Not cheap are they!!!
i could probably only afford one, whats the best all round wieght?What's even more of a rip off are the training books and DVD's 30 squid each, its bloody daylight robbery
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CrouchmasterT
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Mate. Don't even consider it. You are talking at least a 100 quid for a lump of iron.
Buy yourself some good quality spinlock dumbells. That way you can adjust the amount of weight.
But if you have your heart set on them: "An average man should start with a 16kg (approx 36lb) Kettlebell. That doesn't sound a lot but, believe it, it will feel heavier than it should! Most men will progress to a 24kg (approx 53lb) - this is the standard issue size in the Russian military. Heavier kettlebells are used by the highly advanced and in elite competitions."
Buy yourself some good quality spinlock dumbells. That way you can adjust the amount of weight.
But if you have your heart set on them: "An average man should start with a 16kg (approx 36lb) Kettlebell. That doesn't sound a lot but, believe it, it will feel heavier than it should! Most men will progress to a 24kg (approx 53lb) - this is the standard issue size in the Russian military. Heavier kettlebells are used by the highly advanced and in elite competitions."
"The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his nemesis and that we are bringing about his rightful destruction."
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kettlebellgav
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even better get a kettlestack, its an adjustable kettlebell that takes weight plates. Also i dont know what big bart is saying but training to failure doesnt make you stronger, it just exhausts the ATP in the muscles leading to muscle growth and soreness, to get strong you need to train no where near failure and regularly, every day so your muscles adapt, if you constantly exhaust them they wont get stronger, in the army you dont have the luxury of constant protein intake and long rest periods required for muscle growth so bodybuilding is out. Focus on deadlifts and presses plus pull ups, you dont need hundreds of sets and you dont need to lift a mountain of iron, think about what you are training for, most of the time in the army you are inactive or going through endurance exercises like marching, hiking and manual labour type exercises etc so practice them, lifting and carrying, loading, farmers walks, carrying stretchers, mortars, ammo etc so simulate that training, training in a gym is just a waste of time. The only time you should train in a gym is when building a strength base, train the deadlift and press 5 days a week for 2 sets each with very low reps and heavy weight and dont go to failure, stop a few reps short and have an easy workout once a week to vary the intensity.
The only time i trained push ups, sit ups and the like was to pas my PT test, after that i made my own style of training, obstacle courses were a favourite, running, sprinting then hitting the dirt with a full kit was good, running with a weight on my back was good too and carrying my girlfriend over rough terrain. The closer you train to the actual environment you are training for the better, its like a boxer spending all his time lifting weights, how is that going to make him a better boxer if he is too tired to actually box!
The only time i trained push ups, sit ups and the like was to pas my PT test, after that i made my own style of training, obstacle courses were a favourite, running, sprinting then hitting the dirt with a full kit was good, running with a weight on my back was good too and carrying my girlfriend over rough terrain. The closer you train to the actual environment you are training for the better, its like a boxer spending all his time lifting weights, how is that going to make him a better boxer if he is too tired to actually box!
