Kettlebells

keelinkennedy6336
keelinkennedy6336 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 14 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, iv been doing 20 mins of full body kettlebells most days for just over two months, is this a good idea or not. I realy work up a sweat in this time but I'm wondering if I'm doing enough. I'm trying to lose weight and I have been doing so very slowly. I realy have to watch what I eat in a day. Anyway just wondering what the general view is on kettlebell workouts.

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  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    With KBs. Form is very important. Especially if you're doing ballistics. Working with a trainer helped me clean up some of my issues
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    I love kettlebell work. Like the above posters have noted, form is really important. What kinds of lifts are you doing? Are you following a program?
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Kettle bells are fine as a conditioning tool, but you likely aren't getting a big calorie burn, esp not in 20 min. So, the exercise is not going to give a big boost to your calorie expenditure.
  • keelinkennedy6336
    keelinkennedy6336 Posts: 7 Member
    edited January 2017
    So how many calaries would I burn in 20 mins? I thought it was around 400 cal, is this about right? I follow a video on YouTube by Amy, Body fit by Amy. There are 4 moves standing and two on the mat. All moves use the entire body, legs core and upper body.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    Difficult to say, but for that sort of thing is generally estimate about 100-150 per 30 minutes
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    edited January 2017
    keelinkennedy6336 wrote: »
    So how many calaries would I burn in 20 mins? I thought it was around 400 cal, is this about right? I follow a video on YouTube by Amy, Body fit by Amy. There are 4 moves standing and two on the mat. All moves use the entire body, legs core and upper body.

    If you are swinging a kettlebell and keeping up your heart rate and breathing, you could use the "Circuit training, general" exercise activity in the Cardiovascular database to get an estimate for Calories burned per minute. Note that you would have to subtract the Calories you burn at rest (BMR) from that estimate.

    The estimated Calories are a function of your BMR, which is a function of your current weight. The heavier you are, the more estimated Calories burned per minute (but it is not really a lot more).

    For example, a 200 lb 5'6" F who logs 20 minutes of "Circuit training, general" will get an estimate of 242 Cals. Now, subtracting the estimated BMR for that female [about 1.1 Cals/minute] results in about 220 Cals.

    For another example, a 150 lb 5'6" F who logs 20 minutes will get an estimate of 181 Cals. Now, subtracting the estimated BMR for that female [about 0.95 Cals/minute] results in about 162 Cals.
  • rks581
    rks581 Posts: 99 Member
    edited January 2017
    How do I determine what weight of kettlebell to select? I work out at home with 20 lb dumbbells, I could probably do 25 or 30, I curl 65 lbs for 15 reps at the gym... I'm guessing I need about 35 lbs or so and I'd like one for some variety but they don't come cheap, so I want to get the right size.

    At the moment what probably needs the most work for me is my deltoids, so a lighter weight might be okay...
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    It depends on what you're doing. Hard style swings 10 emom for 10+ minutes burns 1.3-1.5 x the calories of running
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    myfitpqlstan136 wrote: »
    Hard style swings 10 emom for 10+ minutes burns 1.3-1.5 x the calories of running

    Where have you found that documented?
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    rks581 wrote: »
    How do I determine what weight of kettlebell to select? I work out at home with 20 lb dumbbells, I could probably do 25 or 30, I curl 65 lbs for 15 reps at the gym... I'm guessing I need about 35 lbs or so and I'd like one for some variety but they don't come cheap, so I want to get the right size.

    At the moment what probably needs the most work for me is my deltoids, so a lighter weight might be okay...

    35lb is a pretty good place to start with swings for a man. In Pavel's Simple and Sinister, he recommends starting at 35 then adding a 44 and a 53.
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    keelinkennedy6336 wrote: »
    So how many calaries would I burn in 20 mins? I thought it was around 400 cal, is this about right? I follow a video on YouTube by Amy, Body fit by Amy. There are 4 moves standing and two on the mat. All moves use the entire body, legs core and upper body.

    If she gives you a set of moves that you repeat over and over for a set time, I would log it as circuit training. For 20min of circuit training, that's around 250 calories.

    Truth be told, I'm not a huge fan of Body by Amy's kettlebell videos. She does not teach good technique. However, if you enjoy them, keep doing them!

    If you want to learn some good technique and follow a structured program, here are my recommendations:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1612430279/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1484429914&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=Lauren+Brooks&dpPl=1&dpID=51j1r+3byhL&ref=plSrch
    I've ran this program before. It's pretty good.

    For instruction on video, you can't beat Andrea DuCane. This video is targeted at and older population, but her instruction is awesome.
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00540URU4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484430029&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=kettlebell+boomer&dpPl=1&dpID=318LTe4V2CL&ref=plSrch

    No, they are not cheap, but they are good.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    myfitpqlstan136 wrote: »
    It depends on what you're doing. Hard style swings 10 emom for 10+ minutes burns 1.3-1.5 x the calories of running

    You can't sat "X" exercise "burns more calories than running" for 2 very simple reasons.

    1. There is no constant calorie burn for "X" exercise (whatever exercise "X" might be).

    2. There is no constant calorie burn for running.

    Calories burned is based on intensity of workout (plus body weight, but that is constant if you are comparing exercises for one person).

    There is no workload intensity (calorie burn) that one can achieve during any kettlebell exercise that cannot be matched by running at the equivalent effort.
  • keelinkennedy6336
    keelinkennedy6336 Posts: 7 Member
    Ok guys thank you for all the helpfull feed back.
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