Kettlebells

It will be very interesting to see if I can get up from the bed tomorrow. Did my first kettlebell workout today. My body is completely wasted, in a way that feels strangely pleasant. The training is called "Hardcore" at WT Center, and it was extremely fun. It also builds the kind of strength you need as a martial artist, focusing on hips, stomach and back, the core of the body. Shaped like a cannon ball with a handle, kettlebells at first seem more cumbersome than dumbbells. The weight of dumbbells is evenly distributed and doesn’t force grip strength, but the bottom-heavy Kettlebells are designed to hang down and move ‘ballistically,’ requiring the use of more stabilizing muscles, the way the body was meant to move. In effect, you build functional strength.

I will try to attend tuesday and thursdays from now on, and document the changes in my body. Already after today I feel so much more powerful, maybe because I awakened muscles I did'nt even know I have?