Russian kettlebells?

[Shen]

Anyone used them and if so how do the stack up when against using normal barbells/dumbells etc?

Or is the difference in the type of exercises that you can preform with them?

[luke.w]

kettlebells are lots of fun, and BELIEVE ME, there harder than dumbells and barbells, they will really give you much more of a cardiovascular workout than dumbells and barbells.

I got my father one for "father's day" he was never into anytype of training at all, especailly cardio stuff, I showed him how to do the basic "two-hand swing" with them, he said he loves it, and my mother wants a kettlebell now.

my buddy Graham, a 47year old strongman with bad shoulders got some also, and he says he's got much more respect for 50lbs now, plus it's helping his shoulders out, Graham's wife is also working out with them, and so is my training partners wife.

my training partner and I do lots of lifts using them, one-arm snatches,swings, you can do front squats,overhead squats, juggle them, the list goes on and on, great for the core.

Originally Posted by luke.w

juggle them

Oh for crying out loud! I can't even juggle a tennis ball, much less a 20 pound kettlebell!!! :

[luke.w]

not like tennis balls, we throw them by the handle and catch them by the handle, and also catch them at the bottom of the bell with the palm of the hand and I've only done ONE bell at atime, it's not the same way as juggling other things.

Ummmm......I was joking. Had an idea (from scoping web sites) it was a one bell, toss around kind of thing......

[.V.]

Although learning to juggle them like with three would definitely earn someone a place in the record books, or at least a spot on one of those "funniest videos" shows if they happened to mess up with those things.

Talk about the "Agony of Defeat".

[Shamrock]

I can juggle taco bell