What's so good about kettlebells?

Leverage! Kettlebells stimulate different stabilisers, and in theory you can get the same workout with a lower weight kettlebell than dumbell.

Consider a dumbell is level with your hands, whereas when you use a kettlebell the weight is a good 6 inches further from your body, especially in swinging motions.

If you look at your arms as levers, and your body as a fulcrum then adding extra length to your levers increases the workload, without the need for additional weight.

For an example, take a dumbell and perform a regular bicep curl. Then try and do a curl holding the dumbell by one end. You will notice the massive difference in difficulty, when the only thing that has changed is the distance between the load and the joint.

 

not sure on a price, i've got an olympic bar smalls reccomended, and 60kg of weights (2x20kg, 2x10kg) if smalls comes back i can get a link to them, never left my bedroom, i don't have the space for em.

 

I wouldn't recommend buying plates new. Your best bet are local gyms, then Ebay, then buying them. They don't lose anything as time goes on, except price.
From that page the "best" deal for me are the black bumper plates, but that's for a different purpose and neither of you need to spend that sort of money for some lifting at home.

 

https://www.strengthshop.co.uk/equipment-and-bars/bars/olympic-bar.html

thats the one rakim, I didn't get the plates from that site, I found some cheaper, i'll link them in a minute. Just looking around about postage now, no biggy if its too much like I don't mind them sitting around i'd just rather they got put to good use.

 

rakim u ****

get this DB

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The Inch Dumbbell is named after the traveling strongman from the late 1800′s who used to take it around to circuses and expo’s and challenge people to lift it – his name was Thomas Inch. The original Inch Dumbbell is owned by Kim Wood, and at some point both Sorinex and IronMind got molds made and sold replicas up until about 2004 or 2005.

The Inch DB has a 2 and 3/8 inch handle that is roughly 4 or 5 inches long and has large globe heads. This is a solid dumbbell weighing in the neighborhood of 172-lbs, and because it is cast iron and one solid piece, once you try to lift it, the globes start to turn and rip your thumb away and pry your fingers open at the same time.

Deadlifting the Inch Dumbbell is a World Class feat. To walk with one or even Two is out of this world and to clean and press it is damn near godly.

 

did you use a dumbell ?