thanks. making what's in my head. always appreciate suggestions

Can u explain it more in detail, whether why lower center of mass is more strength and from what you explain, lower reps?

It's physics. It's essentially a cantilever system. Same thing with mace training. The closer your hands are to the weight, the easier it is to swing

im trying to film it now.

Mark Wildman thank you sir! You are appreciated.

Agreed, these videos are great. I have learned so much. Mark goes into a level of detail that I haven't seen in other KB videos. Thanks so much.

He did mention it. Its at the end

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sure.

Search his channel for "workout design". He has a video on it. If you don't know the techniques, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iKtmdrag0qranGw.html.

im working on it. i'm trying to put that out next week. there could be 1000 videos on that, so i'm narrowing down what is best, simplest, and fastest

same for me. bigger base. hard style bell have smaller bases until you get to 24k

I take that back I just checked/tested a couple of them, it lands below the joint with plenty of space. The Weiders are the creme-de-la-creme to ME. They accidentally sent me a CAP once and I realized it later on, it was quite beat up, and sent it back for the correct smooth Weider replacement. I WAY more like hardstyle, it's the big handle I really like to work with. My wrist only ever hurts from Jiu Jitsu not the Kettlebell workouts.

All mine are weider too. I love them. 30 all the way to 85lb

@@mrdshull Yeah I'd like to get another 40 but walmart is sold out may get another 35 in order to do the armor workout

i'll look that up

Those are based on the original performance bells by Valery Fedorenko

you just have to be aware when you pick then up that the face sits out i think

You probably want to wait on that...not a lot of inventory out there this Crazy Covid year.

that was a simpler answer, i should have pointed that out

i'll put it on the video list

can you elaborate. are you saying you have a 30% difference between different companies of completion bells?

Good idea

all movie projects are on hold for months so expect a video a day at least. maybe more since im getting lots of practice making them. each video use to take days. now its one video a day. soon... maybe 2

Check out the economics of the living fit competition adjustable kettlebell video

yes. rouge bells are based on the old RKC bells. i would try a completion bell, but at your height you might have to use a soft style gip to make it work.

Not sure if you found an answer, but Kettlebell Kings and Kettlebells USA are two of the big players in the US. If you're near Denver, I bought some bells from Simpsons Fitness supply that were pretty solid. Common hard style bells are from Dragondoor or Rogue. Regardless, I do not recommend you buy any kettlebell that does not have a spherical shape, i.e. the ones with a monkey face or a deeply imprinted logo - these are not comfortable resting on your forearm.

The more the merrier. 4kg jumps are usually appropriate.

ugh.... ahhh... how many of each would i have in this situation.

@@MarkWildman let's say tight budget to begin with, 2 to 3 kettlebells or clubs. Thanks for the reply! Great channel 💪🙏

You're not supposed to drop them...😂

@@jeff3putt But dropping is better than hurting yourself if those are the two options. @Stillnapie: good softstyle bells are casted out of one piece. Bad ones have the handle welded onto them. Those are cheaper. I'm no expert but this is what I've learned online.

i once dropped an 80lb hard style bell and cracked a concrete sidewalk.... but the bell survived.. i have heard of handles breaking but i've never seen it. dit you take a picture?

@@jeff3putt Yeah!!!

@@Barrrt It was a cast in one piece iron bell, it just hit right..

Shuaib Ahmed Kettlebell Kings and Rogue are considered to be the two best American brands. Mark uses Kettlebell Kings, in most of his videos. If you open up the video’s description box, you find that he has posted a link to their website.

That'S why alot of cast irons bells are junk.

Not yet. I’ve not heard of the sorinex

Buy a metal kettlebell

Down a shot of vodka + TGU every time. Russian hardstyle. 😂

common issue. to make them the same size the are cast hollow and the bottom is welded on but sometimes metal shavings or casting material ends up in the hollow void. i have a few that sound like maracas

Mark Wildman thanks so much for your reply ! Glad to know it’s not just mine. Keep up the awesome content!

@@MarkWildman Another reason could be that case iron moulding is not exactly precise. So, each bell can differ in weight. And to make up for that some sand, shavings, etc. added and sealed inside the bell.

i would say it's a technique problem , when you do it with your torso straight moving only with your hips ( and a bit your knees) the kettlebell goes almost to the level of your knees , i guess there is enough space between your knees ( you need to feel your gluts stretching while going down)

let me ask my buddy over there. i can't remember off the top of my head but we bought a whole set of great completion bells for a movie project. remind me to answer this. ill text scotland now, but the time difference means i won't get an answer till tomorrow

Mark Wildman Great! Let me know. Need to keep up the progression now everything’s on lockdown. On a side note, what are your thoughts on adjustable kettlebells such as this one: www.hifi-tower.co.uk/Sport-Fitness/Strength-training/Kettlebells/Adjustabell-Adjustable-Kettlebell-Weight-16-18-20-22-24-kg-Black-Blue-From-16-to-24-kg.html Looks convenient, but thought I’d ask in case not as effective for whatever reason

Any suggestions from Scotland? 🙃

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@@MarkWildman I'll thank you on his behalf 👍

12 or 14 k for men

@@MarkWildman Thanks for answer🙂

5.11

It’s an old RkC Russian red. It’s in storage currently so I’m not sure

@@MarkWildman Well, thanks for chiming in anyway. I got me some KBs and they're good (traditional style) but the spacing is kinda narrow for me and it doesn't fit right on my joints when I try to do cleans/snatches - even though at 55mm it seems just like the old/traditional spacing.

