Do Kettlebells Build Strength?
Kettlebell Training lays the groundwork to develop incredible levels of strength by teaching the individual to find, connect, recruit and incorporate more of their body into the production of force. The design of the Kettlebell asks the body to include smaller postural musculature and building this strength right through to the tendons. Want to know how? Through Force Production and Force Reduction: The primary Kettlebell ‘Classical Lifts’, the ‘Swing’, the ‘Clean & Jerk’ and the ‘Snatch’ all employ an eccentric loading process of the posterior chain or back portion of the body unique to its own nature. The Kettlebell not only trains the body to produce greater amounts of work and force, but to be able to articulate the reduction of force. This is the ability to ‘catch oneself’ when falling, the ability to cut and change direction in sport, and absorb the blow of being checked or tackled and keep on moving. Connective Strength: This involves being able to link the body’s core with the
