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Russian Kettlebells are a very old form of exercise, dating back hundreds of years. More recently, Kettlebells were used by classic strongmen in the United States until about the 1920s, when the country turned ‘ball-oriented.’ When Americans started to turn to baseballs and basketballs, the bells were put away and have been gathering dust ever since. But Kettlebells are coming back. Just ask Bonnie LeFrak and her husband Douglas Nix, who are opening The Next Big Thing in Worcester: a Punch Worcester Kettlebell gym.
Bonnie Lefrak knows strong. Photos from her bodybuilding days ~ posing with fitness gurus like Jay Cutler and Nancy Andrews ~ hang on the wall of the modest Punch Worcester Gym on Grove Street that she co-owns with her police officer husband Douglas Nix, who, in addition to being an accomplished boxer, is also a huge fan of the Kettlebell fitness method, crediting it with keeping him in top form for the considerable rigors of his job. Oh yeah, and there’s that trophy that measures up to her tiny, muscular waist.