Kettlebell Training with Steve Maxwell

Wow, what a beautiful morning here in San Jose, California! It is almost time to head out to my 9:30 AM session of San Jose Adventure Boot Camp and I wanted to finish up this post that I started on last week;-)

Last Saturday (like the Saturday before the Stanford VS. SJSU game 3 days ago….which we unfortunately lost) was my long awaited and anticipated training program with Steve Maxwell, one of the country’s (if not THE) leading Kettlebell experts. I was not let down in the slightest.

For those not familiar with Steve, he is 56 years old and is one of the pioneers of modern day kettlebell training in the United States. He is also in better shape than almost anyone I know…and he kicked my butt in his program;-) I loved it!

Now I have spent time with Kettlebells in the past, and have been actively working on improving and learning more skills. Steve’s program helped me immensely! Since completing this program I have already seen my lifts increase significantly!

For those who do not know much about kettlebells…here is a picture:

Kettlebells have been around longer than I have…even longer than my Lead Trainer at Prime Physique, Lindsay;-) They were used and developed by ‘Strongmen’ of the past and have reemerged in the last several years and embraced by a few of us…AND that number is growing rapidly! Don’t believe me? Well try to buy some at your local fitness stores, especially a good quality set…they run out quickly and can’t keep them in stock. The high price of steel and gas is not helping stock supplies or cost on these babies either!

Why kettlebells? Simple: kettlebells are a great tool to develop the entire body from the core outward. Full body components of the training aide in developing everything from core to individual muscles to muscle groups all the way to cardiovascular fitness…What, cardiovascular fitness with a weight training exercise? YES! Those of you who know me and/or have followed my long career in fitness know the value of circuit training with weights to develop cardiovascular fitness, as well as my concepts on the subject (remember that Prime Physique(OK, me;-) developed the PrimeFit Program for the Personal Fitness Center all the way back in 1997 when we opened the doors? The PrimeFit Program is based on reversing the common concept of training techniques and modifying them to reach a different goal…something nobody else did 10+years ago. That is one of the reasons for the long term success of the program!

Kettlebells can serve so many great exercise functions…I can’t possibly go into them all in one simple post (not to mention the fact that I have to be at Boot Camp in 20 minutes;-). BUT watch for more great information, do some research, and feel free to contact me if you are interested in training with these great fitness tools…YES, we do that too! And watch for an

Now go workout! And have a great day;-)

Brett A. Riesenhuber
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