Kettlebells

That all depends on your current physique... if you are starting from scratch, maybe try something lighter and build up your strength over a few weeks, rather than hitting a 15kg right away.
If you are already doing mucho exercise with bodyweight (press ups, burpees, situps, crunches) and if you are muscular with a strong core then (maybe) it is ok...
Whatever you do, make sure you have good form and don't hurt yourself.

Toning - use lighter weights with more reps. Muscle building - use heavier weights with less reps. I use 10lb. kettle bells for toning (about 5kg.).

Kettlebells are great, but if I didn't already have dumbbells I wouldn't get a kettlebell instead. Like rybo said, way more information is needed.

Define "tone." If you have already lost all the weight, and you want your arms to get more muscular and defined, strength and resistance training will help. But if you still have fat you're trying to lose, the deficit will be just as important if not moreso.

Spin533 wrote: »

I am doing swings with 10kg and bringing it around front to back.
I can do about 3 or 4 reps of 10.

I haven't lost all the weight yet but I thought it was good to do weight training for this and not wait till I have lost the weight?

Thanks again.

Don't get me wrong. Weight training is a great idea for everyone regardless of situation.

I'm just saying if you're looking to sculpt and you still have fat to lose on your arms, you won't see much muscle until you shed the fat.

I'm not sure kettlebell swings will do much for building arms. I would stick with more traditional exercises like curls and chinups (assisted if needed) for biceps, skull crushers, pushdowns and diamond cutter pushups for triceps, and db overhead press and lat raises for shoulders.

Just my opinion. Good luck!

It all depends on what you are doing with it. I use a wide range of KB weights depending on the exercise.
KB swings, done correctly, work the hips not the arms. The KB I use for swings is 2-4x heavier than what I use for shoulder/arm work.

I would get on a solid Kettlebell program to burn some calories, achieve more muscular tone, and have fun while doing it. Lauren Brooks has some great programs. I have used the program in her book Kettlebells for Women.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1612430279/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1477345369&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lauren+brooks+books&dpPl=1&dpID=51j1r+3byhL&ref=plSrch

If you are more of a visual learner, Andrea DuCane has a couple of awesome videos. Kettlebell Boomers is targeted at the senior population, but the instruction is really solid and great for beginners.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00540URU4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477345587&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=kettlebell+boomer&dpPl=1&dpID=318LTe4V2CL&ref=plSrch#productDescription_secondary_view_div_1477345611833

To build your home kettlebell collection I would start with a 9k and a 12k if you are female. 15k for a beginner is pretty heavy.

Here is a link to Lauren's website. She has a few instructional videos that can show you what cleans, snatches, high pulls, presses, and Turkish get ups look like.

http://www.ontheedgefitness.com/

If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me:-)

weight training rocks, but shoulders are pretty complicated joints. there's a lot of strength waiting there but individually the muscles are very small and kind of prone to impingement/overuse injuries. additionally, i've found that form counts for a lot in keeping your shoulders safe . . . and form is extremely hard to learn, much less maintain, for those movements if the weight's out of your range.

so i may be paranoid after having a couple of issues and sprains, but you might want to start way smaller than 10kg for your weight if you're doing things that involve mostly your upper arms. it doesn't have to be a formal dumbbell or kb either. i got excited about lifting and was doing various things with just about anything that had some weight to it. pound of butter. can of soup. gallon of milk.

something i've used a lot and keep using is resistance bands. they're great for making sure you don't neglect your upper back and the muscles of your rear rotator cuffs.