If there's one thing that separates kettlebell workouts from most traditional weight-lifting routines, it's the focus on dynamic, ballistic moves that put a lot of demands on the lower back. If you're like most people, when you started with kettlebells your lower back wasn't used to a high level of workout stress. It was probably weak, inflexible, and injury prone. It might even be the reason you decided to look into kettlebells in the first place. Kettlebells put the most stress right where it's bound to do the most damage -- in the lumbar spine region.
But there's good news. You can strengthen and limber up this area of your body with a sensible, long-term approach to fitness. And you can do it with kettlebell training. Many people credit their bells with strengthening the muscles surrounding the lumbar spine, and it'll work for you too.
The secret is to avoid biting off more than you can chew. You can't jump right into a hardcore kettlebell workout right from day one and expect to be able to get out of bed without pain the next day. It's just not going to happen. Ease into things or don't do it at all. It's that simple.
The number one problem is: lots of beginners are so enthusiastic about trying something new and exciting that they don't give their bodies time to adapt. Adaptation to the exercise stress is difficult with kettlebells because you can't adjust the weight. At least, you can't with traditional fixed-weight bells.
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