Kettlebells Bodyweight And A Fat Burning Circuit Training Workout

Have you caught on to the kettlebell craze yet? I know some people particularly women seem very apprehensive about kettlebells and it is understandable. But it really is an amazing exercise tool. The fat burning and cardio benefits from this small hand held gym can’t be believed until you try it.

And the misconception of building huge muscles with kettlebells as it used to be and unfortunatly still is with weight training is pure nonsense.

It’s time to take an open-minded approach to a different approach towards exercise, to one that doesn’t involve time consuming trips to the expensive, over-crowded gyms, then you can experience the fastest weight loss of your life with less stress and struggle.

This morning I thought I would show you one of my kettlebell workouts. This is how I stucture my workouts.

Weight Training Workouts are either 3 or 4 days a week (currently I am on a 4 day a week routine)

Kettlebell workouts are 2 or 3 days a week (currently 2 days a week)

When I go back to weight training 3 days a week which is what my usual program is(2- 3 times a year I go on a 4 day a week for anywhere from 4-6 weeks) I then do kettlebells 3 days a week.

Bodyweight exercises are done with both my weight training and kettlebell workouts.

So let me show you the kettlebell workout I did on my last kettlebell training day. I used 1 kettlebell for 2 exercises and 1 bodyweight exercise all done ina 3 exercise circuit.

1A) Kettlebell Swings ( again 1 bell 2 handed swing)

1B) Kettlebell Snatch (1 kettlebell)

1C) Burpees ( my opinion but burpees are perhaps one of the best conditioning and fat burning exercises there is.

What I do (after my warmup) is I set my gymboss timer for 15 minutes.

Start with the swing do 10 reps
Snatch 10 reps each side
Burpees 10 reps

Again this is done circuit training style so go from one exercise to the next without a break.

After the last exercise I take 10 deep breaths ( always breathe in through your nose out through your mouth sounds weird to say but if you are out of breath the natural reaction is to breathe in thru your mouth ).

Then it’s back to your first exercise. Continue till your time is up.

Depending on your conditioning level scale your reps or time up or down and if need be take more rest in-between circuits.

There you have it. This is just one of the many different kettlebell workouts I do. Give it a try and let me know how you make out.  Talk to you soon Joe.

If you are new to kettlebells check out my web site for more kettlebell articles and some video demo’s.

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