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SOURCE: Staten Island (NY) Advance
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DATE: 12-17-2007
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For whom=20 the bell tolls

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Kettlebells are the latest fitness trend that = date back=20 several centuries in Russia Monday, December 17, 2007By = DIANE=20 O'DONNELLSTATEN ISLAND ADVANCE STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At = first,=20 Vicky Wilson stared at the curious-looking, flat-bottomed cannon = ball with=20 a handle. In the high-tech world of fitness, the cast iron = kettlebell was=20 not sleek or sexy. It seemed intimidating.That was three = months=20 ago. Today, Wilson, a 39-year-old stay-at-home mother of three, = grabs hold=20 of an 18-pound kettlebell with both hands and circles it around = her head=20 several times -- known as the halo maneuver -- to warm up her=20 shoulders.Not bad for someone who describes herself as = starting=20 at "zero fitness level."Wilson, like many others around = the=20 country, is discovering the newest fitness trend that dates back = several=20 centuries in Russia."I was looking for an overall workout = that=20 would incorporate endurance, strength and stamina all in one," = says the=20 Tottenville woman.She got that and then some after her = first=20 kettlebell workout with trainer Donald Girard, a fitness = coordinator for=20 the South Shore YMCA in Eltingville."I was exhausted," = says=20 Wilson. "It actually targeted areas that I wasn't aware=20 of."Kettlebells come in "poods." A pood is an old Russian = measure=20 of weight which equals 16kg, or 35 pounds. For comrades who really = like to=20 throw their weight around, kettlebells go up to 48kg (106=20 pounds).Women usually start out with an 8kg (roughly 18 = pounds)=20 kettlebell, says Girard, while men typically hoist a 16kg = one.HIP=20 ACTION From her warm-up, Wilson progresses to two-arm swings. The = movement=20 -- grabbing a 26-pound kettlebell from a squat position, swinging = it back=20 between her legs and then up to shoulder height -- is powered by=20 rapid-fire hip thrusts."It's all about the hip snap," = says=20 Girard, who counts Wilson among four clients he trains exclusively = with=20 kettlebells. "It's the hips that give the arms the momentum to = swing=20 up."Three minutes pass. She keeps swinging.The = workout=20 conditions every part of Wilson's body, targeting the muscles from = all=20 angles, explains Girard. It also gives her a cardio = boost."Ten=20 swings and your heart rate is through the roof," says = Girard.The=20 swings, along with movements such as the clean, press and Turkish = getups,=20 provide the basis for even more grueling workouts.While=20 kettlebells have long been a tradition of strength training in = Russia,=20 their emergence here goes back only a decade.In 1998, = Pavel Tsatsouline, a Russian fitness = trainer and=20 writer, wrote "Vodka, Pickle Juice, Kettlebell Lifting, and Other = Russian=20 Pastimes" for the niche publication MILO: A Journal for Serious = Strength=20 Athletes.The article's popularity led to a book deal with publisher John Du Cane of = St. Paul,=20 Minn.-based Dragon = Door=20 Publications (www.dragondoor.com) for "The Russian = Kettlebell=20 Challenge." Du Cane, a martial arts enthusiast, was sure the = hardcore=20 workout would be a hit. Tsatsouline was skeptical."It's a = very=20 hard type of training," says Tsatsouline, who came to the United = States in=20 the early 1990s from Latvia, one of the former Soviet republics. = "I really=20 didn't think that people would be willing to work so = hard."START=20 OF A TREND Three years later, the book was a=20 small-scale success, Dragon Door was = producing=20 American-made kettlebells, and a somewhat motley crew of fitness = seekers=20 were flocking to Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) classes = offered by Du=20 Cane's company."In the beginning all our students looked = like=20 they were in the federal witness protection program," says = Tsatsouline by=20 phone from his Los Angeles home. "All these guys with busted noses = and=20 ears and kind of scary looking."Word of the kettlebell = workout's=20 effectiveness soon brought a more mainstream crowd including -- to = Tsatsouline's surprise -- women."In Russia it's = traditionally=20 kind of a macho thing," says Tsatsouline, who's trained members of = the=20 Soviet special forces with kettlebells.Today, women make = up half=20 of the students in RKC instructor certification classes. = Nationwide, there=20 are about 460 RKC-certified kettlebell instructors. The rigorous = three-day=20 training program has a 30 percent failure rate, says Tsatsouline, = chief=20 instructor of the classes.Wilson readily admits to being = done in=20 by her first workout, but now looks forward to her twice-a-week, = 40-minute=20 drill at the Y."My body has changed drastically," says = Wilson.=20 "I've lost nearly 30 pounds. I've gone down three sizes. I love=20 it."(c) 2007 Staten Island Advance(c) 2007 = SILive.com=20 All Rights Reserved.

Highlights: Pavel Tsatsouline,book,John=20 Du2Cane,Dragon Door Publications,Dragon=20 Door

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