I do

It’s coming. I need to do reshoots

He’s old school genius

I think competition bells are where I would spend money

@@MarkWildman Got it. I’ll give the rogue competition style a try if it’s not good I’ll get the kettlebell kings.

@@justrelax6664 just go with kettlebell kings. i used some of the rogues with the cutouts that where not correct. kettlebell king adjustable bell is my by far no.1 recommendation. after that the prokettlebells.com

@@MarkWildman Are you talking about the adjustable competition style kettlebell?

Does rogue have an adjustable competition bell now?

No idea. I haven’t used a rogue bell in years.

I did pick some up at an event and didn’t like them that much, but I hear they were redesigned

@@MarkWildman Where i live i can choose between the Rogue's, the Dragon Door's and the Kettlebell Kings' - you tell me, you're the expert Mark: what'll it be? Once again, i am just starting out with kettlebells and only need three of 'em. Thanks.

Completion bells, kettlebell kings. Best bet is the adjustable completion bell.

I made a video on the economics

It is all a marketing gimmick. "Hardstyle" came from the DragonDoor Publishing Company. They were partnered with Pavel Tsatsouline in late 90s and early 2000s. Pretty much introduced kettlebells to the Western Market. The "soft" style was later "discovered", I guess, through KZfaq? These were the thinner-handled Kettlebells which were utilized in the Kettlebell Sport Competitions over in Russia (more or less), that typically involved max repetition efforts for the Snatch and the Clean and Jerk, at a 10 minute interval each. Pretty much freakishly strong (like real genetic freaks with crazy-high stress tolerances) guys and girls that were on par with Olympic-level athletes. And therein, the "soft" style gimmick came about, but I personally think the "hardstyle" is the real gimmick. Like, you wouldn't train yourself on a fat-bar style Olympic barbell for a Starting Strength program--that is just an uphill battle of moronic proportions. I think one sort of feat of "strength" (and I use quotes on purpose for strength) is the 10-minute snatch test with a 24kg kettlebell. I have never seen any of these online Kettlebell trainers ever upload footage like that apart from someone like a Jeff Martone, who is one hell of a monster kettlebell lifter.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, the "soft" style came from the thinking, "well, that's not hardstyle, I guess that must be soft style?" It is incorrect, it is not soft style--it should be termed "Sport Style"

good answer. if i could, i would add that in Hardstyle you make the body rigid and move the bell around the body. and in soft, completion, you move the body more around the bell. and then there's the single hip dip, and double hip dip thing.

@@PearsAreOkay Excellent expiration. I'd add Steve Cotter to that list.

@@Stillnapie Thanks--there are a bunch of people that are awesome KB lifters, and Steve Cotter is a baaaad dude :)

Not sure what you mean here. Hardstyle kettlebells are way easier to use and hardstyle training is extremely easy in comparison to girevoy sport, so if your idea is to take it easy and fool yourself, yes, that's the way to go!

Strongsecond as well!

In my country it seemed the same but I could actually still get them by doing more google :-) I went to a more expensive webshop.

perform better? kettlebell kings? iff? are valery fedorenko bells still being made, american kettlebell club? world kettlebell club? strong first? dragon door?

@@MarkWildman I love your videos and Thanks for replying!! I'm in Canada but most of the website I checked are out of the 16kg to 24kg. I have a 16kg so I'm going to continue to watch your videos and work on form and be in a better position to go up a level. I'll wait and pay a little less on shipping and get something local when everything settles down.

​@@glennparmiter2621 Been a couple months, so hopefully you could find some, but this is where I got mine: www.fitnessdepot.ca/B11BCB0907600/strength/kettlebells/kettlebells.html. Their Chinese supplier recently changed the design of the kettlebells so the Russian ones are not quite like the site shows. Check handle design like Mark suggests here and you should be good. Can also check second-hand, craigslist or kijiji.

super super strong. if you can use two 48k bells, you would be an ungodly monster of strength. i thin stronger than barbells because of the crazy complexity you can do. they won't necessarily be the same as barbell because joint angle determines muscle firing, so you will have a different angle of strength. but yes, you would be crazy strong. ancient peoples where crazy strong. atlas stone lifting and heavy club swinging check out the rouge documentary on the ancient lifting stones

hard style is about intentionally maximizing the "power" output of the moves, soft style in about intentionally making the moves as efficient as possible. the two styles of bells developed around the two training philosophies

Mark, thank you very much for the clarification hard = power, soft=technique. I will say that you have unleashed KBs for me with your approach - I am currently working on my 10 minute swings. I look forward to how to integrate other exercises into the mix.

yeah.. my camera guy messed up a bit, but in the interest of getting videos out, i didn't reshoot it. i realized it and the problem will be solved in the future. apologies. i have to work with what i can during quarantine

@@MarkWildman I'm just giving ya a hard time :) my take away us that you have such a high standard, your employees and friends have to do a round of alternating snatches and squats before they can handle equipment. Alfred Hitchcock would be proud ;)

why not? I have bought ALL mine from there, Weiders, if it's damaged I send it back until they get it right.

Mine are all good to go. Sit in the right spot on my arm. Weiders

well... in addition to being a trainer i have a degree in biochemical engineer... and i was published research scientist. not a lot, but 5 papers. 3rd author i think. does the count as a nerd?

@@MarkWildman I eat my hat good sir... 😅 How did you go from biochemistry to training?