AFL
AFL powerhouses Collingwood and Essendon have understood the benefits of kettlebells for a number of years…Here’s what Collingwood Football Club Physical Preparation Manager David Buttifant PhD had to say after adding kettlebells to their training program…
"Australian Kettlebells has introduced to the Collingwood Football Club functional and innovative training strategies, which have provided us with an opportunity to enhance the player’s strength and power characteristics. Implementing kettlebells into our conditioning program has enabled a specific application towards Australian Rules Football.
The Collingwood Football Club are continually seeking cutting edge equipment and transferring training adaptations to the sporting environment, Australian Kettlebells will provide an opportunity to progress to a new level of performance."
The Collingwood Football Club are continually seeking cutting edge equipment and transferring training adaptations to the sporting environment, Australian Kettlebells will provide an opportunity to progress to a new level of performance."
The Ultimate Training Tool For Extreme Results In Endurance, Explosive Power And Injury Prevention.
Why your club needs kettlebells.....
- Kettlebells are extremely durable and can be used anywhere for a variety of training purposes, making them an ideal adjunct to your current training.
- Discover how the kettlebell’s displaced centre of mass uniquely challenges the bodies stabilizer muscles and forces the entire body to participate in the movement, recruiting more muscles and joints, providing a much more realistic approach to conditioning.
- Train muscles and joints from many angles with numerous unique and challenging drills.
- Train the classic Olympic lifts with ease using kettlebells. They are less technically demanding than using a barbell and require far less flexibility.
- Kettlebell training exposes weaknesses and corrects imbalances. Since kettlebell training is usually performed one limb at a time, it does a great job of exposing weaknesses and imbalances throughout the entire body.
- Kettlebells are more comfortable to use than dumbbells, plus there is a wider array of exercises to choose from. Simply by changing the grip or repositioning the kettlebell you can change the entire feel and complexity of the movement.
- Perfect tool to warm up and excite the interchange player’s nervous system before entering the field of play.
- Kettlebells take up very little space within the gym.
- Kettlebell ballistic exercises form “bullet proof” hamstrings with high intensity force reduction and redirection.
- Full body ballistic kettlebell ‘snatches’, ‘swings’ and ‘clean and jerks’ build unsurpassed strength endurance and work capacity.
- Hand and finger injury will not prevent a player lifting weights. Kettlebells are far more comfortable on the wrists.
- Teaches the body to absorb force and redirect it. Since many kettlebell drills involve multiple joints, you learn to absorb force over a great range of motion using many joints. These shock absorbing qualities will condition players to the high impact demands of AFL.
- The kettlebell’s centre of gravity is always changing. This replicates the forces players encounter on the field, for example, when a player lays a tackle, the oppositions center of gravity is not where the competitor takes hold but rather somewhere outside their grip. This feature of the kettlebell will help reinforce this aspect of the sport.
- Train explosive power in the posterior chain through a full range of motion with kettlebell throws.
- The thick kettlebell handle combined with ballistic drills radically improves grip and finger strength.
- Kettlebell training builds a perfect blend of strength and flexibility. Due to the displaced center of mass, muscles are often loaded and stretched through a greater range of motion.
These are just a few of the benefits of kettlebell training. To further expand on these concepts please contact us to arrange an appointment with our trained staff.
