If you are wanting to improve your athletic ability, overall body strength and power, and a powerful strong back, then you need to start doing deadlifts and use kettlebells more often. Trust me, these are the one two punch that you’re missing out if these exercises aren’t involved in your routine yet. If you use kettlebells and do deadlifts, they will mutually benefit each other to give you amazing full body pulling power. If you’re looking to get past your plateau, these two exercises are it!
When you think about power and full body strength, you think about the actions and lifts you have to complete on your feet, correct? When you think about the true nature and function of the human body, it is only then when it totally makes sense. Every task that we perform on a daily basis is done on our own two feet. We weren’t born with feet for nothing, they had other use than just walking around. We were designed to do much more than that. By performing better the way we were designed to perform, we can enhance our abilities by optimizing our form.
To develop total body strength, power, athletic performance, and general optimum fitness, kettlebell training is a high impact style of training that can enhance all of these things. The double arm kettlebell swing is the base lift for kettlebell training and it is performed by swinging and moving the bell in a arc type of motion that flows between your inner legs and up to the level of your chest. With this high impact pullion motion will strengthen your back, hips, hamstrings, glutes, and also increase the strength of your shoulders. If you want a training method that will grant you some serious pulling power, kettlebell training is it.
Another exercise that you can do to produce strongman level pulling power is the ever famous deadlift. Now considering other exercises like kettlebell swings, the deadlift exercise also has different types of variations. Meaning, you can do different types of grips and positions while doing this exercise. You can generate and activate hundreds of muscles all at once with deadlifts, and not to mention stimulate your nervous system for increased strength and pulling power. After training with deadlifts, you’ll start to notice improvement on almost every other lift such as bench pressing, power cleans, and squats. For better overall strength, this exercise will definitely improve your bodily function abilities both at a athletic and general fitness stand point. If you are looking to see some great results, integrate these two exercises into your workout routine and watch your strength and power levels sky rocket.
