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BenVoiles
BenVoiles Posts: 17
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What are some good kettlebell exercises? By that, I mean, exercises that are better with kettlebells than with barbells and dumbells. I have a couple of kettlebells, a 25 and 40 but about all I do with them is snatches. I have a complete home gym with thousands of pounds of weights and stuff so I'm interested in just kettlebell exercises that are better than their corresponding barbell and dumbell exercises.

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Ben

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  • spicegeek
    spicegeek Posts: 325 Member
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    kettle bells tend toward more explosive power - as they are single arm exercises there is value in clean / jerks and snatch that compliment barbell training

    turkish get up / maxwell get ups are a great change of pace

    the weights you have tend more toward high volume sets for endurance training - I snatch a 45 for competition - so 100 + reps non stop
  • BenVoiles
    BenVoiles Posts: 17
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    Are there really kettlebell competitions?
  • spicegeek
    spicegeek Posts: 325 Member
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    Yup there really are - the US Nationals take place on Aug 23rd in NYC - the team that will represent the USA at the World Championships in Hamburg in Nov will be selected then.

    Not sure where you live - competitions are HUGE in Russia and pretty popular in other eastern Europe countries. The US has pockets - it`s getting popular here on the east coast and Cali has several active events - mid west too. Not much in the south.

    They are an endurance / strength competition - you have 10 mins to get max reps without stopping - guys work with 2 bells on all but snatch - women work with one bell - if you are working with a single bell you get one hand switch - you can not stop - put the bell down or let to hang - your only rest points are in the locked out position above your head and in the rack if you are doing long cycle ( clean and jerk ) - it is not an event for the weak willed !
  • KidP
    KidP Posts: 247 Member
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    They have them up in Canada too - a bunch of us travelled to Toronto to watch one a couple of years back. Tough stuff!!
  • spicegeek
    spicegeek Posts: 325 Member
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    Ah yes of course KidP - they just had a big event in Niagara !

    Here is the American Kettlebell Alliance page if you are interested Ben https://www.facebook.com/AKAsport

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