I had the pleasure recently to meet with one of the busiest guys in the online fitness world, Chris “FitandBusyDad” Lopez for questions and answers regarding kettlebell workouts, specifically for fat loss.

For those of us who complain about not having enough time in the day to squeeze a workout in, prepare for a whole lot of shame, guilt, and inspiration.

I first met Chris during a boot camp training session this summer just outside of Toronto. Besides impressing the hell out of me with his tenacity and intensity, he was an even nicer guy who was quick to encourage and support others during the session.

Not only does he run his own personal training business and a successful blog full of videos and sample workouts, he is also a devoted husband and father to 4 (soon to be 5) beautiful children… all daughters! (I sent him an NRA application last week.)

Without re-copying his entire daddy bio from his blog, he does all the stuff a great dad should do (and more) while staying in great shape throughout the year. Hell, he’s even been voted by iParents.com as ”dad of the month” for June this year.

So here’s what he had to say about kettlebells and fat loss after one of our training sessions:

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I can’t think of two sports that require high levels of strength more than Football and…. Gymnastics. Sorry, were you expecting me to say Baseball, Hockey or some other main stream sport instead?

If you’ve ever seen a gymnastic event like the rings, you’ll see competitor after competitor subject himself to moves like the Iron Cross (see pic below) or the Lever and think he won’t be able to dress himself the next day without copious amounts of A535, then you know what I’m talking about.

Strength is the key in both sports but you probably couldn’t find two activities that go about achieving it in more different ways.

Football players spend their winters in the gym throwing around massive amounts of iron. Thousands of reps later and callous sweaty hands generally gets the job done for them.

What about Gymnasts?

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