Please, no Kettlebell aerobics classes.

April: fools day.

" Everyone is entitled to be stupid, except some abuse that privilege."

Unknown.

WO du jour:

warmup: foam roller, heavy bag and burpie couplet for 10 min.

Power cleans: barbell 10 sets of 10 with 115#

wall balls: 20# ball for 10sets of 10reps.

floor extensions: barbell 5 sets of 5 125#

I have been seen as of late some aerobic class trainers, using kettlebells like a dumbell, such as curls and other basic body building exercises. Why I am not surprised that its like a threadmill, you jump on a method and your body goes into auto pilot. Yes you can perform curls with a kettlebell but there are much better "full body" exercises that are more beneficial then isolation exercises which the kettlebell was intended to be used as.

In my limited 4 years of using kettlebells and attended many training sessions, exercising with kettlebells in a aerobic class format( lasting 45min to 1hr) is not in the cards for all but a few very fit individuals. You see if you are using full body exercises like swings, clean and jerks, snatches, I doubt you can last more than 15mins to 30 at most. Few can even perform continuous snatch like the 10 min. SSST without falling apart.

So if you are exercising in a group format with kettlebells( latest fitness fad), and you are not on the verge of heaving you guts out, you are not getting the best out of your kettlebell fitness.