Kettlebells are Best for Fat Loss

This research article came out this past week and has been whipping around my community of colleagues like ______________ (insert something crazy).

It concludes that Kettlebells burn ~20 Kcal/minute which is a HUGE number. This is 2-4x greater when compared to other popular forms of exercise (e.g. swimming, walking, jogging, weight training).

download the article for FREE: http://www.acefitness.org/getfit/studies/Kettlebells012010.pdf

The lead researcher from the study says:

“We estimated oxygen consumption and how many calories they were burning aerobically, and it was 13.6 calories per minute. But we also measured the blood lactate, so anaerobically they were burning another 6.6 calories per minute,” explains Porcari. “So they were burning at least 20.2 calories per minute, which is off the charts. That’s equivalent to running a 6-minute mile pace. The only other thing I could find that burns that many calories is cross-country skiing up hill at a fast pace.”

The exercise used was the Kettlebell Snatch which is an intermediate Kettlebell drill, but beginners can get similar benefits from performing Kettlebell Swings.

Kettlebell Swing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyunpidlFnQ

Fredrik, the athlete in the video has been training for some time; 60kg is not the recommended weight to start with.

Generally, females will start with 8-12kg while most men will start with 16kg.

Be Well,

Mike Reid

www.michaelreid.ca

www.WaterPoloTraining.net

Comments

[nicky cole]

I really think that it is one of the best but it is too hard to do it though!

[Steve McMinn, RKC]

Too hard?

Start with a light weight (8kg) and you'll be safely swinging the 16kg in no time!

Steve McMinn, RKC

[Kettlebell Workouts review]

Yes, start small then work the way up. just dont over train, and give you muscles time to recover. nice way to train outside, where there is full of clean air and sunshine.

[Max Italy]

Hi,i'm from Italy and i love to discover new blogs and sites.

Thanks for your articles.

To Your Success

[Account Deleted]

I have to say that the video is mind blowing. Wonder how strong Fredrik is. The research and statistics mentioned prove that kettlebells form of exercise is the best exercise to lose weight when compared to other popular forms of exercise like swimming, jogging or any other weight training.

[Personal Trainer Burlington]

I'll only recommend this if you are as fit as the guy in the video. Don't get yourself hurt.

Thank you for this article.

I love kettle bell training :-)

Thanks,

Tom

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[Andrea Chopra]

It seems the kettleball does work a lot of muscles at the same time. You can see the straining muscles on that man in the video and, in no time, any one who would all try that may achieve the same thing. Nice work on the research.

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I love how you illustrate these ideas in this article. Your post is very interesting, and I enjoyed reading it

[rxdrugon]

I think we can put it in a way that we are hitting 2 birds in one stone, kettlebells help us lose fat and at the same time can help us improve or build good muscle. But we must not in a hurry, the slower the process could be better for our body and health.

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We estimated oxygen consumption and how many calories they were burning aerobically, and it was 13.6 calories per minute.