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#6590409 - 09/16/12 06:10 PM Kettlebells
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I had cancelled my gym membership a while back because I never had a chance to go, with school and work. The prices have gone up when I looked into it again, so I was going to order some kettlebells to use at home.

What size should I get? Would a 35lb be too much for hamstring and upper body exercises, or will I get used to it too quickly? Should I order a 35 and 45? 2 of each?

Looking at quick and easy gear I can keep at home to at least simulate gym exercises.
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#6590433 - 09/16/12 06:17 PM Re: Kettlebells [Re: Back 5]
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Prolly 1 pood and a 1.5 pood would be the best to start out with. You can do swings, snatches, situps, goblet squats, Turkish getups, with ease.
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#6590475 - 09/16/12 06:28 PM Re: Kettlebells [Re: toothy]
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Baxter, you know I don't speak Spanish.
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#6590745 - 09/16/12 09:04 PM Re: Kettlebells [Re: Back 5]
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I don't know why everyone is trying to be all bad ass and call them poods, we use a varied bunch of them in my gym dude.

typical for dudes is 24kg and this is something I consider heavy for high volume workouts. I dread kettle bell workouts, I think for a beginner 16kg is a perfect size, especially if you get 2. then you can do things like man makers and plyo push ups and rows with them without too much stress. I know there are some sizes in between but it's best to just ramp up to 16/24/32 from my personal experience with them. 32 is a bastard but it's great for russian swings which don't go up all of the way, just eye level. I think it will help greatly for your hamstring to do russians rather than american swings.
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#6590768 - 09/16/12 09:20 PM Re: Kettlebells [Re: 137]
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The plan is to do a lot of good mornings, straight leg deads (single leg), lunges etc. Once I get the kettlebells in, I'll see how they feel and learn to do some swings.

I decided to get 1 35lb and 1 45lb.
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#6590789 - 09/16/12 09:31 PM Re: Kettlebells [Re: 137]
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 Originally Posted By: 137
I don't know why everyone is trying to be all bad ass and call them poods, we use a varied bunch of them in my gym dude.


I dunno, thats what all the kettlebells I've ever used were measured in.
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