Kettle Bell Torture!!!

[DJ Girevik]

Does anyone else here work out with kettlebells? I just started today, and I'm already in very good shape and have a ton of endurance, but kettlebells kicked my ass today. 45 or so minutes of kettlebelling made me almost as sore as 1 hour of weightlifting and 1 hour of the obstacle course (which involves various different movements, and has bear crawls, crabwalks, pushups, situps, jump-squats and wall climbs thrown in for added torture). The only two workouts I did were 5 sets of 1 1/2 pood(or about 54 pounds) KB swings (10 with both hands, 5 with left, 5 with right) and push+rows (take two 1 1/2 pood KBs, do a pushup on them, then balance yourself on one one KB and raise the other up to your chest, then do the same with the other side), then do 2 of each, 3 of each, etc. I got to 7 each, but with breaks in between.

For those who don't know what a KB looks like, it resembles a cannonball with a handle. The weights are 18, 36, 54 and 72 pounds per kettlebell, with each 18 pounds being 1/2 pood (pronounced "pod"). If you don't have KBs or know a gym that does, use dumbbells and do the same workouts, but they're not as unwieldy as kettlebells, so you get only about 80% of the workout.

[This message has been edited by Rusty Metal Up Yours (edited 12-03-2002).]

 

[Eltosian]

Originally posted by Rusty Metal Up Yours:
Does anyone else here work out with kettlebells? I just started today, and I'm already in very good shape and have a ton of endurance, but kettlebells kicked my ass today. 45 or so minutes of kettlebelling made me almost as sore as 1 hour of weightlifting and 1 hour of the obstacle course (which involves various different movements, and has bear crawls, crabwalks, pushups, situps, jump-squats and wall climbs thrown in for added torture). The only two workouts I did were 5 sets of 1 1/2 pood(or about 54 pounds) KB swings (10 with both hands, 5 with left, 5 with right) and push+rows (take two 1 1/2 pood KBs, do a pushup on them, then balance yourself on one one KB and raise the other up to your chest, then do the same with the other side), then do 2 of each, 3 of each, etc. I got to 7 each, but with breaks in between.

Yeah. I have all the standard kettlebells sizes. (1, 1.5 and 2 Pood.)

Right now, I work solely with kettlebells. I am planning to do high-rep snatches and clean and jerks twice a week for anaerobic/strength-endurance, GPP and the cardiovascular benefits. Two other days I plan to work lower-rep, more strength oriented. I shall also do sprinting once a week to keep up my speed for football next year.

I'm sure you know, but your coach likes to have his Oly lifters do kettlebells 2x a week and and the Oly lifts 3x a week.

BTW, which sizes do you have?

[This message has been edited by Eltosian (edited 12-03-2002).]

 

[Tryin to Grow a Chin]

Where can I obtain these things?

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"Chivalry isn't dead; it just smells AFC." - Tryin to Grow a Chin

 

[Eltosian]

Originally posted by Tryin to Grow a Chin:
Where can I obtain these things?

Dragondoor.com

You might want to get The Russian Kettlebell Challenge book first, and try the moves with dumbells before buying kettlebells.

 

[DJ Girevik]

Do you go to DDoor's boards too? Yeah, Coach Burgener has Oly Lifters, PM Kettle Bell Torture!!" written on the whiteboard in the weight room at my school.

 

[Eltosian]

Originally posted by Rusty Metal Up Yours:
Do you go to DDoor's boards too?

I read them quite often, but I don't post. Actually, I did post a couple times, but I don't like the fact that my IP address is posted for everyone to see, so I stopped posting.

And you are RustyMetal @ Dragondoor, I presume.

 

[DJ Girevik]

I'm Metalhead there. I have less than 10 posts there.

 

[Eltosian]

Originally posted by Rusty Metal Up Yours:
I'm Metalhead there. I have less than 10 posts there.

That's what I meant (not Rustymetal)! Saw some of your posts there.