The Importance Of Quality Kettlebell Instruction

In December of 1998, Pavel Tsatsouline wrote an article titled Vodka, Pickle Juice, Kettlebell Lifting and Other Russian Pastimes.  This article is often considered as the springboard for the modern kettlebell movement in the United States.  Since then, many certifications have sprung up.  Some of them more credible than others, but none greater than the cert. created by Pavel himself: the RKC Certification. 

Besides stringent physical requirements and having to prove your proficiency at both personal mastery of technique and the ability to teach the RKC principles, the content of the Cert. is ever changing.  The men and women of the RKC are constantly creating new methods to speed the learning curve of kettlebell training, while improving the safety and effectiveness of the movements they teach. 

In the RKC way, safe technique leads to increased performance.  This seems to go against the grain of the “no pain, no gain” mentality of high intensity fitness, but we work smarter and harder.  Our pain is the kind that comes from effective training; it’s not the “I threw out my back” kind of pain that comes from training like a knucklehead.  Some of the finest minds in physical culture not only speak highly of the RKC Community, they are a part of the RKC Community.  Have you ever heard of Gray Cook or Dan John?  Well, folks, they’re RKCs. 

If you are serious about your kettlebell training, whether it’s for sports performance or being able to keep up with your kids, make sure you are training with someone who is serious about their kettlebell instruction.  Honestly, the complete ass kicking I got for three days in St. Paul, Minnesota wasn’t the hardest part of becoming RKC Certified.  The fact that I have to live up to the standards of the RKC each time I train a new victim is much more overwhelming.  However, these standards are what keep me striving to offer the best kettlebell training experience in North Jersey.  The Cert. was only the beginning of a much broader pursuit of excellence.

So if you are interested in using kettlebells for the first time or have used them and want to tighten up your technique, do yourself a favor and train with an RKC.  We were the first and we continue to be the gold standard in kettlebell instruction.  You also might end up liking this stuff so much that you become an RKC yourself!

Joe

Experience RKC kettlebell training at Rethink Fitness, Franklin Lakes, NJ