ABOUT KETTLEBELL BOOT CAMP
Kettlebells are a unique tool that provide an intense metabolic and neurological workout that together will improve both your health and skill related components of fitness.
Kettlebell boot camp works at many levels. For the fitness enthusiast, or anybody that needs to drop a few pounds and just get healthier, or the advanced athlete who needs extreme strength, endurance and explosive power.
Our instructors will help you perfect the basic kettlebell moves such as the swing, vertical pull, clean, push press, snatch and others. You will get your heart rate going and turn your body into a fat burning machine as we take you through a range of high-energy exercises.
Each week of the five week boot camp session teaches new skills and trains different components of fitness. Each class combines standard foundation skills with new exercises and variations.
Week 1 – Basic skills like the KB swing, vertical pull, and clean are taught. The main metabolic system conditioned in Week 1 is the endurance or long-term energy system.
Week 2- Over head and the first power movement, the Push Press, are taught while basic skills such as swings are taken to new levels by moving across the floor. Traditional weight exercise are also performed with kettlebells and the strength-endurance metabolic system is stressed.
Week 3 – Continued refinement of basic skills are interspersed with rotational and/or physical culture movements to stimulate gains in flexibility and coordination. Advanced power skills like the Jerk are taught while the Strength-Power metabolic system is stressed.
Week 4 – Power movements like the Snatch and its variations are stressed while maximum strength-power systems are stressed.
Week 5 – All skills are combined and refined to create high intensity interval type workouts that maximally stress metabolic and neurological adaptations.
Many students return to boot camp again and again because there are always refinements to technique and new movements to be learned. The camaraderie of the group also makes boot camp worth taking again and again.
