05-23-14, 04:30 AM | |
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Shanghai, China
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I was exactly in your shoes 6 months ago and got lots of good advice here. If you do a tag search for 'kettlebells for beginners' you'll get a lot of good threads.
If you can, I would advise starting with a live instructor. Videos are great but they can't see what you're doing and correct your form. Any type of exercise has risks, but because of the weights involved and the ballistic swing of kettlebells, you could damage yourself if you're not doing it right. I had 3 1-hour sessions with a coach and that got me started. And that way you don't need to buy a set of kettlebells before finding out if you're going to like it. As for videos, I bought a whole bunch and found the best by far to get me started was MB45 Essentials. For only $15 you get 2 DVDs, one of which has a really complete tutorial of every single move they use, and 2 15-min beginner workouts. The other has 3 half-hour KB workouts that will definitely allow you to work up a sweat but don't involve any fancy KB moves. |
05-23-14, 01:03 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Arlington, VA
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Sue -- Thanks. I've looked at Lauren B's workouts at Mary's, so I will try one those. I might actually have to get heavier bells for hers, based on what I've previewed.
You are right about Brook Benton. I got one of her DVDs and in the first 30 seconds of the Total Body section, she made a comment about being careful not to hit your knee w/the bell or it would ruin your day (it was some lateral lunge swing move, right out of the gate). I didn't have fun doing the LB portion of that workout and stopped completely when she made that comment in the total body segment. Plus the moves just didn't feel safe. I'm going to either put that one on my trade list or offer it gratis SASE. I enjoyed Amy's but I usually follow the modifier on both her and Paul's workouts. Love the core bonus segments she and Paul include. Those alone are worth the purchase for me. I have to admit that I enjoy watching Toby Massengill in the Katami workouts. haha! Windmills are my new favorite move. |
05-23-14, 01:20 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlantic Canada
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Skogg and AOS Clinic are great places to start for learning form. I also really like Tracy Reifkind's Swing Book for teaching the swing in a progressive way - it's actually a great place to start for someone new to kettlebells - one super effective move that really teaches the most basic fundamentals of kettlebell training.
I'm another who will warn against Brook Benton. Everyone is different, and some people love her, but I've used kettlebell DVDs by Michael Skogg, Anthony Deluglio, Lauren Brooks, Sarah Lurie, Pavel Tsatsouline, Andrea duCane, MBody and Angie Miller with zero problems whatsoever. I did part of one workout by Brook Benton and ended up with a serious, painful, long-term shoulder injury that has never completely healed. Too fast, too light, and not mindful of form or biomechanics in my opinion. I really would caution against hers. |
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