Hope this is allowed. It looks like Colin is back with a new adventure. Heavy Kettlebells, pre order is open.

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Hi everyone, not a fitness expert so I’m confused by this:

I am seeing a lot of people rather skinny looking pressing 36/48kg bells, and others that are absolutely jacked lifting the same weights.

I could be wrong but I’ve never seen the same thing with say barbell lifters. Typically more weight on the barbell = bigger person.

So how does that work? Why are these people skinny looking (don’t look like someone that trains at all) while others are more muscular? Shouldn’t the kettlebell have helped build more muscle for them to be capable of generating that much power ?

2 hands anyhow 95lb + 24kg

M, 24 y/o, 155lbs, 5'9'

I like the format of hiit training programmes like insanity where it's pretty much non stop for the full workout. I like the self regulating element in that you complete as many quality reps for time as you can as this way I feel confident that I can get the most out of the workout and naturally progress as I get stronger/fitter.

However, I would like to involve kettlebells so that I can build muscle as well as burning fat.

Does anybody have any recommendations to any YouTube workouts fitting this description that would help me to burn fat and build lean muscle? Or maybe a kettlebell programme that sounds as though it is geared towards my goals?

I don't like typical strength training and the rest periods take me out of the workout mentally and I find it hard to then get myself going again for the next set. If I don't enjoy my workouts I fail to build consistency. It would also be an added bonus if I was able to complete workouts on back to back days without needing to factor in rest days too much.

Building lean muscle definition whilst burning fat for a better looking and healthier physique is my priority, not so much building a lot of muscle mass and getting super strong.

Any recommendations are massively appreciated!

Note - I currently have 1x10kg, 2x16kg and 2x20kg kettlebells at my disposal and nothing else. Not looking to invest in any new equipment right now

22.07.26: Daily Grind (2x20kg)

Total Training Time: 51:49

Heart Rate: 142bpm average/ 162bpm max

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Block A: Circuit - 60s rest between rounds

5 High Pulls

5 Cleans

5 Strict Press

5 Snatches

X5 - 100 total reps (2x20kg Kettlebells)

Accessory Exercise ⬇️

Parallel Bar Dips

10, 10, 10, 10, 15

55 total reps (106kg Bodyweight)

Assault Bike - 5 to 6 RPE

9:00 minutes total

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Block B: Finishers

(+140kg Barbell/+2x14kg Dumbells/+2x20kg & 2x44kg Kettlebells)

A: Push/Pull

3 Chinups

3 Scapula Retraction

&

7 Dips (20kg Kettlebell/106kg BW)

B: Back

3 Deadlifts

8 Shrugs

11 total reps (140kg Barbell)

C: Overhead TUT

Clean, 4 Jerks

5 total reps (2x44kg Kettlebells)

D: Arms

Incline Bicep Curls

10, 6

16 total reps (2x14kg Dumbells)

E: AMRAP

30 Seated Seesaw Press (2x20kg Kettlebells)

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Daily Bread:

Matthew 6:24-34 KJV

[24] No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. [25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? [26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? [27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? [28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: [29] and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. [30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? [31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? [32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. [33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. [34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Hi all, this is what I’ve been working with for about a month now. I’m still learning the moves and working on my form but am really falling in love with this type of training. These are pretty much local TJ Maxx/Marshals finds and have been OK so far, but my OCD is going crazy with this mismatched set, plus I wanted to use the kilogram standard that everyone seems to be using. I ordered up a set of 12/16/20 kg Ethos bells at from Dicks, but they arrived all beat up. The price was right and I was willing to look past the dings and marks, but noticed some minor rough spots on the handles and a barely noticeable seam. I felt that the rough spots would cause problems for me in the long run so I returned them. Is this common, is there a need to sand the handles down? I could have done that but the finish would be ruined. So now I am looking at REP bells, the price seems similar what I paid at dicks and they offer free shipping. Should I expect perfectly smooth handles, or am I just being too picky about these?

Edit: Sorry I realize there was already similar post on this. REP for the win!

Did they go out of business? Their website has been down for at least a few weeks. Looking to buy a second pair of competition style bells and don’t see them anywhere. Amazon has one listing but doesn’t have an option to select weights.

