How do I log Kettlebell workouts?

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  • HarleyQuinn26
    HarleyQuinn26 Posts: 158 Member
    I do kettebell exercise too... so I looked up some info online. Here is what I found, not sure how accurate:

    The results showed that the average participant burned about 20 calories per minute during the kettlebell workout, which equates to 400 calories during a typical 20-minute kettlebell workout.

    Found it on here: http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/news/20100212/kettlebell-workouts-burn-calaories-fast

    I do kettlebell workouts but I have HRM so I just log it with that. I burned 14 calories in 1 min and 14 seconds this morning. The key term in that quote is the average participant. Everyone is different. Save up for a HRM and maybe log it under circuit training until you can get one?
  • scloyd
    scloyd Posts: 327 Member
    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/calories.htm <
    link to an exercise calculator for over 600 types of exercise and the calories burned. Maybe this will help.
  • strawberryvagablonde
    strawberryvagablonde Posts: 1 Member
    edited March 2017
    It's incredible to me that this thread, among others of the same subject, was started 5 years ago and this exercise still hasn't been added.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    auroranflash wrote: »
    I have a hard time believing it burns 20 calories a minute, and yes, the weight used would matter.

    Even going all-out, it is hard for me to burn 10 calories a minute... That would have to be some extremely hardcore work.

    I don't log anything over 10 cal/min, usually less.
  • croftie4
    croftie4 Posts: 221 Member
    I just set it up as my own exercise.

    I was told at the KB studio that HRM don't register KB workouts very well.

    I workout very hard and usually register between 15-18 cal burn to be safe. You need a Weight that is challenging and as someone else said doing the snatch or swing. Also you could do other moves in between swing sets.

  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    I do 2 different types of kettlebell workouts. Some are strength based and I log them as strength training. Others are with a lighter bell and higher intensity. With the program I use, these types of workouts call for a period of work followed by a period of rest. I log them as circuit training.
  • ndrwlxndr
    ndrwlxndr Posts: 1 Member
    edited March 2018
    I know this is an old thread, but I'm a kettlebell instructor and would like to add some detail to the article mentioned. The 20 cal/minute is using a very specific protocol, where you do 15 seconds of work, 15 seconds of rest, for up to 40 minutes. And you must be using the proper weight of kettlebell for your fitness and strength level. It's very effective, but has to be done very specifically. And actually, the study by ACE wasn't done quite as well as it could have been. It was kinda vanilla, and you could take the intensity level up even more.

    Other kettlebell training can be similar to circuit training, or it could be strength training depending on how heavy your bells are and the workout you're doing.
  • Frater_Nox
    Frater_Nox Posts: 24 Member
    Yes, kettle bells are weirdly missing from the database. its as if they are heretical.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    Necro thread, but here goes.

    1. As above, the 20 cals per minute is a specific protocol
    2. With a specific load or range of loads
    3. If you're using too small of a bell, you're setting yourself up for bad form and injuries and minimal gains.
    4. It doesn't matter how smoked or tired you are after a training session, It matters what you did and if you're progressing over time.
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