Everyone told me to start with the 24 Kg but I’m happy to start with the smaller one. It’s tough!!!!

I don’t mind buying the big one in a month or so. It’s better than getting discusted right away and getting injured…….

I’m pretty small and don’t do a lot of weight training, because I don’t want to be some muscle-bound mama. But our trainer had us use the kettleballs to strengthen our core and once you figured out the proper movements, it was a really great workout. We trained at a gym here in Madison, http://www.monkeybargym.com/.

By the way, really like Dethroner.

http://www.gymjones.com/

From what I can tell, they’re nuts enough to justify the punny name. Found them a few months back via a behind-the-scenes video of guys training for comic book movie “300.”

Clubbells also rock the house–mainly because THEY’RE BIG FRIKKING CLUBS. If you really want to go caveman, they’re a ton of fun. http://www.clubbells.co.uk/

It’s basically a rotary dumbell, but it allows you to do a variety of olympic style lifts (which are the standard exercises in the NFL) which burn a ton of calories and build strength, speed, and power like nothing else. Mens Health has featured olympic style lifts recently.

I can do hang cleans, snatches, cleans, etc., with a kettlebell much, much, easier than I can with a barbell. It’s way easier to perform those lifts and get the same benefit because you are manipulating the weight without the bar and you have a lot more flexibility of movement.

I get easily bored and switch up workouts a lot, and I always come back to the KB’s. I can grab this and do one exercise that basically incorporates a deadlift, squat, overhead press in one move and hit most bodyparts. Not to mention its killer cardio.

I purchased it as my “cannot get to the gym” tool and to be honest, I see more results from it in less time. Probably because the intensity is so high.

I have a 35lb and a 53lb, and they seem pricey, but for how complete a workout you can get, its easily my best workout investment.

Try bodybuilding.com for some exercises and programs.

Incidentally, I used one for weeks just for cardio (high rep snatches) not designed to really build muscle but as a winter alternative to running outside. The olympic snatch is pretty balanced in terms of muscle used so it doesnt really stress one bodypart over another. I found later in basketball that my vertical had improved a ton.

In summary, it’s really the olympic style lifts that do the magic. The kettlebells are just the easiest way to learn them without fear of injury i have seen.

There’s a forum on the SGlove site about it, and Reinhard (the “creator”) is really easy to get a hold of. You should do a writeup on it :D

About a year and a half ago I got really curious about ‘em. It turns out they may be more Scottish in origin than Russian, but who can really say? The Russkies are the only ones still actively using them, I suppose. I ended up not being able to justify spending so much for lumps of metal.