United Kingdom Kettlebell Union

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Are you looking either to begin training with kettlebells, or to tune your kettlebell performance? Are you training for a specific sport or for General Physical Preparedness or would you just like to lose those last five or ten pounds? Are you just getting back into fitness after a layoff, or have you been going for some time and have hit a plateau, or has an injury been keeping your training on hold? Experienced pro or a little shy about starting? Like to train for five hours in the gym or only have five minutes and want to make them count? There are strategies to support each of these goals and circumstances.

Here's some ideas:

Kettlebells from Scratch: Kettlebells are a great general fitness tool. They're compact, and can be used just about anywhere. Since you're at the London Kettlebell site, you likely know this already. If you'd like one on one instruction on the core KB moves, including the Swing, Clean and Press, Turkish Get Up and Snatch, we can do this.

Kettlebell Tune Up: If you've been doing kettlebells on your own, it's always good to get a certified instructor to check your form. Small tweaks can have huge value. A tune up is a great way to take your progress forward a quantum leap.

Kettlebell Coaching: KB coaching is a combination of kettlebells from scratch with occasional tuneups built in.

Movement Assessment: We are always moving, whether it's sitting at a desk typing on a keyboard or running up the stairs or swinging a kettlebell. Sometimes there are wee issues that affect our ability to move freely: we can't touch our toes; one side feels more flexible than the other. One knee gets sore when walking or a shoulder hurts when seated too long. Each of these issues can have an affect on everything from our general energy level to our ability to make progress in an athletic endeavor; research has shown that asymmetries in athletes have the highest correlation to injury. Whether you are in pain or just want to optimize your movement to maximize the effectiveness of your training, a movement assessment will give you knowledge to improve your progress towards your fitness goals.

Mobility Work: The central nervous system (CNS) is one of the least talked about parts of an athlete's body, but it's the one on which all others - muscles, bones, ligaments, oxygen flow - depends. When the CNS is over taxed, it's that system that takes the longest for recovery. Incorporating mobility work (this is different from stretching) into a weekly health program may be the best 10-20 mins you spend on yourself. Indeed if you do nothing else for yourself, do mobility work. If you find yourself going to the chiropractor, osteopath, massage therapist, acupuncturist or physio therapist on a regular basis, mobility work may well get you off the table on onto reclaiming your own health.

Nutrition Review: Recent research by Lockwood and colleagues showed that, without a good nutrition plan, people who had an intense workout regimen, over 12 weeks, lost only one pound of fat and put on one pound of lean mass. Sound familiar? If you have particular body composition goals, we can review and rebuild an effective nutrition plan (notice the lack of the word "diet" there).

Online Consultation: If you would like to set up a program remotely, with regular email contact, Skype and optional pictures/video assessments, this is also possible.

Complete Packages: If you are looking to put together a full program, including elements from all the above, we can do that too, in a way to suite your constraints and your goals.

Athletes: I work with a variety of athletes (if you're moving you're an athlete): many folks who come to my classes at the university are people from their early 20's to their 60's who sit at a desk all day or are on the go and on the road with irregular access to gyms or who hate gyms. I've also worked with the elderly whose movement is restricted, and I also work with athletes who are dedicated to training for their sport and are looking to tune or enhance their strength for their sport.

Approach: Holistic. We don't train, eat or sleep in isolation from everything else we do. It's important to find a way to work that supports and enhances our being in the world, and that we find an approach that we will use and practice. One size rarely fits all, but the right size will usually improve the all.

About mc:

I'm a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. I'm also an RKC which is a Russian Kettlebell instructor, certified by Pavel Tsatsouline. I've also been approved by Gray Cook to carry out Functional Movement Screens and am completing the CK-FMS certification - a special version of Functional Movement Screen using kettlebells for corrective strategies. Finally, i am a certified Z Health Movement Coach/Instructor, Level I

I hold an interdisciplinary PhD and do research in human factors, connecting computers and human beings, and look mainly at quality of life: how to help people connect with the resources they need to achieve their goals.

If you'd like to get a flavour of my approach to health and fitness, IAMGEEKFIT is a blog on health and fitness i run for students and staff in computer science at the University of Southampton. begin2dig is where i write more about kettlebell and related training.

If you'd like to talk about training and tuning, please contact me through this website.

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