Vacation

I went back home for a short Holiday vacation and fit in a Kettlebell Workshop for a group of High School Athletes with a friend of mine at NE Kettlebells in Mpls.

These were kids between the ages of 13 and 17. All were in relatively good shape, or so I thought. They started a weight training program with a local high school.

After watching them with the kettlebells they have no business in a weight room. Why? Because they lack the base strength to perform a lot of the exercises they are required to do.

Hence the kettlebell workshop. I thought it a good idea to show them the benefits of body weight and kettlebell training. We taught the swing, squat, row and push up position mainly.

It was in the push up position that a lot of the athletes failed miserably. They lacked the body strength to hold their bodies in this position. This floored me.

A Weak core in an athlete is not so good, Eh?