Kettlebell Clean - The Foundation of Kettlebell Workouts

The Kettlebell Clean is the essential movement one needs to perfect to go on and have productful and enjoyable Kettlebell Workouts.

The Kettlebell Clean, as with the Barbell clean in weight lifting is the starting position for so many more advanced movements which are essential for building posterior power, strength and endurance. Not only is the clean important as a start position for compound pressing movements but as an exercise in itself it is excellent.

Unlike the Barbell Clean, this movement using Kettlebells can have a lot of varierty which is great for hitting the muscles from different angles and keeping your training fresh. Keping your training fresh is not only important to keep your body guessing but it prevents the mind becoming stagnant during your training sessions also.

The Kettlebell Clean can be performed from a Deadlift position which will improve brute strength as nothing increases raw power than lifting a dead weight from the ground up but can also begin from a hanging position with the Kettlebell beginning the movement at weist height. This is very similar to the half rep deadlift in which bodybuilders improve their overall strength and power by beginning the movement past the hardest stage.

Coming back to why the Kettlebell Clean is most effective............... It is quite simple really, once you can do this with perfect form, not only will your Hamstrings thank you for it but you will be much safer going into heavier compound movements which carry a higher risk of injury.