Kettlebells Aberdeen

We said farewell to KBA last night and went out with a bang!

It was an incredibly difficult decision to close the doors and I have so much to thank for the incredible journey kettlebell training has brought to my life - Nothing but the good stuff like health, fitness, challenges, places and people.... Oh the wonderful people!!

I have had the great pleasure to learn from, train with, compete with, instruct and coach the most amazing people form around the world. So many of whom are special in my heart.

I grew passionate about kettlebell training very quickly and I am proud of many moments such as bringing dedicated classes to Aberdeen, hosting Scotland’s first organised kettlebell competition, becoming the first IKFF Master Trainer in the UK, achieving Master of Sports rank in Kettlebell Sport and also lifting at World Championships for the Scotland National Squad.
I am very lucky to have had great support and encouragement around me for all these special times, including my family and committed club members.

KBA has been a place for me to grow, share and explore. It’s been a privilege to offer kettlebell instruction and guide people along their journey.
Encouraging progress and hard work and then watching their growth and reward happen right in front of you is a very special thing. From as simple as learning a new technique right through to competitive lifting on the world stage. What a pleasure that has been, and very very rewarding.

The hardest part of this is no doubt missing the regular meeting of our wonderful members and training hard together and having great banter.

Much love to all KBA members, past and present. Thank you for being part of the journey.

So the chapter closes, but the story’s not finished... I wish everyone I know connected to Kettlebell Aberdeen a great onward journey and I Iook forward to keeping in touch!

The photos show a great final week of lifting together - I am grateful and proud of these moments right to the end.

Keep ‘em swinging!
Ray

Monday night KB’s smashed with this awesome gang 💪😀

Smashing mid-week catch up and workout with the gang yesterday 💪

Christmas Choas Workout 2 🎄💪🤣

Have a Happy Christmas everyone 🥂🍻

NEW!

Kettlebell classes for Beginners!

Join us for a 4 week block of beginners kettlebell classes starting on Monday 9th January 2023.

Learn the basics of kettlebell lifting and develop your ability and fitness in our dedicated and structured block of classes.

All classes are instructor-led and will progress you through kettlebell training and general exercise.

Kettlebell training delivers great all-round fitness and our members become advanced quickly, allowing them to progress their ability and fitness.

Classes are every Monday and Wednesday at 7.45pm to 8.30pm.

The 4 week block is just £45 and as an added bonus, you are welcome to join our Saturday morning circuit class!

We hope you enjoy and feel the benefit of the beginners block of classes that you consider joining our small group of kettlebellers and take your training and exercise further with us!

Please DM or contact us to find out more or ask to join in

Intense 🥵
High Energy 😰
Fast pace 🤯

NOT words associated with our 4 week block designed for beginners.

We appreciate that a new environment with new people learning a new activity can be daunting.

But 5 mins up the stairs and new starts will feel welcome and un-phased as they realise the nicely sized training space we have and chat to the small group of others meeting for the first time.

Each session builds on the last. The basic movements and exercises are repeated and progressed. Gradually we introduce mini and manageable working sets which help break away from ‘learning’ to ‘doing’.

If a new start feels like they have a limitation, then this process allows them to monitor how they feel. We can give their limitation some extra attention and hopefully build confidence working with it, perhaps improving it.

Our beginners block encourages a few stages to the process of kettlebell training so new starts will feel handy shifting a bell and know how exercising feels in our regular training.

Encouraging 👏

Confidence 💪

Personal 👍

Words quoted regarding our 4 week beginners block.

If this sounds good to you, then allow us to introduce you kettlebell training. Send us a message to join the next beginners session in January

There are kettlebell exercises and there is kettlebell training 💪

The 4 week beginners block teaches new starts the essential kettlebell lifts but also introduces the methodology to progress training with kettlebells and become a skilled lifter. Then their ability and fitness are progressed in our weekly training sessions.

Check out the thoughts of our new member who recently competed the 4 week beginners block AND ALSO 5 weeks on after joining the main sessions.

If this sounds good to you and you’d like to know more and join our next session in January, please drop us a line 👍

Workout Wednesday in the gym 💪 but only after a good warm up coz it starts off freezing once again 🥶

Keeping up the Turkish Get Up in our training 💪

Kicking off a new 3 week training block tonight 🎯💪
News coming soon for welcoming new starts in January 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

Monday KB gang kicking off week 3 set of training sessions.
Final week means big push to achieve a bit more than last week 💪

S C S…

Saturday Circuits Smashed!

Fired up for the weekend ahead now 💪

Our newbies already looking experienced ☺️

Brand new week ✅
Brand new workout 💪
Tonight we hit number 1 of 3 for the next 3 weeks. Primary lifts to make progress with and secondary exercises to be challenged by.
… Good old kettlebell training with the gang 😎💪

Week 3 of 3 finished on a Friday high tonight! 💪

Great work from the gang, many hitting PB’s on heavy sn**ch and also working double bells ☺️

Everyone ready to tackle the weekend like a boss and look forward to a group of 3 new workouts next week 🎯

Wednesday night KB gang rep’ ing out the working kettlebell sets 👍😁

Our new beginners are looking right at home already while the experienced lifters knock out some PB’s in individual lifts.

Great buzz all training together ☺️

Monday KB gang 💪.

Here are 3 out of the 4 wonderful ladies finishing their 4 week beginners kettlebell block yesterday 👏
(unfortunately one person had to miss this last class which was a shame).

It was a joy to introduce the group to kettlebell lifting and the training method at KBA.

Everyone made a sterling job of making progress over the 8x 45 min. classes.

The ladies now have sound knowledge and hands-on experience of many kettlebell exercises and typical workout formats we adopt.

It’s exciting to see that the ladies are all booked in for next weeks training already! Can’t wait to train with them and encourage further progress and good times with the rest of the KBA gang 👍

Did you know we offer private lessons in kettlebell training?

We do!

Whether you are a beginner wanting to learn from the start, or experienced lifting bells and want to tidy up your technique, the private session will be tailored for you.

This picture is from a recent session where an experienced lifter wanted to improve their Turkish Get Up. It’s part of their home training routine from an exercise book.

I was delighted to review what he already knew and then coach him to perform them better.
Now he knows he will train the exercise correctly and feel confident progressing with the routine.

If you like the sound of a private lesson to help improve your kettlebell lifting ability, please send me a DM and we can arrange it.

Kettlebell training and fitness with the Monday night gang 💪
And we are already on week 4 of the beginners 4 week block! Just Wednesdays session to go for our newbies. New block starting in 2 weeks!

We are excited to be running our 4 week beginners block to kettlebell training next week!

Every Monday and Wednesday starting 3rd October from 7.45-8.30pm.

Progressive training sessions designed to increase your knowledge, skill and confidence as you train through the 4 weeks.

Also included is our Saturday morning circuit class, which is optional to attend.

The small group, instructor led 4 week block is just £45. Following this block you will be entitled to join the main training schedule of up to 4 sessions per week where you will advance your skills and knowledge further and your training will become your purposeful regular exercise.

We hope your interested to join in and if you want to know more, please message us ASAP because it starts on Monday 3rd October 👍

New week, new month 😎
Monday training with the gang ☺️
Details coming soon for anyone interested being involved and exercise with us in our wee kettlebell gym 💪

It’s been super cosy in the gym this week, but we chipped our way through it and finished the last session of the block on a high tonight.
‘Sum heavy bells being shifted this week, which is always great to knock out. Make tonight’s beer all the more rewarding 🍻☺️