Warrior Restoration Kettlebell
A “kettlebell” or girya (Russ.) is a traditional Russian cast iron weight with a thick, kielbasa shaped handle coming out of it.
The kettlebell goes way back, it first appeared in a Russian dictionary in 1704 (Cherkikh, 1994). So popular were kettlebells in Tsarist Russia that any strongman or weightlifter was referred to as a girevik, or ‘a kettlebell man’.
Although kettlebells have been around since the 1700s in Russia, they have recently made their impact in the United States, thanks to Pavel Tsatsouline, founder of the Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC). Kettlebells are not a fad: they have been proven to work for years. The off-centered nature of the weight makes training with it singularly difficult if you lack the proper form.
Unlike bodybuilding style workouts that focus all the stress on a single muscle group through isolation, kettlebell style training recruits as many different muscle groups as possible at the same time. This trains the user to use his or her body synergistically, moving as a coordinated whole. Thus, a kettlebell, when used properly, develops strength, flexibility, AND cardio all at the same time!
