Formosa Fitness

Just throwing this out there but it seems to me that when training with the kettlebell, especially intensely, you'll find three layers: major muscle groups, minor muscle groups, and the purely mental stage.

When you start an intense set, you work the major muscle groups and exhaust those first. Then the minor muscle groups take over and your form improves. This is a nice area to be in. But that niceness doesn't last as you go beyond what good technique alone will get you. As you continue the set, you reach the stage where technique is no longer a refuge and the struggle becomes purely mental. Will you find the will to persevere?

This aspect makes kettlebelling different from some other trainings. It's a fairly unique aspect IMO and that's both a plus and a negative.

For one thing, it's difficult to communicate that we can and need to push ourselves past those comfort zones. Few people IMO really work out this hard. Going through these three layers means challenging your personal boundaries and seeing what's on the other side. It's revealing.

And yet survivable. Every time I hear, "I can't do it, I can't do it" I just have to smile. Because I know that they CAN do it. But they just don't know it yet.

We're capable of so much more than we think. When we persevere and do something we didn't think we could do, we've achieved something to be proud of.  Kettlebelling can provide this growth.