Worst Kettlebell Design Seen in Perth

by TC Lee on October 3, 2009

Hey hope you’re doing awesome on the weekend kicking back mate!

Have been really busy getting people in awesome shape and been really please with some the results I seen. Started training a girl last Saturday only for one week and she lost 1kg and 1.2% body fat. Kettlebell training rocks! Still early days but she’s hell bent on bringing down her bodyfat level. So watch out!

Alrite mate let’s get down to the Topic I am going to touch on. Recently, one of my great kettlebell boot camp members gave me a kettlebell that got his hands in PAIN doing the snatch and clean. I had a look and very amazed how bad the design is. Have a look at the picture of the WORST kettlebell I seen below:
crap kettlebell design
Then today, one of my BEST kettlebell coaching clients, Matt Kelly, was hanging out with me and we thought let’s make a video explaining why this kettlebell sucks and what to look out for a great kettlebell. Yeah I mean he’s a champion and always very dedicated to training. He can snatch 32kg for 80 reps. Anyway click on the video below.
watch video

On Why This Kettlebell Design SUCKS!

To summarise what you saw on the video,
# 1 – look out for rough kettlebell handles
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#2 – Uneven surfaces of the kettlebell handle
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#3 – Flat surfaces on both side of the kettlebell
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If you see #1,#2, and #3, the kettlebell SUCKS! Don’t buy it. Okay example of a great kettlebell design is shown below. It should have smooth handle and rounded on one side.
good bell

Used Australian Kettlebells and Brand New 28kg Kettlebell from Dynobells Going Cheap!

Hey don’t forget to have a look at Matt’s used Australian Kettlebells below:

used kettlebellsThey’re very well-maintained and he is very keen to get rid of them. 20kg going for AU$90 and 24kg for Au$100 and don’t forget the 28kg BRAND NEW Dynobells kettlebell (still in a box) for AU$110. He’s happy to negotiate a deal like he mentioned in the video if you want to get all of them.  In my honest opinion, they’re BLOODY good deal because there is no shipping fee. If you order a new bell Australian Kettlebells, it would cost another AU$54 for shipment. Be sure that you live in Perth when you contact Matt at the following details:
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Contact Person: Matt Kelly
Contact Number: 0488 573 940
Email Address: mattkelly_006@hotmail.com

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BTW, Matt is really a cool guy and down-to-earth. Great man to talk to!

Hey stay cool and thanks for reading the post!

T C Lee

Perth Kettlebell Instructor

P.S. Will be happy to see your comments below. If you seen any kettlebells worse the one shown here, tell us about it.

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Kettlebell Swing – The Back Saver Exercise

by TC Lee on August 17, 2009

Hey I am back again and been working on my deep heavy weighted back squats with my mate on the weekend. Then I got someone called me on the Sat telling me how he hurt his back doing the swing. But he did not blame it on the swing because he knew he did not exactly have the best technique. And I thought there are probably some people out there who may not know how to precisely execute the fundamental kettlebell swing. Seriously, if you can’t get the kettlebell swing right you can pretty much forget about doing other ballistic kettlebell lifts. You’re going to hurt your back anyway.

The swing is a very functional low back endurance exercise builder and it is what the doctor ordered for if you have a dodgy back. According to the famous spine biomechanist, Professor Stuart McGill, PhD, concluded that low back strength does not prevent the risk of back problems but low back muscular endurance does. What the hell is low back muscular endurance? It means the ability of your low back muscles to hold before fatigue sets in.

And high repetition of kettlebell swing certainly develops low back endurance and the glutes (the butt) that helps buffer the stress on the low back.

Watch the video below and learn how to properly execute the best swing you could to save your back.

Kettlebell Swing to save your back from TC Lee on Vimeo.

If you have watched the video, you would know what I meant about “Floating the Bell” and the “Bell Going Behind the Hips”.

“Foating the Bell”

Floating the Bell (Upswing Phase)

Floating the Bell (Upswing Phase)

Key Points for “Floating the Bell”

  • Keep your trunk/torso straight by having muscular tension on those areas
  • Squeeze (meaning active contraction) the butt cheek muscles
  • Straightened the knee joints
  • Maintained tight shoulder joints

“Bell Going Behind the Hips”

Backswing

Backswing

Key Points for “Bell Going behind the Hips”

  • Maintained a neutral spine posture (Never round the lower back)
  • Look up and straight to the front
  • Hinge from the hip joint

Alrite mate hope you are getting some useful information here to save your back from pain. If you like what you see here, please leave a comment or even leave a comment with a question.

Talk to You Soon & have an Awesome Week

TC

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