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Fat loss contest winner Harriet Ellis interview
November 2013 was the third time BKC members squared of against one another for a 4 week fat loss contest, 40 people entered for a chance to get in shape and win a cash prize. The £400 prize money is split between the male and female winners. Landing in first place...
Snatch test results – August 2013
Apologies getting this up so late guys! Some amazing results once again, many moving up in the leader board snatching heavier bells or improving on their last score. We have had the first female 20kg snatch test completed, by our very own Samantha Murray! This is...
June 2013 Fat loss contest results
Congratulations to Helen Hall and Rich Aitken, the winners of the June fat loss contest. Both had great results over the 4 weeks and saw a good drop in both fat percentage and pounds. There were 40 entrants in total, so prize money was £400 to be split between the...
Latest snatch test results – June 2013
Spectacular results in this recent snatch testing! Another female attempt with the 20kg, well done Vikki who achieved an incredible 86 reps! Also got to mention Helen Hall who is very new to kettlebell training but blasted out 133 reps with the 12kg, a fantastic...
May-June fat loss contest – Get lean and win cash!
The dates have now been set for our next fat loss contest, all current and past members of the club are eligible to enter, this means, if you have attended our workshop or past bootcamps, you have a shot at winning this contest and taking the cash prize! ...
Strongman/woman comp 20/4/13
Last weekend was the third time the BKC members squared off against one another in a 5 event strength contest. The previous winners Liam Smith and Sam Murray were not in attendance, leaving the door wide open for last years runner up's Trineta Watson Tripp and Conway...
Snatch test results – April 2013
This is the mixed current leader board as it stands to date, for the 5 min snatch test. Members - If you don't see your name here, let me know, you may have gotten lost in the switch over 🙂 24KG CATEGORY Conway Leamen- 111 reps Huw Davey- 100 reps Chris Coles...
Nick Ellaby wins fat loss contest and £660!
Huge congratulations are in order to Nick Ellaby who wins the club's new year fat loss contest by dropping 20 pounds of fat , and goes from 21.7% down too 8.5% over the 6 weeks, a truly amazing result. For his true dedication he wins £660 and is now the proud owner of...
Kettlebell training makes you flexible?
You may have heard this before, but do you know how this happens? Lets think about the word flexible. What does that mean? To be able to flex and extend your limbs through a full range of movement. For example, an inflexible person might struggle to fully flex at the...
Snatch test results – Jan/Feb 2013
And the results are in! This is everyone who took part this time round, to see older scores look under Fitness testing on the blog categories. In order of awesomeness! Ladies Sam Murray - 85 reps with a 20kg Trineta Watson Tripp - 128 reps with a 16kg Agneta - 125...
Snatch test results 26/11/12
Some very very awesome results last week, lots of club members moving up in weight and achieving better scores. Its been a while since the last test, and I think its safe to say the ten minute test has definitely been put to bed since no one wanted to take part!! Well...
A short introduction to HIIT (interval training)
HIIT or high intensity interval training is time efficient, fun and works great to aid fat loss. Intervals are rest breaks in-between high intensity exercise, of which the duration can change. In simple terms, you have a work period and a rest period. The ratio of...
BKC Strongman/woman contest – Sep 22nd 2012
The title of Bristol Kettlebell clubs strongest is in demand as this past weekend 15 members turned up to give it their all in what turned out to be a very close battle between both the men and ladies. The 5 events tested the contestants strength in...
Snatch test results 30th July 2012
Here at the Bristol kettlebell club we like to know that we are getting fitter and stronger month after month otherwise what is the point in training at all? Therefore we test our conditioning with a ballistic kettlebell exercise called the snatch. Its a high...
Snatch test results – June 2012
Last week our members had their third attempt at the infamous secret service snatch test. The test is to snatch a kettlebell as many as times as possible inside ten minutes. 27 took part and pushed their strength and conditioning to heights they never thought...
Kettlebell snatch technique
If you are not snatching you are not kettlebell training, the kettlebell snatch is the end game of the ballistic kettlebell exercises, it will build killer conditioning, strengthen every muscle from toes to finger tips and burn up to 20+ calories per minute. The...
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