Kettlebells and Bodybuilding

Kettlebells and Bodybuilding

I've often thought that kettlebells were not really a tool for bodybuilding/adding muscle mass. my thoughts on this have changed!

However, of late I feel like I've packed on a nice slab of muscle to my frame by using kettlebells.

Recently I've been doing bottoms up kettlebell press ladders as a shoulder/upper body warm up before hitting a snatch routine and BUP practice.

I've been working from 5-10 with the 24kg kettlebell with both hands on the BUP ladder. My left side requires considerably more concentration and is more challenging on the grip to get the full set.

Despite the low kettlebell weight (in comparison to a dumbbell) I've experienced more muscle fullness and over all upper body growth and my body feels 'more together' from only a week of this.

At best my training is all over the place moving from one direction to another, generally with kettlebells as the major theme running through it.

So with this said I'm still aiming towards my goals just not in a very structured way. But there is one thing that can be said and that is that I'm bringing about postitive adaptions with this method and my body is adapting to everything I throw at it.

Which is the purpose of training after all (A training adaption takes place only if the magnitude of the training load is above the habitual level - Zatiorsky)


So my message is - kettlebell ladders are a fantastic tool for bodybuilding. Use your imagination with the exercises and work as hard as you can for some great results.




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Kettlebells and Bodybuilding