Kettlebell Workout Finishers – Part 1

Happy Friday to you.

As promised, today I’m going to start sharing with you how to put together your own Kettlebell Workout Finishers for maximum results in the minimum amount of time.

OK, In order to maximise results but also reduce injury potential I want you to think of your workouts as comprising of 3 simple parts:

1. Warm Up
2. Workout
3. Corrective Stretching

Today I want to focus on the Warm Up phase.

Warm up is vital before any exercise program because it not only helps to prevent injury but also ensure you get the maximum amount of benefit from the main part of the workout.

You should divide the Warm Up phase into 2 parts.

• Joint Mobility
• Movement Prep

Joint Mobility Phase

Begin with the mobility phase. This phase involves working from the top down and addressing all of your joints. You will want to work with your body and practice taking each joint through its full range of movement.

Here is a video showing you how to mobilise the shoulder joint:

Mobilising all the joints in this way will help to improve their function and also encourage the natural joint lubricant, synovial fluid, to be released.

For many people just focusing on joint mobilisation will greatly improve their health and alleviate a lot of joint and movement pain.

Movement Prep Phase

Once you have moved through joint mobility you then need to prepare the body more specifically for the workout to come.

If for example your workout is going to include a Kettlebell Swing then you will want to practice a few kettlebell swings without the kettlebell.

Watch a Kettlebell Swing Movement Prep exercise:

Always attempt to copy the exercises you will be using in your workout but without a kettlebell.

It would make no sense at all to run on a treadmill or perform some bodyweight lunges if your workout was based around Squats and Swings.

As you work through your preparation exercises you should be picking up the pace and starting to elevate your heart rate. You should be getting in zone, increasing focus and listening to how your body feels.

It is only after all this that you should pick up your kettlebell, start steady and get into your workout.

Your warm up phase should take around 10 minutes. Just bare in mind that you will need to warm up more in the morning and also more in a colder environment.

OK, so that’s the Warm Ups phase. On Tuesday I will share with you how to put together your actual kettlebell workout.

Until then, take care,

Greg