The kettlebell, you've heard of it, perhaps you've even used it a little, but I bet you have no idea how versatile these things can actually be.

My guest today, Master Kettlebell Instructor John Mills, talks with me about the good, the bad, and the ugly behind this big, hunk of metal we call a kettlebell.

We talk about the benefits, the movements, the pitfalls, and how you can use kettlebells to up your exercise regimen.

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Men 1 is going on a day. My name is Ryan Mickler and I am your host and the founder of Order of Man. As always, I am glad that you're here with us today. We are always talking about everything manly on this show. Stronger leadership, being a more connected father and a husband, being a better business owner, and at the end of the day, we just want you to be a better man.

That's what we're all about on the Order of Man podcast. Today, we're going to be talking about one of my favorite pieces of exercise equipment and how versatile this thing can actually be. Now, I was a little worried as I was considering even recording this podcast because I wasn't sure if we could actually fill an entire show with information on kettlebells alone.

But this one is actually really, really enlightening as we talk not only about kettlebells, but how to succeed in life in general.

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Now, I want to introduce you to my guest today, John Mills. He is a strength and conditioning coach and a master kettlebell instructor based in Canada with a competitive swimming and soccer background.

He's got 10 plus years coaching experience in the fitness industry and a bachelor's in sports science.

John has helped hundreds of clients from all walks of life build stronger bodies and minds at 37 John won his debut natural men's physique competition and a pro card.

He documented the entire contest prep process to show what it takes to win without sacrificing your health, which can be found at peakphysicfilm.com.

John, what's going on, man? Thanks for joining me on the show today. I didn't write it's a pleasure to be here and we'll be listeners.

Yeah, so we're going to jump right into this because it is an important topic and one that I've actually addressed over the past couple of years.

We're going to talk about kettlebell training specifically and I'd like to hear from you what are the benefits of training with kettlebells.

The kettlebells are amazing tool. I'm an ex-affleet so when I started working with Jim, I got very bored of your same weights, bodybuilding, just a bit training.

You can target your full body, hit the central nervous system. They travel anywhere with you, great for core strength and re-addressing any posterior issues.

They're just a fantastic tool to really blitz the full body.

It seems to me a little bit when I've used kettlebells that it is actually limiting but the more I understand, the more I learn, the more I hear from guys like yourself, it's actually not.

So I'm really curious about the variety of workouts that you can do with kettlebell training. Can you get into some of that?

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