Dropped a 24Kg KB during my last workout. Had been using cheap foam tiles mats from Walmart and the bell tore right through them. Fortunately the floor isn’t cracked and neither is the bell.

Decided to upgrade my space and went to Tractor Supply Company and got myself a 4’x6’ ¾” thick vulcanized stall mat for $55. Transporting /setting it up was not easy but I love it now. So much more durable than what I had before and for ⅓ of what Amazon would’ve charged for comparable flooring.

Hi 43 yr old female, beginner. Been messing around with this guy for about a week. The bruises are from learning snatch’s. Any tips for my swing? I’m using 15 and 20 lb bells to start coming from power yoga background.
I realize I probably need a heavier bell sooner than later but this is all I have for now.
Also, I’m in rehab for booze and that’s not my laundry.

5x5 double 40 kg

This is about 38 lbs on the BOS adjustables, been trying to add a pound or two a week. Tips or comments appreciated.

Sometimes I bang the outside of my left wrist. Had to record a few sets to find one where I do it. Most of my cleans are fine but sometimes I do something that I can't figure out myself. Only with the left arm, never the right arm.

I’m near the end of the line with this rendition of the program and I love the single bell ABC ❤️. Pressing days I do variations of double 20’s, single and kneeling press.

On Monday I hit 100 double presses with 20s doing 2-3-5x10.

Today was single bell ABC and I’ve been doing the entire program with the 24. I did 30 minutes and was able to complete 17 rounds within that time. EMOM with the single bell is a bit of a tall order

Today, the 24 kg felt like it was getting lighter. I suppose that is a result of doing ABC single bell for 7 weeks. 17 rounds is a good amount of volume 68 presses and 68 squats.

I really enjoy the single bell and glad I chose to do it. So far this year I’ve run the 10k swing challenge, ABF with double 22’s and just about wrapped with ABF single bell. I think I prefer the single bell version to be honest.

For sure my follow up program will be ES4FL. I’ve yet to run that this year and going from ABF to ES4FL back to ABF at a higher weight from previous round of ABF seems like a practical strategy to round out 2026.

Hey everyone, I’m 17 and I’ve been at bells for 1 year now(1 year in August).
Due to me moving I lost access to my lighter bells and only have access to a 48 + 56kg now.
My goal is to put both of them overhead by the end of this year, I can high pull the 48kg for 10 and clean it for 2-3 reps per side.
The 56kg is still a work in progress but I can single arm swing it for 10-15 and do 10+ 2 hand cleans a side with it.
I don’t know how I would put them overhead without having a 40 or 44kg bell to work up from so I’m asking you guys for advice.
Please and thank you

I’m 5 foot 10 and 215 pounds currently

I made this tutorial for my job and I thought I’d post it here, too. These cues help you build tension in the right spots for press as well as getting you into the right position under the bell.
This is just a starting point. Pls don’t hurt me.

100 SA Long Cycle workout with 36kg. no other rules. I liked this workout a lot, felt like I got stronger over the workout, and set a goal to do a workout that hits 200 SA long cycle with a 36kg within a few weeks.

Just trying to contribute back to this awesome community.

Log :

date/reps in time/reps of challenge

1st - 408 in 46:00, 408/10k

2nd - 348 in 33:00, 756/10k

3rd - 424 in 42:00, 1180/10k

4th - 336 in 31:00, 1516/10k

5th - off day

6th - 418 in 48:00, 1934/10k

7th - off day

8th - 350 in 32:00, 2284/10k

9th - off day

10th - 772 in 2:20:00, 3056/10k

11th - off day

12th - 512 in 38:00, 3568/10k

13th - off day

14th - 1028 in 2:20:00, 4596/10k

15th - 512 in 52:00, 5108/10k

16th - 130 in 10:00, 5238/10k

17th - off day

18th - off day

19th - evening - 812 in 1:50:00, 6050/10k

20th - off day

21st - 1010 in 4:15:00, 7060/10k

22nd - 504 in 60:00, 7564/10k

.....

This has been something, and that something has been many times more mentally challenging to me than were the ten thousand swings challenge and the ten thousand snatch challenge before this.

It's like I found peak monotony while starting a bunch of volume challenge at what turned out to be not exactly even close to the perfect time to expect this of myself.

