Gallery: The Commercial Corruption Of The Kettlebell

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Tom Grow

Check out this gallery of the new, wimp-sized mini-kettlebells as well as one master kettlebell training (not) celebrity. Once you’re done, read more in our article about the commercial corruption of the kettlebell.

When you’re done viewing the gallery, be sure to check out the accompanying article about the commercial corruption of the kettlebell…

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We’d love to hear to hear your thoughts on this… What do you think about Jillian Michaels trying to teach the Nielsons how to swing the kettlebell using nothing but your back and upper body strength? Has anyone tried working out with a five pound kettlebell? Does anyone actually HAVE a five pound kettlebell? Let’s get a review. Perhaps some of you mini-bell users have feedback contrary to the opinion of the writer of “The Commercial Corruption of the Kettlebell”. Please, leave us some comments below and let’s see where the conversation takes us!

Check out the accompanying article about the commercial corruption of the kettlebell…

The Commercial Corruption Of The Kettlebell

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Tom Grow

The Kettlebell Has Gone Sissy. Sigh.

Ok, I guess since the kb is going mainstream, I shouldn’t be surprised to see it… but it still makes me wince. I’m curious what you think.

I Mean, Seriously. A 5 lb. Kettlebell?

When I started out with kettlebells, way back in like, 2000, the smallest size kettlebell you could get was the 1 pood (16kg – about 35 lbs.). Back then, there weren’t incremental sizes… you went from a one pood to a two pood. No in-between. In fact, when Dragon Door starting out with incremental sizes, the crowds (“The Party”) went wild.

Then Dragon Door made another great move. They departed from selling only the traditional one pood size and up, and went downward instead. Creating the 12kg and even the 8kg kettlebell allowed more people, particularly the average build female, as well as younger gireviks to enter the world of kettlebells.

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New Age of Fitness Training

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Dale Buchanan

Once Again, It’s Time For Change

I have been in the fitness industry since 1982 when I joined my first gym and also worked the front desk while helping members with their workouts. Gyms were much different back then. We had a full line of the original Nautilus machines, tons of free weights, dumbbells, cable machines, squat stands (not racks), a weightlifting platform, and absolutely no cardio equipment. Rock music blasted the stereo and the mirrors were always fogged up from the humidity. This was a serious bodybuilding gym where Mike and Ray Mentzer would often pop in for a workout using High Intensity Training and putting on a great show posing for us.

…I told my kettlebell class to grab a sandbag, a kettlebell, and get ready to do some TRX exercises as well. This moment changed the way me and my clients performed our workouts forever.

Fitness has changed a lot since then. Now, we hear about Crossfit, core and functional training, Tabata Intervals, and the list goes on. Gyms like LA Fitness are much different now than my first gym in 1982 and mostly a social outlet with a lot of fluff and more cardio machines than anything. I never did get a decent workout at these types of gyms.