In de VS schijnt langzamerhand een nieuw hulpstuk op te komen in de sportschool.
De kettle bell, oorspronkelijk in gebruik in Oost-Europa, maar nu dankzij geëmigreerde Russen overgewaaid naar de andere kant van de plas.
Zijn er mensen die er ervaring mee hebben?
Hier wat links:
www.dolfzine.com/page418.htm
Over het hoe en waarom van de kettle bell
The "kettlebell" or girya is a cast iron weight that looks like a bowling ball with a handle attached. The odd looking object has recently been featured on numerous National TV shows. For the past couple of years KB talk has became commonplace on the Internet. Numerous companies are now manufacturing and selling KBs. Kettlebell advocates are reporting outstanding benefits using these devices. I know a few weight trainees who have completely dropped barbells and dumbbells from their routines in favor of kettlebells.
The sport of kettlebell lifting (girevoy sport) is engraved deeply in Russian culture. Russian strongmen and wrestlers of the past contribute a large amount of their success to KB training. Kettlebells were so popular in Russia that strongmen and weightlifters were referred to as "kettlebell men."
www.dolfzine.com/page470.htm
BECOMING A GIREVEK*:
KETTLEBELL BASICS
By Tyler Hass
*Russian for "kettlebell man [lifter]" or more generically, a weightlifter.
Kettlebells are starting to sweep the country. Not quite the Macarena but KB training has been featured in Rolling Stone, Outside and many newspapers. Several large gym chains are testing the waters with KB classes. Many people think it might even become the next "fad".
Kettlebelling is a sport in and of itself and thus requires practice, patience and discipline. It borrows lifting movements from the world's most powerful sport, Olympic Weightlifting, and adapts them for a more generalized approach to fitness, combining elements of strength and endurance in varying degrees.
En van de webstek van Pavel Tsatsouline
www.dragondoor.com/v103.html
de volgende ronkende tekst:
If you are looking for a supreme edge in your chosen sport—seek no more!
Both the Soviet Special Forces and numerous world-champion Soviet Olympic athletes used the ancient Russian Kettlebell as their secret weapon for xtreme fitness. Thanks to the kettlebells’s astonishing ability to turbocharge physical performance, these Soviet supermen creamed their opponents time-and-time-again, with inhuman displays of raw power and explosive strength.
Now, former Spetznaz trainer, international fitness author and nationally ranked kettlebell lifter, Pavel Tsatsouline, delivers this secret Soviet weapon into your own hands.
You NEVER have to be second best again! Here is the first-ever complete kettlebell training program—for Western shock-attack athletes who refuse to be denied—and who’d rather be dead than number two.
Get really, really nasty—with a commando’s wiry strength, the explosive agility of a tiger and the stamina of a world-class ironman.
Own the single best conditioning tool for killer sports like kickboxing, wrestling, and football.
Watch in amazement as high-rep kettlebells let you hack the fat off your meat—without the dishonor of aerobics and dieting
Kick your fighting system into warp speed—with high-rep snatches and clean-and-jerks
Develop steel tendons and ligaments—and a whiplash power to match
Effortlessly absorb ballistic shocks—and laugh as you shrug off the hardest hits your opponent can muster
Go ape on your enemies—with gorilla shoulders and tree-swinging traps
Zo.. en hebben jullie al ooit met deze verwonderlijke voorwerpen gewerkt, die sterke gelijkenis vertoont met een ouderwetse kanonskogel waar een handvat aan zit?
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