How many kettlebells do you need?

March 8th.

"Mankind can not stand much more reality."

T.S. Eliot.

WO du Jour:

400 meters run:

100 air squats

400 meter run

75 air squats;

400 meter run

50 air squats

400 meter run

25 air squats.

14:10 cold and raining. suck it up.

How many kettlebells do you really need? It depends on you fitness level, type of lifting you will be doing, age, sex and disposable income. If you are going to lift in Girevoy sport, you need special kettlebells made for that activity at a 100 dollars or more each standard kettlebell. depending on weight, age and sex you may need 12kg, 16kg for woman, 24,and 32kg. for men. you may want two of each weight when performing the "long cycle".

However, if you use the hard style kettlebell(RKC) training,that performs all types of exercises, you may want more weights, also depending on your fitness level and disposable income. However, most get more than they really need but if you can afford it its no big deal. If you have limited funds then 12,16, 24, 32kg will be sufficient to get a good workout any day. If you are real strong, then you can go to the 40 to 48 kg for mutants. Or if you are doing fitness classes, then you may want to stay on the lower end of 4,8,10kg.

Once again the number of bells you will need is contingent on the exercise you will be doing and you fitness level. Example, if you can press a 16kg 15-20 times, then you can go to a 24kg. however the change in weight is 20 pound jump and you may have to jerk it of assist it up until you have the strength to press the 24kg by itself. or if you only have a 16kg, you can add, bands or chains to increase resistance.

How many do I have? I lost count at 30 and thinking of my next acquisitions. It like ladies having a shoe fetish, you can never have enough kettlebells.