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kettlebell

TeresaC79

TeresaC79 Posts: 316 Member

June 2013 edited January 28 in Fitness and Exercise

Anyone do this? Results?

Also, why is this not in the exercise database? I don't have an HRM (i know, i know - but I lost 40 lbs just fine without one) and am looking for a ballpark on calories burned but can't find it.

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pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member

June 2013

Just in case you weren't aware of this feature, when you go to the message boards section, there is a button called search and you can type in a keyword/phrase (ex: kettlebell) and you can see the threads that have already been created on the topic. Good luck! :flowerforyou:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/993018-kettlebells?hl=kettlebell#posts-15303319

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/275058-kettlebell-calories-burned?hl=kettlebell#posts-15263557

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1022256-kettlebells?hl=kettlebell#posts-15670857

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/772100-how-do-i-log-kettlebell-workouts?hl=kettlebell#posts-15338949

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1019474-kettlebells-and-plank?hl=kettlebell#posts-15632550

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/999775-kettlebells-for-fat-loss?hl=kettlebell#posts-15604987

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1026924-what-do-you-love-about-kettlebells?hl=kettlebell#posts-15745766

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1026827-which-kettlebell-exercises-are-best-to-blast-fat?hl=kettlebell#posts-15744719

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1026290-kettlebells?hl=kettlebell#posts-15737580

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1026295-kettlebells-for-woman?hl=kettlebell#posts-15737202

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1003235-will-fitbit-register-kettlebell-swings?hl=kettlebell#posts-15356730

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1002863-kettlebell-workouts?hl=kettlebell#posts-15350121

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1024236-18-kettlebell-for-my-vacation-workouts?hl=kettlebell#posts-15724544

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1024649-heavy-lifting-or-kettlebells-which-is-better?hl=kettlebell#posts-15716809

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1023888-how-s-this-for-a-kettlebell-workout-beginner-level?hl=kettlebell#posts-15704107

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/929408-not-losing-weight-with-kettlebells-patience?hl=kettlebell#posts-15590825

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1012356-kettlebells-advice-please?hl=kettlebell#posts-15508455

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1003027-kettlebells?hl=kettlebell#posts-15361079

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1002623-kettlebell-for-n00bs?hl=kettlebell#posts-15347673

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/886444-kettlebell-users-help-please?hl=kettlebell#posts-15186062

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Buff2022 Posts: 373 Member

June 2013

I want a Kettlebell or two or three.

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cavanerwifey Posts: 56 Member

June 2013

Thanks for all of those links! I can use those as well. THX

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ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member

June 2013

There is no "ballpark" calorie burn for kettlebells because there are different weights and a million different kinds of exercises you can do with them, and they won't all burn calories at the same rate.

For ballistic exercises (think fast, explosive, lots of reps for conditioning) like swings and snatches, I burn around 10 calories per minute when I am really busting my tail. For grinds like presses and Turkish get-ups, it's more like 5 to 7 calories per minute. I also use really heavy kettlebells, so I burn more than someone who uses light kettlebells.

It really just depends on what you're doing and how much weight you're using.

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55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member

June 2013

I recently got an 18# partly for an upcoming road trip (if I only take one small thing to work out, this seems like a good choice) and partly just because of all that I had seen.heard about them. I mostly use it for squats (makes it more work and gives you a positive stop about the right distance off the ground), swings and curls. I can turn my core, arms and legs into jello in about 15 minutes and need very little space to do it in, outside or in. I think I burn close to 150 doing that.

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TeresaC79 Posts: 316 Member

July 2013

thanks

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