Beginning kettlebells can be intimidating and often, for some women, learning the swing is the most intimidating of all. First, many women are still fearful of heavy weights being misled that lifting heavy will make them bulky. If this is you I assure you, that for the vast majority, weight training will not make you bulky. Yes, some women […]

Are kettlebells for cardio or strength training? That’s a question I get asked regularly. The answer is “It depends.” and “Both“. Since I don’t have access to a ” real gym” I’m using mostly kettlebells for cardio and strength. Kettlebells exercises are divided into two basic groups “grinds” and “ballistics“. Kettlebells for strength are often […]

Kettlebells are popular not only because they are portable (Take them to the beach and workout with wild horses? Yes please.) but because they give a good strength and conditioning workout. This kettlebell workout (geared for beginners because Maryland was one of the original 13 colonies) has two parts. Part one focuses on strength. Part […]

While traveling the country fulltime in a RV allows me to do kettlebell workouts in some pretty amazing locations like on the top of a mountain in Yosemite or next to the aquamarine waters in the Florida Keys, most of my workouts take place in less “magical locations” like Texas Longhorn pastures. Since I no […]

I’m taking a break from my beginner kettlebell routine this week and posting a more advanced workout video. The first half of the workout starts with a kettlbell complex that is repeated four times on each side. I’m not sure what was going on but when I did my left high pull I found out my shoulder […]

I’m still doing my kettlebell workout for beginners series but didn’t get a chance to post a workout last week as I was struggling with depression. If you’ve known me or read my blog for any length of time you know depression is something I deal with from time to time. As always working out, especially outdoors, lifts my […]