2011. What attracted you to it?  I had been putting on weight since my bowel surgery for Crohns Disease in 2009.  I was going to the gym but just not getting the results I wanted, so when I...

Kettlebells for Beginners

If you are new to kettle bells you may be wondering things like "what is so good about them", "what is unique about them" and "how do I get started"?   So in this short blog post I will answer those questions and more.   What is so good about kettle bells?...

Vitamin D3

If you've spent any amount of time reading my blog posts, you will already know that I am big advocate of getting all the nutrients you need from whole food before supplementing. However Vitamin D is one of the 24 critical micronutrients for human survival, so if...

Joint pains? – What to do.

If you love lifting weights and do it frequently, its inevitable at some point you might get some annoying niggles or pain in your joints.   If you've tried: Stretching Massage/foam roll Using a compression sleeve The next step I'd recommend would be trying a...

10 tips for better sleep.

  Quality sleep is massively important for your well being, health, recovery from exercise and of course in the quest for lower body fat. Use and implement these top tips to ensure you are getting enough. 1. Decide on a bed time in advance. There needs to be a...

What to do when life gets busy

Some times life is unpredictable and things will come up that derail your training. So what do you do? Well what you don't do is stop! You will lose the momentum that you are gathering, and have to start over. Big mistake! What you do is you follow either the Program...

Zinc – Do you need topping up?

I am not a huge supplement fan, but there are some bases that need covering because we can't get enough from our diet alone, and one of them is Zinc. The chances that you are zinc deficient are high! Especially if you are of older age, drink alcohol, are a vegetarian,...

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