Kettlebell swings have grown in popularity over the past decade as a quick full-body workout with advantageous benefits: Kettlebell swings involve your whole body, which requires your heart to beat faster to pump blood throughout your body, improving all-round cardiorespiratory fitness as well as strength. Kettlebell swings target glutes, hamstrings, calves, erector spinae, trapezius (traps) and rhomboids (collectively known as the posterior chain). These muscles are of paramount importance in body health, core stability and posture. Kettlebell swings require high force development and activation of muscles of the posterior chain, which can improve your overall fitness, explosiveness, performance and power. Kettlebell workouts are high intensity and can burn a lot of calories in a short time. Most kettlebell workouts can be completed in as little as 10–15 minutes and require only a kettlebell to get started. This means they are perfect for fitting workouts into a busy lifestyle. WR I T T EN BY TOM PH I L L I PS ( F I TNESS I NSTRUCTOR ) Kettlebell swing Fitness & Wellbeing abingdon.org.uk/sports-and-leisure 4 Activities are run by Abingdon School Enterprises Limited on behalf of Abingdon School. Company No.04442429 E x e r c i s e f o c u s
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