Kettle Bells – Double the results in half the time!

From next week, we’ll be bringing Kettle Bell workouts to our program.

So what’s the big deal about Kettle Bells?

The American Council for Exercise commissioned a study at the University of Wisconsin in 2009, to find out just how effective Kettle Bell workouts are.  The results may be staggering to our clients, but the HBF trainers know what a fabulous workout KBs are!

The findings of the study.  Kettle Bells “One heck of a workout”:

  • During a Kettle bell workout, 20.2 calories were burned per minute, which is off the charts. That’s equivalent to running a 3 min 43 sec per kilometre pace. Researchers quoted “The only other thing I could find that burns that many calories is crosscountry skiing up hill at a fast pace.”
  • As for heart-rate data, the average HR during the kettlebell snatch workout was between 86 percent and 99 percent of the kettlebell HR max for all subjects
  • The kettlebell workout easily meets industry recommendations for improving aerobic capacity. “This is good news for people who are looking for a very good resistance-training workout that will also help them lose weight,” says Schnettler, researcher University of Wisconsin.

Read the study for yourself here and see some pictures of Kettle Bell exercises.

Benefits of Kettle Bell workouts

  • Huge calorie burner
  • Functional strength training (Uses multiple muscle groups in ways that replicate daily movements)
  • Improves core strength
  • Fun
  • Great variety to add to your program
  • Improves aerobic capacity, not just strength
  • Increases metabolism, due to increase of lean muscle mass
  • Helps maintain bone density

Need more reasons to join us?

  • Add Kettle Bells as a third class per week and pay only $57 on top of your twice a week enrolment.  (That’s only $14.50 per class for the 18 classes!)
  • No need to purchase your own kettle bell.  You hire one from us, and get a full refund when you return it.
  • Double referral bonus! - Refer a friend to our Kettle Bell class and receive twice the normal referral reward.  You’ll get a $40 voucher for each friend you refer, that can be spent on any of our programs in the future.
  • Once a week enrolment permitted at this new class, or add it to your other classes (at any location)

Wednesdays 6:15am – Richmond
Instructed by Shannon Stone & Chris Hughes

Email me to find out more or to reserve your place.  Or just leave a comment below…

 

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Posted in: Fitness by healthy on 14th February 2012

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