Thursday, 19 November 2009
Advanced Kettlebell Course London 14th November
After the week I'd had I wasn't too sure if I was actually going to stay awake during the Advanced Kettlebell course, but after having a quick coffee down the Peacock and a bacon roll I was feeling reasonably perky! As the group came in nice and early on Saturday morning, Andy and i got things ready and with a bit of help from the group, we got the bells up stairs.
We started on the theory, which in this course focuses on making the body perform better by looking at what joints are designed for and their function. Once everyone had mobilsed and opened up all of those tight areas it as time to start lifting. Without telling the group about the level of technicality we were going into, we got straight into teaching the jerk. I was really impressed with the uptake, which meant that we were able to progress into some very advanced lifting techniques, breathing patterns and much more. Once we had worked on the technique we got into some timed sets and made the group work! They soon realised that 2 24's was a bit ambitious!
After lunch we carried on with the jerks and with a few full bellies we did a couple more timed sets of 2 arm jerk. After discussing how to train the jerk and going over the techniques again, we moved onto the snatch. As I've learnt, snatches are a very technical lift and it was good to see the surprise on peoples faces when they realised how hard it is to get it right. However, it was more pleasing to see everyone work so hard to get it right. We did some more timed sets with the snatch and by that time everyone was fairly knackered.
The odd lifting section of the course tends to be a bit of fun at the end of the course and this course was no exception. After the group had worked so hard, it was important to make this fun and quick, before I lost a few people to the world of sleep! We went through the lifts, bent press, 2 hand any how, chair press, bottoms up and many more. This is a great chance for people to challenge themselves and see what they can lift. As ever we had a few people really going for it, even a few attempts with the 48kg!
To get more info on the Advanced Extreme Kettlebell Course click here.
To get more information on kettlebell lifting and competitions please got to the Trojan Lifting Club Website
So with everyone looking slightly worried about what they had signed up to I got straight on with telling them what they were about to do! The advanced course is all about kettlebell sport lifting and odd lifting. So it's a great challenge for anyone looking to really learn about kettlebell lifting. With the work that I had done recently this course was set to be a very good one and I was looking forward to passing on the knowledge I had gained.
We started on the theory, which in this course focuses on making the body perform better by looking at what joints are designed for and their function. Once everyone had mobilsed and opened up all of those tight areas it as time to start lifting. Without telling the group about the level of technicality we were going into, we got straight into teaching the jerk. I was really impressed with the uptake, which meant that we were able to progress into some very advanced lifting techniques, breathing patterns and much more. Once we had worked on the technique we got into some timed sets and made the group work! They soon realised that 2 24's was a bit ambitious! 
After lunch we carried on with the jerks and with a few full bellies we did a couple more timed sets of 2 arm jerk. After discussing how to train the jerk and going over the techniques again, we moved onto the snatch. As I've learnt, snatches are a very technical lift and it was good to see the surprise on peoples faces when they realised how hard it is to get it right. However, it was more pleasing to see everyone work so hard to get it right. We did some more timed sets with the snatch and by that time everyone was fairly knackered. 
The odd lifting section of the course tends to be a bit of fun at the end of the course and this course was no exception. After the group had worked so hard, it was important to make this fun and quick, before I lost a few people to the world of sleep! We went through the lifts, bent press, 2 hand any how, chair press, bottoms up and many more. This is a great chance for people to challenge themselves and see what they can lift. As ever we had a few people really going for it, even a few attempts with the 48kg!Overall, for me this was the best advanced kettlebell course I've worked on. Pushing people so far with their technique and seeing them develop as great. I was really impressed with the quality of lifting and I only hope that the trainers are now inspired enough to want to carry on lifting and possibly at some point compete!!
To get more info on the Advanced Extreme Kettlebell Course click here.
To get more information on kettlebell lifting and competitions please got to the Trojan Lifting Club Website
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