One weight or kettle bell

siriusalien

Hey all,

I am in the market for either a barbell or kettle bell to workout with at home or when traveling. What one weight should I get for an all purpose, all over workout? This is meant to supplament what I will do in the gym and I DON'T have room for a full set of weights.

schicksa

Have you looked at TRX? It's body weight oriented and you can take it everywhere. Can do pretty much any exercise with it, and it weighs a lot less in your suitcase! And as you get stronger you won't have to worry about increasing your weight; you just adjust your position so that you're pushing/pulling/supporting more of your body weight to make it harder.

Leadfoot_Lewis

Well, neither is going to work for both home and travel.

I'd suggest getting a barbell/weights for home and maybe pickup a couple of resistance bands for the road.

siriusalien

Let me clarify: when i travel it's by car or train and I'm dragging significant equipment anyway, so a little kettle or barbell will be no issue

stinkystinkykitty

I would say a kettlebell. I just started training with one, using Laurn Brook's ipone/iPad app. Love it. All her excercises use just one kettle bell- though you may want a heavery one and a lighter one, because for excercises that use your legs more (swings, deadlifts etc.) you will be able to lift more. Kettlebell workouts use the whole body, and only require a small amont of space, and you get cardio as well as weightlifting- so it's perfect for traveling, if the weight of the bell isn't an issue.

VegasFit

I am addicted to kettle bell classes. I just saw this on Groupon. Seems pretty cool as far as being to adjust weights with one bell. http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-reebok-toning-kettle-bell?c=all&p=16