Seems some people here are "anti-kettlebell". While I have not tried them I was considering them for inclusion for a home gym. Can anyone explain what they find wrong with them? At face value I don't see what the problem is.
Nothing wrong with them.
But they are very trendy right now and that means very expensive. While a dumbbell is relatively cheap. In spite of what the kettlebell people say they are no more effective than a dumbbell. Or a swingbell. For every exercise where the center of mass shifting and thicker handle give some very marginal advantage there is another exercise where they don't and the dumbbell has a very marginal advantage in effectiveness.
If cost is a concern there are much more economical options which are just
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as effective.
True, their expensive from Pavel's site, but if you look hard enough you can find them for much cheaper. www.everythingtrackandfield.com has them for about half the price of dragondoor, and they don't charge outrageous shipping prices either. I just got a 16 kg KB for $50, plus $7.50 for shipping (as opposed to $90 plus $24 shipping at dragondoor). For the record, I'm not affiliated with either site, I'm not spamming, I just wanted to get the info out there for people who might be interested.
In article <2005020814290816807%jrenfroe@berkleenet>, John Renfroe
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In article <[email hidden]>, The Gist
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Seems some people here are "anti-kettlebell". While I have not tried them I was considering them for inclusion for a home gym. Can anyone explain what they find wrong with them? At face value I don't see what the problem is.
Nothing wrong with them.
But they are very trendy right now and that means very expensive. While a dumbbell is relatively cheap. In spite of what the kettlebell people say they are no more effective than a dumbbell. Or a swingbell. For every exercise where the center of mass shifting and thicker handle give some very marginal advantage there is another exercise where they don't and the dumbbell has a very marginal advantage in effectiveness.
If cost is a concern there are much more economical options which are just
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as effective.
True, their expensive from Pavel's site, but if you look hard enough you can find them for much cheaper. www.everythingtrackandfield.com has them for about half the price of dragondoor, and they don't charge outrageous shipping prices either. I just got a 16 kg KB for $50, plus $7.50 for shipping (as opposed to $90 plus $24 shipping at dragondoor). For the record, I'm not affiliated with either site, I'm not spamming, I just wanted to get the info out there for people who might be interested.
