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Product review – Pull up Mate!
The pull up mate is a portable piece of kit for training pull ups, chin ups dips and a few other body weight exercises. It comes with a bag for transportation and is easily clicked together in a few minutes. Now before I begin I should just say that at 6ft, 4inches...
8 Weeks of Kettlebell Core Training: The Results Are In
Kettlebell core training - What does it look like and what can it do for you? It’s often said that kettlebell training is great for core strength, and there are many well-designed studies to back that up. At the Bristol Kettlebell Club we decided to test that idea...
Why You Shouldn’t Use Exercise to Lose Weight
If you’ve ever slogged through a run to “burn off” last night’s pizza, you’re not alone. We’ve been told for years that the key to weight loss is to move more and burn more calories. But this idea is one of the biggest exercise for weight loss myths in fitness. The...
Strength Training in Bristol: Why Press-Ups Feel So Hard
Master the Push-Up by Starting Easier and Getting Stronger If you’re getting started with strength training in Bristol and press-ups feel impossible, shaky, or just not happening — you’re not the problem. Most people simply start with a version that’s too hard for...
Strength Training Bristol: Evidence-Based Guide & Weekly Coaching
If you're searching for strength training in Bristol, you're likely looking for safe, effective and progressive training that helps you: Build strength and muscle Improve posture and joint health Boost energy and confidence Increase bone density Stay active, capable...
Calorie Cycling for Fat Loss: How to Eat More and Still Lose Weight
Calorie cycling is a method of calorie distribution that mimics real life. If you’re like most people trying to lose weight, your week probably looks like thisYou eat like a bird Monday to Friday, then eat like a bear on the weekend. Result? The scale doesn’t...
Kettlebell squat – 9 different types
Goblet squats are boring, learn 9 different ways to squat with your kettlebell
The best muscle building Kettlebell exercises!
Which are the best muscle building kettlebell exercises? Last time I checked there are about 3 million different exercises you can do with a kettlebell, so which ones are good for building muscle and which ones are not? Furthermore, kettlebells are often thought of as...
How to Hip Hinge – The complete guide
Unless you've been involved in kettlebell training, powerlifting or olympic weight lifting you might not have come across the term "hip hinge" before. Hopefully if you went to a kettlebell class or you used kettlebells with a personal trainer, they first taught...
Back pain during Kettlebell swings – The top 3 reasons
Experiencing back pain during or after performing kettlebell swings? Here are the 3 most common reasons I see after teaching for 15 years. Back pain reason 1 - Squatting your swing The first thing to check is to see if you're squatting your swing. This is highly...
Working out vs Training
Working out versus training What is the difference between working out and training, and does it even matter? To begin, let's get a definition of each of these so that we understand the differences. How do we define working out ? Working out is...
Members profile – Helen Matheson
What led you to kettlebells and training in our classes? I think it was curiosity initially, I’d been doing a lot of HIIT workouts, killing myself each and every time to get fit, and I was just wondering if there was something different I could be doing that still had...
Member profile – Kelly Cotter
What led you to sign up at the kettlebell club and swing heavy weights? It was six months after I had given birth to my daughter and I wanted something that would help me get back into shape, but not going to a gym. A friend of mine was training with the club and...
Snatch test results – June 2022
In the world of kettlebells, the 5 minute snatch test is one of the most demanding conditioning tests, the aim of which is to complete 100 reps with a given weight in the 5 minutes, this doesn't leave much time for rest as 20 reps takes on average 45-50 seconds! You...
Building muscle – A beginners guide
In this article you will learn 3 of the most important lessons you need to know in order to maximise your time spent in the gym. Muscle building is a slow process, you need to synchronise your diet, lifestyle and training program and deliver on it every day in order...
My client is tracking calories and not losing weight!
This is by far the most common post I see from frustrated personal trainers and nutrition coaches, in the various Facebook groups and forums I frequent. It typically goes like this: My client is adamant they're eating X amount of calories (usually a number that's too...
How building muscle assists fat loss.
This can be quite a hard concept for people to understand, its not a very intuitive thing to think that building up your muscle mass will help you lose weight, but once you understand the mechanisms of how it works, it'll make sense. Here are the main ways in which it...
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