If you are interested in taking a minimalist approach to strength training, than a kettlebell workout is the best way to go. Unlike dumbbells, which are expensive and bulky, kettlebells are super compact, taking up very little space in your home, and cheap to boot. Don’t let this fool you, with the right kettlebell workout, you will build an attractive, strong, healthy body, which just may make your gym-going friends jealous.

Get Out of the Gym

Strength training is a must if you’re interested in building a healthy, and attractive body. Strength training also boosts hormones such as HGH, which helps to build lean muscle mass. You can use as many exercise machines as you want, but they won’t build lean muscle mass as well as kettlebells. Driving across town to use a gym’s barbells is also labor-intensive, and expensive.

Fortunately, kettlebell workouts allow you to work out at home, while achieving the same or better results as you would at the gym. In order to achieve these results, however, you will need to follow an efficient and effective kettlebell workout. Here is one that will undoubtedly get you the results you’re after.

The Exercises

For this program, we are using only four kettlebell exercises, which were chosen because they are the fundamental movements that all kettlebell enthusiasts should know. These exercises work every muscle group in the body and are essential for maximizing total-body strength:

Swings

Turkish Get Ups

Clean and Press

Snatch

Workout Procedure

This workout should be performed three times per week. Filling in the other days of the week with body-weight exercises and plyometrics, will further increase your results, but is not necessary.

Monday:

• 5 minutes of Turkish get ups, alternating arms
• 20 kettlebell swings
• 1 minute rest
• Repeat for a total of 4 super-sets

Wednesday:

• 20 kettlebell swings
• 20 clean and presses, alternating arms each time
• 1 minute rest
• Repeat for a total of 4 super-sets

Friday:

• 20 clean and presses, alternating arms after 5 reps
• 10 snatches right arm, 10 snatches left arm
• Rest 1 minute
• Repeat for a total of 4 super-sets

A correctly executed kettlebell workout will allow you to achieve your desired fitness results with far less time and money invested than using the gym.