Jello,
Anyone out there have any kettlebell training experience they’d like to share?
There’s an instructor here in Ottawa and I’m going to go through a training session with him this Sat. so I can post the outcome of it and what I think but just curious if anyone has anything they’d like to share.
J
Jello,
Jello?..
I know about girls fighting in Jello!..
Man,
Montreal has everything
J
seriously!
I don’t know much about these things but they seem to be effective for strengh training. You have nothing to lose by giving it a try.
Strengh is always a nice thing to have,even if good Wing Chun doesn’t really it. (IMO) There are circumstances where just being strong is a good asset.
Ya that’s what I’ve heard. They’re expensive, but from what I gather, you use them for full body workouts so when you think of it, having only a few KB’s will probably be all you really need.
I’m interested in checking it out.
J
Andre S. on this list knows a lot about kettlebell usage.
Thanks,
Hopefully he’ll see this thread and want to post something.
J
Kenwingjutsu trains with him and might say something.
Ernie possibly too- since he has worked out with both.
Re: Kettlebell Training
Originally posted by Jeff Bussey
There’s an instructor here in Ottawa and I’m going to go through a training session with him this Sat.
Jeff,
Would you mind giving details? Who and where, etc.
Thanks,
Some of the training forum guys use them and are happy with them. Bear in mind that for the same price you can probably get a heavy Olympic setup. A bit more and you’ll get a nice power rack too.
Matrix
Hey Bill,
Ya, the instructor in Ottawa is Ed Hum and bellow has his contact info:
http://www.superherostrength.com/pages/1/page1.htm?refresh=1091910450277
Actually Rene Ritchie gave me contact info for a guy in Montreal named Shawn Mozen, here’s his site:
http://www.agatsu.com/Pictures/default.asp?iChannel=3&nChannel=Pictures
Basically for 20lbs - $130, 35lbs - $140 and so on. At least there’s no shipping and handling charges.
I think Ed teaches Birkham yoga at the Rama Lotus Centre here as well.
As for meeting him, he seems flexible for locations.
I can’t wait to check it out
J
Toby
Some of the training forum guys use them and are happy with them
Thanks for the info, I’ll check it out.
Bear in mind that for the same price you can probably get a heavy Olympic setup. A bit more and you’ll get a nice power rack too.
Ya, one of the things that I really like about these guys is that they take up no space at all.
J
Two guys in particular spring to mind - fa_jing and Ford Prefect. fa_jing visits occasionally these days. Ford is inactive but you could send him a PM (tell him I sent you). He was the most informed member of the training forum on pretty much everything. What he doesn’t know isn’t worth knowing.
You could also search the training forum. Kettlebells get mentioned every month or so.
Jeff,
Very cool. Thanks for the info.
I’d appreciate it if you would send me your impressions on your Saturday session.
You can send me a Private Message through the link in my profile, if you’d rather not post publicly.
Thanks
Toby
I’ll search the forum for sure.
Thanks for the info
J
Matrix
Hey Bill,
For sure I’ll let you know what I thought, I was thinking of posting my impressions in this thread.
I can only afford one KB right now so that may limit the exercises but I think there’s still a ton you can do with one.
I’ll definitely let you know
J
You may also like to check out http://www.dragondoor.com and maybe buy Pavel’s book on KB training. Ignore all his marketing bullshit though. I don’t have that book, but I’ve got a few of his others. They’re expensive and most of the information is available online, but they’re IMHO worth it. Also, the dragondoor forums will be full of guys who lift KBs.
Save up for 2 KBs. That way you can do snatches and clean and jerks. Those are the two exercises I’d be most interested in with KBs.
Kettlebells-
I’ve posted a couple of writeups here. Search under my name and you should be able to find them.
They’re useful and make an excellent workout. Between kettlebells and bodyweight exercises you can come up with an excellent training approach, possibly the only one you’ll ever need.
I did exclusively kettlebell work for about nine months, and have used them for fight cardio training.
You’ll get a good grip from the thick handles.
Slow lifts (grinds) listed in a number of places- the best being Pavel’s book and videos, IME- are excellent for stabilizer strength.
The fixed weights force you to change your lift type and number to milk the weight. Single arm military press too easy at 36lbs- go try a Sots press (squat ATH and press the bell out overhead). Windmills easy? Try a bent press.
The ballistic lifts are excellent for developing striking and throwing power, as well as general speed-strength-endurance, and fat loss.
A lot of the k-bell stuff can be done with dumbells, but the k-bells don’t trash out your wrists (by spinning) or gash up your body too badly.
Later,
Andrew
Hey AndrewS,
I’ll have a better idea of what these excercises are like on Sat but your input is much appreciated. For some reason the look of them makes me wanna train. Weird?
I’ll definitely do a search on your name.
Between kettlebells and bodyweight exercises you can come up with an excellent training approach,
That’s so funny that you say that, cause that was exactly my plan. I use to do a lot of body weight training and I can’t wait to get back into it.
My wife and I are buying our first home so I’m going to claim a section of the basement right off the bat for my training.
WHOO AHH!
Thanks again,
J
Hey Toby,
Save up for 2 KBs. That way you can do snatches and clean and jerks. Those are the two exercises I’d be most interested in with KBs.
Ya, I will eventually get 2 cause I saw some really cool exercises money is just tight. Maybe if I sell my teeth to the tooth fairy…
@ $0.25 a tooth, I’ll need 5600 teeth any donors?
J