Kettle Bell exercise

[SpecialK 22]

Hi there. I got a 15 lb kettle bell for Christmas and a set of 10 lb dumbbells to help increase my goal weight amount for some exercise in 2010. I have 2lb dumbbells, 5 lb dumbbells and 8 lb dumbbells and I had bought a good book on how to use hand weights for home exercising.

The kettle bell came with a DVD with only 5 or so moves and it looks pretty intense. Anyone out there using a kettle bell and have a good web site reference of exercises starting out easy to building up to medium intensity. Thanks

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[kennethsch 0]

I don't have any kettle bells yet, so take my reply with a large grain of salt. :thumbup:

I want to get some, and have looked into some beginning/basics that would work for me. Use, modify, or ignore at will.

For me, I need to start with some very, very basic stuff.

Sit in the chair and press it over your head.

Lay on the ground, and push it up in a press.

Stand, with legs apart, weight in front at arms length, and bend knees, back as straight as possible, going into a squat. Depending on your knee and leg strength, it may only be a 2-5 inch squat, not the full chair squat.

Hold the ball in front of your chest, close to your body, and rotate left and right.

Repeat for weeks, as you build strength, add reps, then add new moves. Take the moves on the dvd that you said were intense, and modify them down to an easier move...

Don't hurt yourself by doing too much at first!

Let me know how it goes, and if you enjoy them. I am looking forward to adding this into my routine.

[tracymom 0]

I got in great shape working out with a trainer who used kettlebells exclusively. There are alot of videos on youtube showing different moves and workouts, they are very informative and will show you proper form and intensity. Just make sure you start out slow, if you do too much too fast, there is a good possibility you could injure yourself.

Good luck!

T

[Dana36 0]

I agree with the previous poster, check out youtube, there are a ton of kettlebell exercise routines on there! But do start out slow, 10 minutes with a kettlebell will feel like an hour of other exercise.