Kettlebell training

[Steve Bullman]

Altered it for you Steve, you forgot Sunday mate

 

oooops, cheers

[Dean Lofthouse]

I particularly like the girly pink one.....and it's nice and light

[Steve Bullman]

yours look different to mine for some reason.

[Dean Lofthouse]

They were a bit different to what I was expecting but I'm quite happy with them, they seem to be really good quality

[Steve Bullman]

the handles are deeper on mine, and also, yours seem to be a more uniform size?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Mine are the competition bells which are all same size whichever weight

 

Where is your pink one...?

[Steve Bullman]

looking at the website, i cant really see what reason there is for them being different

[Steve Bullman]

ok ignore my last comment, have found the relevant info now

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

Martyn....you seem to be pretty experienced with kettlebells, weights etc.

 

i'm unsure how often I should be training with the kettlebells beings as i do free weights also. Should i tap them on to the end of a free weight session or put them in on another day or would that be just too much?

 

My current schedule is as follows

 

Monday - Chest and biceps

Wednesday - back

Friday - Shoulders and triceps

Saturday - legs

 

Steve. isolation muscles in exercises is not recommended unless you are after bodybuilder look. ( nothing wrong with that ). any exercises done with kettlebells you use the whole body...like heavy squating..you keep everything tight and contracted. when you press with bells your glutes, core, lats, grip and internal organs get stronger.

 

when you train focus on form and quality. I always say to beginners - imagine if you are going to press the kettlebell once with each arm and thats your workout for today - you would put 100% quality into pressing that bell once right? ..though you will either do 5 x5 reps or ladder training.

 

don't treat kettlebells like a workout or you will never get gains, try to look at every exercises as a skill. practice good form without burning out.

 

Train for no longer than 1 hr, don't do more than 4 compound exercises, dynamic strech before doing training, don't overtax Central nervous system.

 

example workout -

 

beginners- goblet squat 5 x 5, swings, 3 x 1min, 1 arm press - 5 x 5, turkish getups - 3 reps left and right.

 

Intermediate - double front squat - 5 x 5, swings - 5 x 1min , 2 arm press - 5 x 5 , tgu - 6 reps left ands right.

 

there are many exercises to do with them so stick with basics for couple months.

 

hey i also reccomend olympic gymnastic rings for pushups, dips, and pullups..thegreat thing is you hang them from trees.

 

youtube - steve cotter, mike mahler, Rkc, ikff.

[Stephen Blair]

Steve I went to the gym today and did a work out, I have only been going over the last month to do incline chest and reverse chins behind my back as I am trying to pull my shoulders back as I slouch them forward and have been doing kettles 3 times a week instead of 3-4 weekly gym sessions.

I did a non stop session with no rest between excercises and suersetted and I blitzed it.

My alround strength and fitness is so much better, I really hammered it out and did twice the amount in half the time and left feeling great.

I am going to rest tomorrow and try the 12 kg for my class on Sunday

The kettles have been hell at first but seriously addictive and I am finding work so much easier.