Get a Grip: Using Kettlebells to Build Power
Technique/Article by: Rik Brown Photos by: Dave Contreras
Martial Artists, MMA Fighters, BJJ, and Wrestlers, when your grip is gone so is your chance for victory. Without a strong, powerful grip, you can’t control or hold your opponent. You can’t “Lock Him Up!” in your submission attempts. And without grip endurance, you can’t fight him off as the match wears on.
But don’t worry, if you have a kettlebell, you have the best tool on earth for building the kind of powerful, dynamic, functional hand strength that your friends will respect and the opposition will fear. Did you know that with a Kettlebell, you can increase your crushing grip strength and strength-endurance 100% without gaining any weight at all? Imagine, having the grip of a super-heavyweight in a lighter weight class! Imagine, shaking hands with a competitor and suddenly he knows…you are in charge! Imagine the panic he will feel when you grab hold of his wrist or his sleeve and he can’t get away!
The Kettlebell, that ball of iron with a handle, is tailor made to develop the muscles and the tendons of your hand and your forearm so that you will truly be “armed and dangerous.”
The Advantage Of Kaizen Kettlebells:
The extra thick handle presents quite a challenge every time you pick it up. It is much thicker than a dumbell or a barbell, and this forces you to grip tighter with every repetition. There is no “casual lifting” of a kettlebell. It’s offset center of balance means that it feels much heavier than it is. And this develops extreme control and hard-core strength.
Also, Kaizen Kettlebells have a glassy-smooth finish, which will save the skin on your hands when you are doing high repetitions to build unreal endurance. With Kettlebells, you can combine strength, cardio, and conditioning training into a brief but brutal session, leaving you more time to work on skills, sparring, and technique.
Kaizen Kettlebells, are the bad boys of the strength-training world. This is a serious tool that will take you to a new level of rugged power. Get them before your competition does!
1) Upside Down Press: Pick up your Kettlebell with two hands, steady it at your shoulder, holding the handle with the bell on top. Squeeze the handle as hard as you can, and slowly press over head.
2) Flip Swing: Swing the Kettlebell with two hands and at the top of the swing, push the handle down and around as you reach up and over and grab it as it comes around. Do this quickly, and do this outdoors to save the floor.
3) 360 degrees: Slide a thick towel through the handle and tie a knot. Grab each end of the towel and swing in a circle using your whole body to build momentum.
4) Claw Grip Curl: Slide your fingers and thumb through the handle and grip the ball with your palm and fingertips, curl and control.
Rik Brown is a certified personal trainer specializing in kettlebell training. He conducts personal, and group sessions all throughout south Orange County.
Contact Rik Brown:
rikfit2003@yahoo.com
949.443.1540
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