Jessica Scott

Kettlebells are a great way to get explosive power in.

And kettlebells are a little bit different than medicine balls.

They're typically...

a little bit heavier and require a little bit more balance when you're doing those motions, but they also are the best way to generate power because you're doing at more of a moderate load compared to a lighter load so that you would progress up to kettlebell exercises.

That's a great description.

So it's about not jumping, but using your body weight to move quickly from one position to another position.

So in that squat motion, it was moving from a lower position to a standing up position and then back down again.

And

And usually those movements are okay for individuals who've had knee injuries or arthritis.

Typically, it's when you have those fast movements from changing direction, that's when you might aggravate some knee pain.

So if you stand in a single plane or if you think about doing those movements in a single plane, those are usually safe and still effective.

Exactly.

So we really start with low repetitions, so three to five repetitions.

You're not like doing the resistance training where you're trying to go to fatigue.

With explosive power, it is about generating that motion and movement quickly.

but not getting too fatigued.

I would definitely recommend doing this on its own.

So you don't want to combine it with aerobic exercise or after you've done resistance training.

This should be its own training day where you can have the best training possible.

Again, it's about going in with generating high quality movements.