My favorite part about both kettlebells and Z-Health is the impact they can have in a short period of time. I’m a “what you have you done for me lately” sort of person, and know my clients are as well. I’m also a really good problem-solver, which I think is what I like so much about teaching KBs and Z-Health. As a certified instructor in both, we are given a lot of great tools to help our clients perform optimally. Both involve movement decomposition to identify where something has gone awry, and provide techniques to correct.
I recently had a pre-teen come with his dad, and they both got some technique refinement. The young man’s snatch just wasn’t quite there, but we did some high pulls to nail that part of the form, and viola, a beautiful snatch came next. I LOVE having the tools to be able to do that, and to get results quickly.
Tomorrow I have a client coming to have her swing reviewed. It looks simple, but it’s deceptively complex. There are a million little things between doing an OK and doing a great swing. And for me, the difference between and OK and a GREAT swing is the number of reps you can do without hurting yourself. A GREAT swing means lots of pain-free reps, which leads to lots of GREAT results.
Heading back to the RKC in February to re-certify. I know the course has changed considerably since I have gone through, as you always learn a ton from teaching (and our community has changed a lot, too), and I’m anxious to see what new tools I’ll get to add to my toolbox!
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