Crossfit Kettlebell Exercises – Part 1

Crossfit training is a focused fitness program that incorporates movements like plyometrics and weightlifting to challenge the participants physical fitness. Each athlete is supposed to finish a specific number of repetitions in a workout in a specified time frame. The program is intense and focuses on explosive muscle action for the athlete. However, because of the explosive nature of the program, the risk of injury is also higher than a more common aerobic workout if the exercises are not completed with proper form.

The originator of the program wanted to design something that would prepare the athlete for any physical eventuality. This means that although the program is intense and develops strength and endurance, there is no specialty in the sport.

Coach Greg Glassman designed the program over a period of several decades to optimize fitness. In other words, it was designed to increase the ability of the athlete to work across a broad range of time and modalities of exercise. Crossfit also has a community of athletes who have improved the effectiveness of the program through growing a community of people who compete against each other and support each other.

Crossfit uses a variety of pieces of equipment to accomplish their goals, and the kettlebell is one of those pieces.

Resources:

Mens Fitness: 4 Killer Kettlebell Moves to Supplement Your Crossfit Workout

http://www.mensfitness.com/training/endurance/4-kettlebell-moves-to-supplement-your-crossfit-workout

Crossfit: Crossfit Video Menu

http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/exercise.html

CrossfitMeridian: Kettlebell Workouts

http://www.crossfitmeridian.net/workouts.php?c=Kettlebell

Crossfit: What is CrossFit

http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/what-is-crossfit.html