Cassyan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't want to be negativistic, but I don't get it: what's all the fuss with kettlebells? Most of those exercises can be done with a simple dumbbell.

peter357 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Is this the best way you can make a dollar? This is dinousar traing

arosch1980 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Nice video...good stuff

xcoastie99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great video, very inspiring ( I am looking online to buy a kettlebell now). Don't pay any attention to the "experts" telling you how to workout, they can post their own video if they like.

penguinsandwich (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Looks great to me! About half of the KB stuff you see here shows people doing explosive (or even not-so-explosive) SLDL with KBs. So many people are afraid to sit back both in the squat and with KBs that it leads to this, I guess. Personally, I'll risk my knees before I risk my lower back (not that I think you're doing either here).

kettlebellinstructor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm RKC certified and agree with wolfram and iceman. The knees should lock out during the KB swing, but as a result of the hip pop, rather than the hips locking out as a result of the knee lockout. The power for the swing should come from the hips, glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexor. mstehle could easily fix this by starting out with his hips higher - in fact, he may have tight hamstrings, which are limiting the power in his swing.

kettlebellinstructor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm RKC certified and agree with wolfram and iceman. The knees should lock out during the KB swing, but as a result of the hip pop, rather than the hips locking out as a result of the knee lockout. The power for the swing should come from the hips, glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexor. mstehle could easily fix this by starting out with his hips higher - in fact, he may have tight hamstrings, which are limiting his movement.

kettlebellinstructor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm RKC certified and agree with wolfram and iceman. The knees should lock out, but as a result of the hip pop, not as a result of

gaucoin13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Oh great, Wolfram49 sounds like he really knows his stuff. Old-school squat technique is not the way to do things, it's perfectly okay to have the knees travel past the toes as long as your heels are planted and your form is good. There's also no reason he shouldn't lock his knees at the top of the motion as well, this is just old information that became gospel in any gym and it has no place in the real world especially when you consider more funtional movements.

wolfram49 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I've admittedly never done any formal KB training (meaning never studied with anyone on this). However, I've got several years of other types of movement and strength training under my belt, and, from years of observation and experimentation, I can tell you that locking your knees during any sort of strength training is a quick way to needing knee replacements. Same thing with the knees-over-toes thing. Otherwise, I think these are great exercises.