Thanks for the feedback!

It’s interesting because while kettlebells aren’t mainstream yet – most people I talk to still don’t even know what they are – there’s a small group of people who are really passionate about them. It’s like once you get turned on to kb’s you’re hooked …

You make some great points – hope to see you around here again soon

Forest

I spent a year at the local boxing gym before the prospect of Kettlebells registered. Among all the boxers — the bells sat there in the corner only taken up occasionally. But it just over a year and a half ago that I discovered that there was indeed method to be had in droves with the bells. So I took them seriously. It also helps to have a boxing training mindset as you tend not to be obsessed with equipment and the boring business of robotically working muscle groups circuiting from hardware to device.

I’m still in ‘Basics’ mode.

KBs tick a lot of boxes for me. I can do a semblance of a workout even when I’m ill by using lighter weights or rolling back the drills (so I cahse the endorphins for pain relief). I even keep a light bell next to me while I’m working on the computer as I reckon a could of swings or holding a weight above your head is a great way to combat desk posture issues.

Bells also can be an aerobic exercise at light weights with high rep numbers . They are also like a martial art — from my experience with high level Tai Chi — because the focus on technique is so important and respected. Just as in Tai Chi the first move is all about locating your centre of gravity , KBs from the time you lift the weight off the floor is all about locating yourself relative to the bell’s gravitational forces.

I also have one tip: you wanna learn KB lifting — aside from using Pavel et al — watch a woman lift. They are so good at KB drills and when you watch a major lifter like Catherine Imes you cannot but marvel at the technique. With men so often brawn intervenes to work the lifting and it is much harder to recognise the method. Womens’ lifts are cleaner and have straighter lines.

And finally, at soem stage you have to use another person to correct and improve your technique.