Kettlebell Squat

Kettle bell exercises are extremely effective for weight loss and for strength training. Today, we will discuss the kettle bell squat, the benefits of incorporating this exercise and how to execute the exercise properly.

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The Benefits

Squats are a great way to shape and tone your body. You burn a huge number of calories, increase your muscle definition and incinerate fat like crazy. Below, we will highlight some of the more notable benefits of performing kettle bell squats.

Sculpts Your Butt: All you women out there … do you want a shapely butt? You want a firm butt that is the envy of all the women? Do you want men to drool every time they see you in a pair or booty shorts or yoga pants? Then look no further. This exercise is one of the best, if not the best, for sculpting your posterior.

Burn Calories And Fat: Any exercise that incorporates a lot of muscles is going to burn calories and fat. Kettle bell squats activate all the muscles in your legs, your back, your abs and your arms. The exercise is fairly simple to perform, and it activates so much, there is very little chance you do not burn a massive amount of calories (unless you do it for a minute and then quit).

Increase Vertical Jump And Speed: Squats help to build strength in all your launching muscles. You want to add inches to your vertical jump, do some squats. You want to get faster on your track launches, do some squats.

Increases Growth Hormone And Testosterone Production: Anything that puts the body in taxing state causes the body to increase its hormone production. Growth hormone and testosterone go hand-in-hand when it comes to packing on that needed muscle. So guys, if you find yourself hitting a plateau on your bench press, incorporate these squats into your routine and try your benching a week later. You will be surprised that your plateau may not seem so tough anymore.

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How To Perform The Kettle Bell Squat

Position yourself. Set your feet slightly less than shoulder width apart. Grip a kettle bell with both hands. Do not lock your knees.
Bend your knees while maintaining a straight back.
Continue into a squatting position letting the weight gently move towards the floor.
Make sure that you keep your knees and abs behind your toes (this can be very difficult).
Use your butt to push back up to your original position.
Repeat

As you can see, there really is not a different between a standard squat and the kettlebell squat except for the way in which you hold the weight. However, with a kettle bell, switching between exercises is so much easier as you do not have to grab different equipment to continue your workout. This is why kettle bell exercises are so much more beneficial that other weighted exercises. Remember, following the improper execution gives improper results … so that means if you want the proper results, do the exercise right.

What's Next?

This should set you on your way to a fit and sexy body. If you really want to step it up and get your fitness, health and looks to the next level, i recommend you check out The SixPack Shortcuts Program, by Mike Chang. Which you may know from hundreds of workout videos.

Mike Chang is an ISSA certified personal traner and his program focuses on 20-30 minute workouts, all brought to you in the form of clear and motivating videos.

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Best of luck

Romano Chandansingh

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