Do you guys like kettle bells? What are your favorite kettle bell exercises?
>>76807795No. Kettlebell exercises are meme. Okay for warm ups. But meh if you actually want to get strong.
>>76807795Clean and press
for me its turkish get ups
>>76807842but you can progressively overload kettlebells just like anything else. if you go from doing one arm kettlebell snatches with bitch weight to doing them with 100+ pounds isn't that strength progress?
>>76807795I keep a few around the house for some quick volume and a pump on my off days. I like them better than dumbbells for anything that isn't pressing desu
>>76807795KB clean and press added some volume to my side deltsI'm allergic to lateral raises so I never do them, and thus I like a fun substitute.KB snatch is great too.
>>76808310put weight in a bag and go for a 1hr walk.There, I saved you the humiliation of being a faggot stuck in a facility of other sweaty faggots
>>76808347that's not going to improve my explosive strength like a kettle bell snatch would
My favorite kettlebell exercise is picking it and then spinning around in a circle, then saying Im strong.
>>76808310kettlebells are insanely overpriced and trying to progressively overload them is expensive (dumbells have the same problem, but your gym is more likely to have what you need).
I dont waste time doing any exercise that isn't effectively progressively overloaded You will start making gains once you understand why
>>76807795kettlebells work for continuous circuits and ballistics with a light grip that lets the handle change positions without requiring you to move your wrist. There are some leverage changes with how the weight's distributed, but the main thing is that a dumbbell grip makes similar moves awkward or painful.the best kettlebell exercise is the snatch. With good form it feels like magic, like the bell's going up and settling gently in your hand on its own. It's also both a push and a pull exercise, healthy cardio (at low weights), has a built-in rest at the top position like in pushups, and a lot of fun to do. Moving to the arm-up "victory" position is inherently satisfying and you get it in snatches, presses, and Turkish getups.A "continuous circuit" is something like: clean, press 3x, squat, hand-to-hand swing to switch arms, repeat.Or: snatch into top position, perform a reverse TGU with a press at every pause until you're back on your feet, push out of the snatch, do some swings, repeat.>>76808347maybe it's suppressed memories of public school or some bad head pressure reaction but I hate rucking. It feels terrible while feeling like less exertion than a normal walk uphill. Rucking with 10lbs feels worse than a suitcase carry with 50lbs.>faggot stuck in a facilityyou can take a kettlebell anywhere, dude. That is another good point. Prolonged suitcase carry with a kettlebell is more comfortable because transitioning between holds and hands is much easier. You can also bike somewhere with the kettlebell hanging off the handlebars although can make you steer a bit drunkenly.
>>76807795Never used one, don't understand the point of them. You get continuously told not to rely on momentum in lifting, then I glance over to see people swinging them around like this. Is it some kind of cardio? Strength training? It just looks pointlessly dangerous to me. Might be something to it idk.
>>76808498>You get continuously told not to rely on momentum in liftingi guess that's why Olympic weightlifters are all unathletic and DYEL, right?
>>76808310I got strength gains and moved up kettlebell sizes while doing mainly kettlebells, but I started out very weak. You need different programming from the usual because most exercises you really don't want to take to muscular failure.>>76808498you're not supposed to use momentum to cheat on a movement that's supposed to be a grind.a kettlebell swing is a hip thrust into a vertical plank - an isometric core exercise while the kettlebell does its own thing, until you spring back for the next hip thrust. You are not cheating the lifting of the bell with momentum, instead it's bad form for you to be lifting the bell at all.
>>76808521That makes more sense, always thought it was some kind of shoulder exercise. It's still confusing to me, what's wrong with hip thrusts? Thanks for the explanation anyway :)
>>76807795hell yeah comrade
>>76808515olympic weightlifters are all roiders
>>76808586well here i was thinking it was impressive to lift 500+ pounds over your head but you're right, if they're on STEROIDS it means nothing. anyone could do that if they did steroids.
>>76807795first thing in morning I do 20-30 minutes with kettlebells completely naked
>>76808600nicecleaning your jerk
>>76808599We're talking about physique (not impressive if you roid), not technical ability (impressive regardless).But you knew that, you're just stirring shit.
>>76808679no actually i didn't know that because nobody specified that, that's why i specifically mentioned athleticism right off the bat here >>76808515
>>76808686fuck off and quit pretending to be retarded
>>76808687buddy i'm not "pretending"
Good for cardio and strength. I like them. Less optimal for hypertrophy but still work.Also good for a more minimalist approach to fitness
>>76807795They’re for girls. All the og exercises (ohp, deadlift, squats) are ten times better.
>>76808484Rucking isn't hard, it's just the weight you're using (long underwear to avoid chaffing, boots, socks).You can literally use a weighted vest if you don't want to use a bag, i do both.Imagine living your life enjoying the outdoors or walking to the mall while still getting a workout in. That's why it's the best exercise; cardio, core, muscles, no time wasted
>>76807795reddit equipment
>>76808802>>76809118TheseIt's a faggy CrossFit exercise for faggots and women. It has no practical application that loaded walking (ie rucking) can't already do.Hell even compound lifts accomplish more then dry humping some metal
>>76807795I can't figure out snatch. I've tried every tutorial on youtube. I keep trying. I can't do it. I can clean and press and jerk and gunslinger and swing but I can't snatch. I can't even half snatch. Why? It makes me feel retarded.
If there's a hot girl in the stretching area I use these to do squat stretches and get me into a deeper squat but im actually just trying to be closer to the girls because at this point even the psychic energy of being near an attractive woman brings me joy
>>76808344>I'm allergic to lateral raises so I never do them, and thus I like a fun substitute.Explain
>>76807795I have been playing around with them for the last week out of boredom. Not bad, not good. It reminds me of doing basic calisthenic but with a hand-weight.
>>76809116I'm using a vest. GORUCK's thing, after a cheaper vest also felt like shit. It doesn't chafe. I can still walk for hours with this thing, I just don't because of how bad it feels for how little exercise it is. Walking with the same weight in hand or on a shoulder is no problem at all.>>76809336there are different ways to do it. Watching every tutorial on youtube might have you going by incompatible cues. I went with StrongFirst's tutorial and practiced a bunch with a light weight. Hip thrust, shorten the swing to bend at the elbow so it accelerates up, do the rest with the arm. The better your form the less the arm is doing and the less you're banging on your wrist, but it should still feel like a snatch that you can improve on. Part of the SF tutorial is some useful offhand movements: https://www.strongfirst.com/lions-roar-kettlebell-snatch/
Best Kbell Lifts for anyone>TGU/TGD>Clean and Press>Hand-2-Hand Swing>Snatch>Clean to squatMy Favorite 'Lift' is a 'Monsterlift' I made, call it the 'Snatch Monster">Tactical Snatches 4/4 x 1into>Tactical Cleans 4/4 x 1into>Hand-2-Hand Swings 4/4 x 1'set 1' of 4 sets2nd Favorite>Double Thruster x 3into>Seesaw Press 2/2 x 1'set 1' of 4 sets
The only people doing kettlebell workouts should be Russian grain measurers in the 17th century
