Best Kettlebell Workouts - The Ultimate Body Sculpt and Conditioning with Kettlebells DVD with Lauren Brooks

July 15th, 2010
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Ready to strengthen and sculpt your entire body? It's time to learn how to use kettlebells and to incorporate them in to your lifestyle. Lauren Brooks shows you how kettlebells and bodyweight exercises can get you the body and conditioning you have been striving for. This program is beneficial to women and men of all ages and athletic backgrounds. [Read More]

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Kettlebells buyer’s guide

September 9th, 2008

Are you planning to get your new kettlebell?  The first consideration is to determine its durability, value and safety. How will the piece be able to stand all the stress given by the training? How much forearm bruising percentage can you expect when you use such particular kind of kettlebell? How much does it cost—these questions should be answered first before anything else.

Actually, when it comes to the kind of kettlebell, it is highly difficult to say which one will work well for an individual since there is no exact science about this. Everything will just revolve around one’s experience and ability to make a lift.

As a rule of thumb, any beginner should begin using a 16 kg bell while those people who had already been training for quite long should opt for 24 kg bell. Actually, the 24 kg is known as the standard weight for any Russian military units. This does not simply connote that everyone can carry on such weight but almost all of them will be able to do so the moment when they get discharged.

There are even people who could train using 32 kg kettle bell; this is enormously heavy although there are men who would take this weight easily. If you are among those who can carry a 32 kg bell easily then you’re probably a strong person.

That said, it is up to you to decide which weight will match your strength but it is important to remember not to force yourself to carry something which is beyond your ability because it will only lead to a possible pulls and strains. When it comes to the brand of the kettlebell, you can shop around for ideas and information online.

If you have an Academy in your area, you can buy a set there.  That’s where I got my 25 pound kettlebell for about $55.  You save on shipping and handling.  If you must buy a kettlebell online, you can shop at DragonDoor.com or check out ebay:

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could i be over training?

August 25th, 2010

im a heavyweight amature boxer, im 20 years old, i have a fight in may, my weekly routine is

MON Morning:
warm up/strech, 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
(this is circut one, there is no rest between sets)
kettlebell snatch 25 each arm 36 pound KB
25 pushups
kettlebell swings 50
Tricept extensions 50
situps 25
squats 50
mountain climbers 50
external shoulder rotations 25 each arm
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

Mon Evening
3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring
3 rounds box jumps

Tue Morning
warm up/strech 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
deadlifts 8 sets of 5
cleans 8 sets of 5
squats 8 sets of 5
bench 8 sets of 5
preacher curls 8 sets of 5
BB Rows 8 sets of 5
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

tue night
3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds box jumps

wed morning

warm up/ stretch
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
Circut 2
50 lat pulls
50 medball slams
25 box jumps
50 arnold presses( 20 pound dumbells)
50 stepups (25 each leg)
25 burpees
50 swiss ball crunches
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

wed night

3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring

thu morning
warm up/strech 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
deadlifts 8 sets of 5
cleans 8 sets of 5
squats 8 sets of 5
bench 8 sets of 5
preacher curls 8 sets of 5
BB Rows 8 sets of 5
300 crunches
100 standing side crunches
50 leg hangs

thu night
3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring
3 rounds box jumps

friday morning
warm up/strech, 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
kettlebell snatch 25 each arm 36 pound KB
25 pushups
kettlebell swings 50
Tricept extensions 50
situps 25
squats 50
mountain climbers 50
external shoulder rotations 25 each arm
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

friday night

3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring
3 rounds box jumps

i take sat and sun off to recover

Wow! that’s a load of practice. I couldn’t even read all. Continue that and may you have a bright future ahead.

Im unsure of how to act upon this situation?

August 14th, 2010

today, i was walking along the street and my neighbor was walking on the other side of the road and he was staring at me, so i couldnt help but to stare back.. he asked me ‘what the **** are you looking at?’, not knowing what to say i just said ‘what?’ he then goes ‘you ****ing heared me’ i then asked ‘what the hell are you talking about?’ then he goes ‘ill come over there and give you a fucking slap if your not carefull, you ****ing scum’…… i just walked on in absolute anger. now, this man is about 35 years of age, from what i have found he’s a heavy smoker, and he’s real skinny and runty. im 15 and have been doing kettlebell training (which is cardiovascular fitness training) for 2 years and also i have been mountain biking for years. i am fit, but i have never been in a fight in my life, im confident that i can meet this mans level of stregnth and im certain that i would beable to fight for longer.. im unsure weather to go back and let him ‘give me a slap’ .. and then just try to box him ? what do you suggest i do? i cannot let this go… and i know its going to bug me for weeks.

Call the police and file a report, they should interview him and they’ll have a written record of this first threat on you, a minor. A grown man should know better, and should be incarcerated for this, but he won’t be. You’re an athlete so you can out run him if there is a next time… in today’s society, wisdom means having the sense to do what’s best for you; you don’t want to fight an older man, he may have a concealed weapon to harm you with. Police departments take terrorists threats seriously, so report the bully!