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livefitrevolution.org - 12 weeks of free kettlebell workouts with instruction starting from pretty easy to pretty advanced... The Fitness blender ones are good to if you have the fundamentals down since there isn't any instruction

You need to turn MFP to sedentary so that it assumes you won't burn any calories from activity but instead gets the activity from the FitBit - If you add burned calories to MFP it will also go to the FitBit...

A light bell is a bad idea because it trains you to use your arms (and your back) instead of relying on your legs - Check our livefitrevolution.org which is a free kettlebell resource led by a RKC trainer with a 12 week workout from or pick up a copy of The Swing from Amazon which goes through in painful detail how to…

I highly recommend livefitrevolution.org which is a 12 week free kettlebell program taught by a certified kettlebell trainer and she talks about what weight to start with... Because most KB movements use the lower body you can and should go much heavier so you should probably be starting with around a 8KG or 20lb bell

There is no backlight because the batter lasts a year instead of having to be recharged every week which I would prefer over my fitbit but it is a tradeoff - The vivofit is currently the choice for best fitness tracker on wirecutter http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-fitness-tracker/

Pick a program, any of the major ones (SL 5x5, NWOWLW, etc...) that focus on compound movements will be great just make sure you track what you are doing and progress (more reps, more weight after you can do around 12 reps)

Livefitrevolution.org has all your kettlebell needs taken care of... They go over what size bell to start with and have 12 weeks of workouts for free...

Personally, I think the best resource is Livefitrevolution.org - which has 12 weeks worth of free kettlebell workouts with instruction

livefitrevolution.org will give you a ton of kettlebell workouts for free - they may be different than what you are used to but are much better than Jillian Michaels one since the instructor is a certified kettlebell teacher and teaches proper form

Livefitrevolution.org is the best online resource I have found for kettlebells, it is also free - I did the full 12 weeks of workouts and loved the variety that kettlebells can give you...

This workout is all over the place http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/?_r=0 and now has a bunch of videos and apps to help time it... BTW the people behind the study mention that it should be done two or three times in a row...

Normally but the point I was trying to make is that most people couldn't work at that level for that long...

They were college kids in great shape which is why the burn was so high...

I use circuit training - when I don't use my HRM - I have found on a more cardio based KB workout my burn is higher than the circuit training but I would be careful with that research as the the subjects were doing 20 minutes of KB snatches which is a highly aerobic activity that most people couldn't do (including me and I…

Most kettlebell workouts are pretty cardio intensive as well as strength intensive - it is possible to do a non cardio KB workout but if you start doing swings as part of the workout your heart rate will climb...

Alisha has really put together a nice program that building in difficulty, but not really in length since all the workouts are between 40 and 50 minutes, which is why I like it better than the Fitness Blender stuff (not they aren't great workouts though...)

I have been doing livefitrevolution.org which is a free workout series done by a RKC instructor...

Kettlebell workouts take a pretty limited amount of space (about the size of a yoga mat)

I have be doing the livefitrevolution.org kettlebell workouts for about 11 weeks and love it - If you want some free workouts and instruction by a RKC trainer check it out...

I have low ceilings in the basement so seated for me...

Livefitrevolution.org is a great place for beginning kettlebell workouts -

If you have the time to get ready, 3 runs a week is enough - if C25K is killing you in week 2 you are probably running too fast during the runs (a treadmill is nice for this since you can set the pace but running outside is more fun) - I would always recommend lifting partially because I like it but take everything slow…

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I think you could do one or the other but heavy lifting after active cardio is hard enough so I would be careful in a fasted state...

I did W5D3 last night for the second time (I went through C25K about 4 years ago and pretty much stopped running after doing it) and it really is more of a mental challenge than a physical one as long as you keep you pace reasonable. The best thing is once you make it through that day the rest of the program is a cakewalk…

I have a Blendtec and it is great - I got it for around $250 which is pretty expensive for a blender but cheap for a Blendtec or Vitamix. Both the Blendtec and Vitamix should last for many many years and can do lots of stuff that other blenders cant (such as make hot soup by heating the liquid from the blades going so…

Everyone has the same thoughts when they see Week 5 - It is a huge jump and once you do the 20 minutes making 5k seems simple afterwards - Lower you pace if you need to and gut out the week as well as you can and if it doesn't work this week try again next week.

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You need less space than for Insanity with The Fight Workout needing the most space... I tended to use one weight smaller than GSP which was normally 15 or 20 lb dumbells and 30s on the Plyo workout but I already had those around. It is designed to not need really big weights since most everything is by time and not reps...

I did Insanity for a couple of weeks until my knees started hurting from all the jumping so I switched to Rushfit - Using my HRM I did burn about the same number of calories per workout as with the first month Insanity workouts. Because of the weights it is a slightly different type of intensity but still pretty instense.…