Hey TC here again.
Hope you’re having a great weekend. Today, the blog is about an issue that I find it very disturbing to me for awhile. This is especially so as a Perth kettlebell instructor myself because I know people are hurting themselves with kettlebells.
Do most Perth personal trainers know how to use the kettlebells and even teach people how to use it?
I seen some crappy demo on kettlebell exercises on some online social media such as Youtube. Recently, I saw a Youtube clip about how Julian Michaels was endorsing the use of the kettlebell and talked about how wonderful the kettlebell was for fat-burning and toning. That’s great rite? Top trainer from American gave the thumbs up to kettlebell training. Then she went on to demonstrate the swings and clean & presses kettlebell exercises.
Did you see how terrible her swing and clean & press demo were?
I almost fell off my chair after watching the demo. Seriously, you can’t get any benefits out of using the 6lb (or less than 3kg) kettlebell and you can hurt your wrist following that demo in the video. That is the worst demo I seen and it came from Julian Michaels, the American’s Biggest Loser trainer. As far as I know, she’s not a certified kettlebell instructor. Now, do you realise that even a celebrity trainer such as Julian Michaels can screw up with kettlebell. The problem here is there are personal trainers who saw the global trend in kettlebell training and jump into it and start teaching people how to use it without proper education. My problem with this is people can get hurt and kettlebell training can get a bad name.
If you want proper guidance and not get hurt, be sure that you have a certified kettlebell instructor. Don’t just believe what he say, ask for proof of certification and testimonials of people he trains.
Are video and YouTube any good?
They are some really good ones. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be the same as having someone who is qualifed looking at your form and giving feedback to you. Kettlebell training is something you can’t really get it right just by watching and learning. Same with most sports, you need a coach to teach the fundamentals.
Train Hard and Train Safe
TC
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hi i have never heard of this type of exercise before,, i am overweight and need to loose 25k i live in mandurah and wanted to hear how your workshops work etc,
Hey Sharon thanks for visiting the blog. The workshop runs for 2 hours from 10am-12pm on 30th August in Freo. The workshop covers the basics of 10 kettlebell lifts and I will be there to throw in some fat loss programs for the participants. It’s a very handy tool that basically covers cardio training and resistance training that helps increase the metabolism. You can register for the workshop at this link **HERE**