Kettlebell workouts

butterflykoffee

I have read alot about the huge advantages to a kettlebell workout (burning as many calories as running a 6 minute mile) but I cannot find it in the exercise to journal it. I am new here and was wondering if there is a way to find out the calorie, etc. Any ideas?

AiryM

Hello! I love kettlebells!

I take a bootcamp class 2-3x a week that utilizes them heavily. Since they are a weight, I'm going to assume that they can be logged under weight training. I usually log mine under circuit since they are part of my workout but not the whole shebang.

Hope this helps!

butterflykoffee

The only thing about the weight training is that everything I read says that you burn 400 calories in 20 minutes of kettlebell workout because of the extra, all -body movement? They definitely are a workout and I am just getting started :noway:

bmwgsa1

On average, a person burns 20 calories a minute while working with KB's (an RKC over on DragonDoor goot hooked up to a machine to prove it).

KB's are a great way to do a workout!!

RogerF765

I just log my kettlebell workout as circuit training. I don't know how accurate it is but I figure it's better than nothing. I love doing kettlebells I sweat more in 30 minutes of KB training than I ever did doing regular weight training.

This is my workout that I do and it takes me about 30 minutes to do 3 circuits. I'm using 1 35 lb. KB and I definately get a better workout than I've had in a long time.

Turkish Get Up x 1
1 Arm Clean And Press x 5 per side
Kettlebell Front Squat x 10
1 Arm Row x 10 per side
Around the World x 5 each Direction
2 Arm Swings x 15

**** Repeat circuit 3 to 5 times resting 60 -90 seconds between circuits.