Michael
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Post by Michael on Oct 14, 2017 21:16:08 GMT
I'm trying to get away from KBs, although I do think the Get Up is one of the best exercises You can do. Gots to get up to get down. Know wha' I'm sayin'? , I know what You're saying Bruce. The Get Up works every muscle in Your body. I'm not saying it's magic but it makes You breath a differant way and Your stomach gets hard as a rock when You do a steady diet of them.
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Post by fatjake on Oct 14, 2017 22:11:18 GMT
I think Turkish getups are a pretty good exercise, but they are not unique to kettlebells. In fact, many people have problems with wrist pain using kettlebells for that exercise, no matter how they grip them, the bell can press painfully on the wrist/lower arm, better off with a dumbbell.
Of course, kettlebell enthusiasts will say that the kettlebell is offset so requires you to work harder with the shoulder to stabilise the weight etc etc, but unless you are doing them to get good at balancing an awkward weight above your head, who cares?
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Oct 14, 2017 22:19:54 GMT
In the Dragon's Door DVD The Kettlebell Boomer, Andrea DuCane advises learning the TGU by balancing something like an athletic shoe on top of your fist.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 14, 2017 22:28:41 GMT
I don't do TGUs, but I've seen guys do them w/ sandbags which seems like a good way to me. If you drop a sandbag on yourself, less damage?
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Post by trog on Oct 14, 2017 22:54:43 GMT
i like one exercise with KBs, and that is hammer curls, which sometimes I extend to overhead press. The curl part is no different to doing it with dumb bells, but once the KB is upside down (so it is above your hand), you really have to work the wrist so that it doesn't wobble or worse, fall sideways and hit yoru arm. I've found this to be an especially good wrist exercise. I do it as a 4 point movement - curl, pause, press, pause, lower, pause, return to start.
I'll also do side bends with a KB, if all of the 25kg plates are in use. Press ups on them isn't bad either, although if the KB falls over, it crushes your hand and hurts.
I've tried swings, but I don't like ballistic exercises with anything other than bodyweight, and besides, my knees objected.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 14, 2017 22:59:19 GMT
Safety first, IMO.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 15, 2017 0:25:19 GMT
If I was going to a gym to use KBs, I'd pick the heaviest one (assuming it's 120# or less), squat to pick it up w/ both hands from between my feet and hold it - move it around a little - partial squats - a little up and down - slight swing driven by hips & legs only and when done (indicated by slight ache coming on or running out of breath), lower it back to the floor. I don't need a lot of movement to wear myself out quickly w/ my 110# Health lift and the diameter of the garden tractor wheel weights require that my stance be sumo-like. I also have filled empty kitty litter jugs w/ rocks/gravel/sand to weigh about 30# each. I do loaded carries with them, sissy or other squats and sometimes swing them, either between my legs using one w/ alternating catch or both and swinging both by my sides. I call them "Kitty Bells" - "KB", get it? I never try to add any movement to swings by using upper body muscles. I just hang on, let them swing at the end of my arms like a pendulum and drive the motion entirely w/ my hips and legs. If I swing the 110# HL, it takes several swings before it is moving much and the full arc is probably only 15 degrees or so. It also doesn't stop quickly so I must plan a few swings ahead when I've had enough. These are the only kettle bell type exercises I do and the only ones I mention to others due to the ease of learning it. Unless a person would let go and drop one on their foot or smash into their leg, not much chance of injury. Without even giving it any care, I've never once hit my legs w/ the HL - possibly due to the stance required by its girth and, even though my legs are straighter when the HL is at full outward swing, by the time it comes back through my legs, my knees are bent and it passes between them, no problem.
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Post by keith on Oct 15, 2017 8:51:38 GMT
Cheers guys, great replies.
Bruce, I will get talking to a few people in the gym and see what they say about the kettlebells.
Keith.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 11:25:42 GMT
I stopped using my kettlebell owing to the bad shoulder pains I was getting.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 16, 2017 11:40:48 GMT
I stopped using my kettlebell owing to the bad shoulder pains I was getting. What were you doing with it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 12:40:29 GMT
I stopped using my kettlebell owing to the bad shoulder pains I was getting. What were you doing with it? I think it was what they call the snatch. My brother had the same problem and had also quit using his.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 16, 2017 18:46:54 GMT
What were you doing with it? I think it was what they call the snatch. My brother had the same problem and had also quit using his. I think that's one of the ballistic moves TR was referring to. That's why I returned the one had 'rented' from WM. I kept beating myself up every time I tried it, so, figuring it required some special pro training to do the stunt properly, I returned the damned thing. I can do the same thing w/ a DB if I want, but I don't do my alternating arm C&P ballistically. I do them slow - about 5 seconds up and 5 sec down, +/-.
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Post by gruntbrain on Oct 16, 2017 20:13:10 GMT
Forget the kettlebell, use a Reslo inspired caber-bell
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