I have been interested in working out with kettlebells for several years, but I was afraid that I would hurt myself if I did not have a professional certified kettlebell trainer (RKC) to coach me. About four months ago, my roommate mentioned that he had a friend who was RKC certified and that he would be willing to train us once a week.

Thus began my kettlebell training. The first few workouts felt a little awkward, and they made me extremely sore. As the weeks passes, my stability and technique improved and I found myself getting stronger faster than I ever had before. I am now about three months in and I am hooked. We are not doing the workouts twice a week and are thinking about growing the class by inviting more of our friends to join us. Here are a few videos from a recent kettlebell training session with our instructor, Pavel Stejskal RKC.

Kettlebell Swings – One Minute Set, 16kg & 24kg Kettlebells

The kettlebell swing is one of the best known kettlebell exercises and often the first kettlebell move that you will learn. Here Pavel and two students demonstrate a one minute set of swings. We worked up to one minute over the course of three months. We began with sets of 10 and then 20 and finally after we could easily do 3 sets of 20 we tried one minute sets of kettlebell swings.

Kettlebell Snatch – 24 kg, Front, Side and Back View

The kettlebell snatch is my favorite kettlebell exercise. I can make a whole kettlebell workout out of several fast paced sets of swings. In this video I demonstrate the snatch with a 24 kg kettlebell from several different angles. I was worn out so my form is a little off, but not too bad.

Bear Walk w/ Renegade Row Using Kettlebells

In this video, Pavel demonstrates the kettlebell bear walk with renegade row. I have not really tried this exercises, but it is a great core and upper back exercise.

Kettlebell Workout, Training Montage, Pavel Stejskal

Here is an amazing kettlebell training montage. This video was shot at the end of a kettlebell workout that lasted over an hour. In this video, Pavel demonstrates a number of kettlebell exercises.

Pistol w/ 2 16 kg Kettlebells (70.55 lbs) – One Leg Squat

Here is a pistol (one leg squat) with 2 16 kg kettlebells. I think that this is my most impressive video so far. Some day I hope to be able to do higher sets with this much weight, and hopefully I will be able to do one rep with twice as much weight.