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...

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...

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...

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...