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Wow, I can’t believe that my fist post on kettlebells was almost 3 months ago. I have been doing a lot of kettlebelling(is that a word?) since then and I have really enjoyed it. I have really enjoyed the strength and endurance I have gained from kettlebells and also the way I feel after an exhausting KB workout. I thought I might share a few of the things I have learned in the last few months about KBs.

I have really enjoyed a couple of websites about KBs I found:
One of them is WorkoutIQ. It is written by Denis Kanygin who is a personal trainer in California. His blog has some good information about kettlebells, fitness, diet, posture, and a great workout of the week. Check it out.
I also have been enjoying The Rifs Blog. It is more of a personal blog about using kettlebells and doing other forms of exercise. I find it really motivational to read about some of the workouts Mark and his wife do.

I have been doing this 3 day a week Kettlebell program and really enjoying it. It is amazing how fast I have adapted to the challenges of kettlebelling. There was no way I could do a complete Wednesday workout from the program 2 months ago, but now I am buying a heavier kettlebell so that I can make parts of it more challenging. I also have started to enjoy and sometimes crave doing KB snatches. The snatch is an amazing full body exercise that is unlike anything I have ever done. I have started keeping track of the snatches I do on a Personal Training Manager site. I don’t have all of them logged there, but I have done well over a thousand snatches since I started kettlebells 3 months ago. That’s pretty cool. I even did 80 snatches on each arm at 10,000 feet while camping 2 weeks ago. That was a great challenge and a lot of fun.

I recently bought a 54lb kettleblell and I am looking forward to the challenge of the new higher weight. I am also learning some basic Kettlebell juggling form my friend Gareth, so I will post again in a couple of months with an update.

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