05-16-16, 01:15 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlantic Canada
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Your starting weight will vary based on your individual strength, obviously, but to give you some idea... I'm naturally fairly strong, but not an advanced exerciser by any means. I started doing traditional style kettlebell training with a ten pound kettlebell and it was WAY too light. I then got a twenty pound bell, and it was great for me. I could deal with a 30 pound bell for some exercises fairly quickly, but that was too heavy for me to use right away for most exercises. I think Pavel Tsatsouline usually recommends 18 pounds to start for women so, depending on what kettlebell weights you have access to, something like 18-20 pounds is probably a good start. I tried a 15 pound kettlebell in the store, and that was too light for me, but if you are small and aren't able to lift very heavy at all, that might work for you to start. I think 10 pounds is too light to start traditional kettlebell training for almost any adult. You just can't get the form of the swing right without some weight behind it. I've been doing kettlebells for a few years, and am still just using a pair of 20s and a 30 - this includes for AOS and Lauren Brooks workouts. Sometimes I wish I had a heavier bell for heavy exercises like swings and deadlifts, but those bells have been treating me fairly well otherwise.
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05-16-16, 01:30 PM | ||
Join Date: Jan 2010
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I think with the more traditional dvds I might could handle 18 lbs to start with. Thanks for your advice. |
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05-16-16, 05:24 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlantic Canada
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I was definitely talking in terms of more traditional kettlebell workouts done at a controlled speed. Those "cardio" style workouts are the only thing I've used my ten pounder for (and turkish get-ups, because I find those mega hard). That said, I really don't like those non-traditional kettlebell workouts. I find them really hard on the body. I sustained my only long-term fitness injury doing one, whereas absolutely no problems from heavy style stuff. For me, anyway, those high rep light weight kettlebell workouts have a lot of wear and tear, and also I feel like they're pretty untested and experimental. But that's just my opinion. Other people do them with no problem.
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05-16-16, 05:46 PM | |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: South Florida
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Lauren Brooks has a DVD called The Kettlebell Body that is excellent. There are 3 workouts on the DVD and it is strength based, so it moves much slower than metabolic-type kettlebell workouts.
Mark de Grasse has a DVD called Fitness is Function. He doesn't sell it on his website, but you can get it at Onnit.com for $5 for the download. https://www.onnit.com/fitness-is-fun...l-dvd/?pid=778 There is also the Primal workout that Mark did with John Wolf that's available for under $10. https://www.onnit.com/primal-bell-wo...gram/?pid=2133 Mark has his Megamad DVD for sale for $19 on his website. I have it, but haven't used it. I've previewed all of the workout and they move at a controlled pace. http://markdegrasse.com/shop/megamad...s-workout-dvd/
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05-16-16, 06:42 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Thanks for the links, Linda.
I have the Megamad Essentials disc and even have breakdowns if anyone is interested. I have done one of the workouts, the Kettlebell sandbag one. I am not that happy with it. Sandy, I don't have it yet, but Providence seems to be the favorite of the Art of Strength DVDs around here for people. |
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