The monotony is up there, my mood is "yeah, let's take today off again", and yet I plug away.

On the 21st I basically said the entire afternoon/evening shall be making a grand reps happen...and it did, and it was SOMETHING.

The 14th and the 21st being thousand rep kettlebell juggling days both felt like I experienced "improvement at a cellular level" (which is description somewhat similar to something u/irontamer said to me about these high volume workouts).

I find myself nose breathing much more, my physical recovery has gotten to the movement is grooved but done in a moderate to high state of physical fatigue making for a medium level of physical effort at this point.

My tongue posture has gotten a lot better, and I'd say throughout the day I'm less tense physically, my body is literally more loose, more relaxed, more at relaxed.

It's mad interesting gains from doing this, right now, by not quitting it as would've been possibly considered rational at any point.

We're largely sedentary in the modern world, kettlebell volume can change that, change you. For the better.

It'd be smart for me to have a twice monthly lunacy volume day continuing. Again "improvement at a cellular level".

2500ish reps could be three days, could be five or six days, so I see the light at the end of the tunnel for this, and am admittedly looking forward to changing it up to a more general freestyle approach to train every day (freestyle train every day long having been my practice and is my earliest enjoyed strength training/roots).

I didn't scale into the challenge, but have definitely been eating in at least a small calorie deficit - I know this by estimation ;

My quantity of milk drank is down, my quantity of meat eaten is down, and skewing towards lean cuts of pork that I cook or of takeout chicken in some manner - these more than anything.

The local grocery store has a hot bar with what I consider a tasty peppered breaded chicken, and for $10 I can walk out with a big enough meal of that to eat with a jug of arnold palmer (iced tea lemonade) to drink and be content, and...also not have to cook which means that half hour to an hour of cooking can instead be kettlebell reps therefore finishing the darn thing sooner.

I either sleep every spare moment or barely sleep, and the latter is the days with uptime energy and some actual mental interest in lifting kettlebell - like I sleep fast, deep, and ubereffectively.

I had one "diabetes in the cup" (ALL THE SUGAR ADDED) iced coffee (before the 21st's thousand rep all afternoon/evening "use all available daylight" session). That was...probably a mistake as next day (today) I woke almost caffeined out zonked, but in the moment was enjoyable, and showed me I still am squirrel...and that squirrels do not tolerate caffeine much.

The former long sleeps is like "I got nine hours and a nap, and now...I DO NOT WANT TO go outside and kettlebell" after said nap (but should and half the time this challenge...do).

Today was one of those, where I made 500 reps happen in a dedicated hour.

The long nap off days still also see me do the night's kitchen calisthenics, and after more than a year of daily baithak I'm kinda over them despite not having even come close to the high rep performance goal...but all the sudden I am really into shiko.

So the daily bw squat variant may change completely, to shiko, right now both are happening, but baithak may soon be dropped from the daily exercises.

Ain't no one saying a kettlebell primary trainer/trainee (spelling lololzzz) can't supplement with other modalities.

I do my pushups.

I'd never not do some calisthenics.

Therefore the gym is always with me.

Here's to strength,

• physique: gaining muscular size
• physique: learning out
• fitness: getting Stronger
• fitness: improving conditioning
• pain/mobility: feeling comfortable again in body
• specific performance outcome

Me: maintain 205-210lbs at about 12% bf. maintain ability to dunk. be able to go play sports with my sons.

I've been training with kettlebells for a couple of years now, and my strength has increased significantly. However, my mobility still sucks. So I'd like to put strength training on the backburner for a while, and do some mobility training.

Some more specific goals:

(a) I still have to elevate my heels to squat deeply. I would like to fix this.

(b) My hamstrings, and my posterior chain generally, is very stiff. I would like to be able to do a good forward fold.

(c) I have some pain in my left shoulder. I don't know if this is caused by a mobility issue, but it might be.

Please recommend programs to me!

I'm interested in these:

• John Engum's Flexible Steel
• Zack Henderson's Hybrid Mobility Bundle
• Jeff Neupert's Modern Mobility Method

Thanks in advance!

Is 300 swings with a 32kg a day too repetitive? I do 5 every 30sec, but don’t want to get hurt over using one pattern…