During this episode of Vital Metabolic Podcast, hosts James Wheeler and John Parker speak with Kelly Manzone, who is an expert on training with kettlebells and clubs. Kelly talks about how she incorporates movement into her training, the importance of creativity, and how to get started with circular training.
Episode Highlights:
- What inspired you to add kettlebells into your training?
- Kelly was the first to bring kettlebells into the New York Sports Club she was working at.
- Kelly battled infectious colitis for 3 years after a severe bout of food poisoning.
- Kelly sees kettlebells as a way to fill in the missing gaps.
- Accessory training doesn't mean you have to lose your background, whatever that may be.
- How do you utilize these tools with your clients?
- Kelly uses different tools with different clients on a case-by-case basis.
- John mentions that training is not just about traditional approaches, there is an art behind it.
- How does working on stability vs mobility look in your training?
- Kelly is hypermobile, so she does feel like she works more on stability.
- When you are training with kettlebells, what are you thinking about?
- When Kelly is training for herself, she does it more intuitively, but she does have days where it is really structured.
- Kelly also talks about how she uses kettlebells with her clients and ways to be creative.
- Kelly likes to work on skill-based modalities with her clients.
- Kelly mentions that, with skill-based modalities, clients have to be trusted to practice on their own. They can't only practice once or twice a week.
- How do people get started with circular training?
- Remember that your body is a moving unit. People have always been moving, pulling, pressing, etc. long before it was formatted by an industry.
- Kelly is more active on her Instagram.
- Kelly feels that there is too much comparison within the industry, and that it's completely fine for people to have different training styles.
- It's important for trainers to understand their strengths/weaknesses and areas of expertise, and know when to refer to someone else.
- Do you have anything else to share?
- Where can people find you?
3 Key Points:
- Kelly believes that creativity is a very important part of the training process.
- With skill-based modalities, you have to be willing to keep working on them at home.
- There does not need to be so much competition in the fitness industry.
Tweetable Quotes:
- "Movement is its own language." -Kelly Manzone
- "I've never been able to put myself in a box and describe exactly what I am. It's because I'm constantly curious about what's on the other side." -Kelly Manzone
- "I train a lot of type-A personalities, and I want them to tap into feeling." -Kelly Manzone
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