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The Kettlebell and Fat…
One of the biggest benefits of working out with kettlebells is their ability to help burn fat. Let’s take a look at how they can help, and why they’re so effective. Work out with the kettlebell and fat won’t be able to hang onto your body.
The unique design of the kettlebell allows for ballistic movements like the swing, the clean, and the snatch. These kettlebell exercises can be done with a dumbbell, but not very well. The design of the dumbbell, with its wide profile, just doesn’t swing well between the legs, nor does it rack well at the chest. There’s nothing magical about the kettlebell itself, the exercises are where you get the benefits. A kettlebell just makes those exercises work.
These ballistic movements are fat burners. They have you moving almost every muscle in your body, which in turn burns a lot of calories. The simplified formula for fat loss is burning more calories than you take in, while giving your body a reason not to burn your muscle as fuel. Friends, ten minutes of kettlebell swings or snatches will burn more calories than ten minutes of just about anything else. Now, ten minutes of swings or snatches won’t necessarily be your only key to fat loss, but that’s just an example of the efficiency of kettlebell exercises.
Another often overlooked benefit of kettlebell training for fat loss is the absence of joint-jarring stress. Jogging is one of the most popular exercises for fat loss. It’s no wonder, it’s free and can be done almost anywhere! However over time, joggers will feel the negative effects in their feet, ankles, knees, and potentially their backs. This is from the repetitive impact of their feet on the ground. Kettlebell training is low-to-no impact. The exercises, done properly, have your body work in its natural range of motion, with no jarring effects.
The second part of the fat-loss formula above is giving your body a reason not to burn your muscle as fuel. This is another aspect of fat loss that many people don’t realize. Your body is adaptive. If it needs muscle, it will make muscle (when fed properly), and at the very least, keep muscle. So, you have to give your body a reason to keep it. How do you do that? The simple answer is resistance training. Resistance training can come in the form of weights, bands, properly executed bodyweight exercises, or any other method.
Training designed to burn fat, that doesn’t have a resistance element, can give you that “skinny-fat” look. You’ve seen people that are thin, however, they have little to no muscular definition and can still somehow have a “fat” look. This can happen by focusing on fat loss without proper resistance training.
The kettlebell allows you to burn fat and keep your muscle at the same time. By providing resistance, the kettlebell exercises give your body that reason to keep your muscle, while burning calories with the ballistics. You’ll have a much harder time accomplishing this by jogging or riding a stationary bike.
As you can see, the kettlebell can provide everything you need for effective and efficient fat loss. Coupled with a sensible diet, you can reach your goal faster than just about any other program. With an effective routine, the kettlebell and fat cannot coexist.
For everything you need to know about getting started with kettlebells, check out Pavel’s Enter the Kettlebell!
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