Product Description

Includes Transform Your Trouble Zones DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #898 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: The Firm
• Model: 05-52296
• Released on: 2008-09-02
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: NTSC, DVD, Color
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 3.75" h x 6.00" w x 8.25" l, 5.60 pounds
• Running time: 45 minutes

Features

• Tighten your abs and sculpt your entire body with todays most transforming cardio fitness tool.
• With The FIRM Master Instructor Kelsie Daniels, youll swing the 5 lb. Kettlebell like a pendulum for a workout you cant duplicate with regular weights.
• You get tight abs while you melt away the pounds.
• Imported.

Customer Reviews

Solid Workout
First time using a kettlebell in any type of workout. I found the FIRM's 5lb KB easy to use. The one issue I had is that during certain moves the KB would scrape the back of my knuckels.

Kelsie is absolutely superb and precise in her instructions. The KB is used in over 60% of the workout. The warmup and cooldown do not use the KB. Also there are 2 to 3 cardio intensifiers that don't use the KB. During the KB portion of the workout you are doing traditional type moves such as biceps, tricpes, and on arm rows. You also do a few swinging type moves and moves where you change the KB from hand to hand.

The hardest move for me was the "Turkish Getup" (I believe that is what Kelsie called it). This move uses the KB. While lying down you have to roll your body up into a standing position using mostly one foot and then you roll yourself back down to the floor. I am going to need to practice this move. The DVD includes a nice 8 min core workout that uses the KB. As the headline states, I thought the workout was solid.

Minor issues with the video, I could barely hear the music. Kelsie was signficantly louder than the music. Some of the camera angles were a bit haphazard.

Great Workout but.....
This is a great full body workout - Would like the music a little stronger. I purchased this kit before I got my russian kettlebell certification. Lot of great basics and non-kettlebell moves.
Workout great - Kettebell not so great! This small kettlebell needs a differnt type of handle. I do not have large hands and it is hard to work with. I went out and purchased a 10 lb kettlebell from Target. This one from Go Fit was much easier to work with. If you don't thnk you are ready for a 10 lb there is also 7 lb ones available.

Back Problems?
I workout often with an exercise ball and this was my first time to use a kettlebell. I am 50 years old but in great physical shape except for a car accident 3 years ago that hurt my back. The range of motion for the kettlebell is great, however, she does a sit-up that eventually is a sit-up to standing up, that is impossible to do if you have any sort of back or neck problems. When I read other reviews I thought this would be perfect but I can only do parts of it.