SKILLS TEST and CLASS PREREQUISITES
STEP ONE: Your first class at Kettlebility is our Groove Your Swing Class.
- After your first Groove Your Swing class, you are eligible to sign up for the following group classes**:
- Strengthy
- GFM/Simple & Sinister
- Kettlebell Bootcamp
- Kettlebell Athletics
- Strength Endurance
- Indian Clubs/Q&D
- Open Gym Class (this is where you can work on your swing and other skills with an instructor!)
- **Note: please attend the above classes, but until you have passed the Groove Your Swing Skills Test, you will need to wait to swing a kettlebell.
- To learn more about our classes go HERE
STEP TWO: Pass the Groove Your Swing Skills Test!
- When you’re ready, send us an email and we’ll schedule your Skills Test
- Kettlebell Deadlift: 5 reps
- Halo: 10 reps on each side
- Hard-style Plank: 30 seconds
- Goblet Squat: 5 reps
- Two-hand Kettlebell Swing: 5 sets of 10 reps
Once you’ve passed your GROOVE YOUR SWING SKILL TEST you are ready to attend the following classes:
- 3E/6E Kettlebell Class (3-Elements & 6-Elements Combo Class)
- Barbell Class
- AND, you can now swing your kettlebell in all of our class offerings, congratulations!
STEP THREE: Pass the 3-Elements Skills Test. Once you own the skills we work on in our 3-Elements classes, get ready to test! This enables you to move into our 6-Elements Class where we work on the more advanced kettlebell lifts and skills.
- Two-hand Swing: 5 minutes
- Bird Dog: 50 reps on each side
- Front Squat: 5 reps on each side
- Push-up: 5 reps
- One-hand Swing: 10 reps on each side
- Turkish Get-up: one rep on each side
Now you have the prerequisite to join our 6-Elements Kettlebell Class!
STEP FOUR: Pass the 6-Elements Skills Test. The final level of classes is our Elite class. Jump into our 6E and 3E/6E classes and work on the skills needed to pass the 6-Elements Skills Test so you can join our Elite class. Train with Kettlebility instructors, do what they do, and learn how they train themselves with foundational and advanced protocols and skills.
- One-hand Swing: 10 reps on each side
- Turkish Get-up: one rep on each side
- Double Kettlebell Clean: 5 reps
- Kettlebell Press: 5 reps on each side
- Double Front Squat: 5 reps
- Kettlebell Snatch: 5 reps on each side
- Snatch: 100 reps in 10min (5 reps on the right and 5 on the left EMOM)
Set a time to TEST…! When you are ready to test, please contact us and reserve a spot to test by clicking on the SKILLS TESTING link here.
Skills testing is scheduled by appointment, unless otherwise arranged with an instructor. We are very happy to help you prepare for any of our skills test, just let us know you’re ready and we’ll get you going!
