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Professor Stuart McGill

Here is what the worlds premiere spine bio mechanist Prof. Stuart McGill has to say about kettlebell training:

  1. Kettlebell training develops "Steering strength" from drills like the bottom up get-up.
  2. Balanced development of strength. Kettlebell exercises reveal your weaknesses, grips, hips, etc., and fix them.
  3. The lateral component offers a unique challenge for the obliques and the QL, very healthy for your back.
  4. The ability to train "kime" or karate style focus of explosive effort with exercises like the hard style swing.

If you were wondering if kettlebells were safe for your back, Professor McGill's research has shown the key to low back health is not hip or hamstring flexibility, not lumbar or abdominal strength but muscular endurance. The kettlebell swing and snatch are unparalleled for developing low back muscular endurance.

Other Notables

  • "For more intensity try kettlebells... it's a full body workout, aerobic and strength-building"
    - TIME Magazine
  • "Weight-training Tool Builds Cardio and Strength Too"
    - Denver Post
  • "Kettlebells, A Workout with Balls"
    - Men's Journal
  • "Kettlebells, Hot Weight of the Year."
    - Rolling Stone, 2002
  • "I was sold on kettlebells, as the exercises were fun and challenging, and demanded coordination, explosion, balance and power."
    - Kid Peligro from Grappling Magazine
  • "Build size, power and functional strength with this unique routine and apparatus."
    - Muscle & Fitness Magazine
  • "The Hottest Mom in Hollywood. Mariska Hargitay got her pre-pregnancy body back in four months, here's how."
    - Self Magazine
  • "My arms are really strong. My legs have changed. I'm no Flo Jo but I can see definition in my butt. It's easier for me to hold August because my back is strong. And my confidence went up immediately."
    - Mariska Hargitay from Self Magazine
  • "I can't think of a more practical way of special operations training... I was extremely skeptical about kettlebell training and now wish that I had known about it fifteen years ago..."
    - Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team