Saturday 27 April 2013

The Cult Of The Kettlebell

Most people reading this will dismiss any chances of them being involved in a cult without a second thought, of course they are probably justified in doing so. Or are they........

Let's take Barry Manilow, he often plays in the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and many people will go to 4 of his shows on the bounc in the same seat and watch the same show, we oftn refer to them as fanatical fans. The question is - do fanatics display anything differnet in their behaviour than those who belong to a cult? Your first answer maybe to say something on the lines of 'they don't perform suicide pacts' - and of course this is a valid observation.

Think of this - right up until the moment of the 'suicide pact' are those who are now deceased and now described as being part of a cult simply fanatics? I think they are, as fanatics the behaviour is very similar to those we percive to be in a cult. As fanatics we hang onto every word our 'leader' says, imitate, admire, research, try and get close to them etc.

Resevoir Dogs - A CULT classic. This simply means that although Resvoir Dogs was not percieved to be a mainstram Hollywood movie it was very popular with certain people who promoted it, sang it praises and tried to get everyone else to watch it - very similar to how a cult would recruit a new follower.

Now getting to the point.......... Kettlebell Workouts have had something of a cult following in the last decade to the point of now being seen as a mainstream way of exercising in a gymnasium. Long gone are the days of the Kettlebell rack gathering dust in the corner of the gym, Kettlebell are on the front of fitness magazines, advertised classes take part and oversubscribe in gyms and people ar even wearing Kettlebell related clothing to the gym. For instance the Intense Kettlebell Workouts store has items flying off the shelves as people love to wear novelty training gear in the gym such as '300lb Bench Prss Club' or 'Swing your Kettlebell'. This is not new, Next (a English clothing brand) brough out a rnage of T-Shirts displaying cult characters such as Pop Eye, Mr T, Bill Clinton a couple of years ago and they were selling crazyamounts of units.

Kettlebell workouts are one of the most popular searched terms of Google and Twitter and people who are unsure of them want to get involved as it now appears 'cool'.

Why don't you try Kettlebell Exercises too and see if you can become a faithful follower.

*Do remember that to get a lean body and the most out of your workouts that there is no better way than following dedicated workout routines*