My first exposure to kettlebells came last year when I was training at Crossfit Marina. Crossfit occasionally has kettlebell swings in their WODs and I was persuaded to stay with the 16 kg bells for a while before moving to the 24 kg. That made sense to me, but that was really all I did with kettelbells. I attended a KB Seminar last year at Valley Crossfit (see photo album) and learned a few more exercises but once I left there had no further opportunity for practice. That is, until Val bought me a 20 kg bell for my birthday. (Came without a chain, thank God)!

I only had a short period in which to train today, so I thought I would see what I could do as a complete neophyte in 20-25 minutes.

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