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Last Sunday the 26th July, Tommy and myself went down to the Woking Centre of Excellence's Weightlifting Competition to perform a couple of demonstrations with Kettlebells. I'd firstly like to thank Brian Hamil who is a BWLA representative and who runs the club, for the opportunity to promote Kettlebell Sport.

It's always great to see Olympic Weightlifting up close. The mechanics of Olympic Weightlifting and Kettlebell lifting are very similar despitie the energy systems being at opposite ends of the spectrum. The similarities are one reason why we put together our own Weightlifting for the Fitness Professional Course.

There were a lot of great lifts on the day. Mark Hill an EKI and Advanced EKI hit pb's with a Snatch of 83kg and a Clean and Jerk of 117kg- well done Mark!

Weightlifting and Kettlebell Lifting in the past were intertwined. Brian has shown me a BWLA handbook/ manual from 1937 which has Kettlebells on the cover. I am trying to develop relationships so that Kettlebell Sport can again be apart of the weightlifting community.

During our upcoming Kettlebell Sport Competitions we will be having Olympic Weightlifting demonstrations. A goal is to run competitions that showcase both Weightlifting and Kettlebell Sport. Watch this space for more information.

In the meantime, Keep Lifitng.