Kettlebell Basics-The Swing

Posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 10:45am by MarkFu in Video

A number of people at my gym have been buying kettlebells lately and have asked me how to do some basic movements to get started. I suggest buying some training from an RKC instructor like Steve Belanger, as I did or get some video training or buy Pavel’s “Enter the Kettlebell” book and/or dvd.
The starting point should be the two-handed swing, seen here.

Once you get good at that, here are some other things you can add to your kettlebell routines.

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