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emmab0902
emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
edited January 30 in Social Groups
If you could only do 5 KB exercises forevermore which would you choose and why?

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  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    I think I only use 4?

    I'll have goblet squats too. For circuit convenience.
  • afreelandgti
    afreelandgti Posts: 73
    Racked squats
    Goblet squats
    Clean and Press
    Swings in every variation
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Snatch
    Turkish get-up
    Swing
    Goblet squat
    C&P (if that counts as one)

    In that order.
  • KidP
    KidP Posts: 247 Member
    I agree with everyone above.

    As for why, well, for something like a Getup, you can focus on form for the rest of your life on that one and keep increasing the weight. It's just kind of a beautiful thing.

    I enjoy trying double kettelbell work, so any kind of double presses or jerks are really challenging. Take a weight that you can do easily with 1 arm (for a press of some sort), then get another bell & try the same exercise with 2. It's exponentially harder.
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    Swing
    Squat
    Deadlift
    Row
    Turkish
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    TGU
    Swing
    Snatch

    That's it for me, really...if I had to call a couple more, I'd go with goblet squat and clean & press.
  • ttippie2000
    ttippie2000 Posts: 412 Member
    Snatch
    Turkish get-up
    Swing
    Goblet squat
    C&P (if that counts as one)

    In that order.

    Yeah, I agree with that.
  • KBjimAZ
    KBjimAZ Posts: 369 Member
    Swing
    Snatch
    KB Front Squat (racked)
    Clean and Press
    Windmill
  • getfitgal123
    getfitgal123 Posts: 267 Member
    Snatch
    Turkish get-up
    Swing
    Goblet squat
    C&P (if that counts as one)

    In that order.

    Yeah, I agree with that.

    Ditto. Except I might switch snatches and swings because snatches are not my favorite exercise...
  • KidP
    KidP Posts: 247 Member
    Another response to the "why" portion of the question: i just got back from the cottage. I took 2 'bells with me. I was able to do a whole bunch of stuff that kept me interested/motivated with essentially 1 piece of equipment. I really love this aspect of kettlebells - the fact that you can take 1 piece of equipment that packs small (albeit heavy) and get a decent variety of stuff out of it. I guess that's more of a "what piece of equipment do you like & why", but so be it.
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