Brian
Level 1 Valued Member
Hello all,
First, let me take a moment and introduce myself, my name is Brian and I've been following an ETK-like program for a little less than a year now to boost my rowing performance. Prior to this, I experimented with a few different weight routines before finding something that was really engaging - kettlebells. Anyway, I'm now at the point of being able to do the whole progression with a 32kg. For a while now, I've been considering getting a 40kg and a 48kg, but I assume like all things, eventually there is a point of diminishing returns, or a point where the offset torque starts to wear on tendons and joints. The latter is especially concerning as size-wise I'm 5' 10" and hovering around 170lbs/11%BF, so there's not a huge amount of mass to offset unbalanced loads. For those of you who've been using KB's for a few years, do you see value in moving beyond 32kg? Or is it time to start focusing more on double-KB work, or even go back to something like a 5x5?
Thanks,
Brian
First, let me take a moment and introduce myself, my name is Brian and I've been following an ETK-like program for a little less than a year now to boost my rowing performance. Prior to this, I experimented with a few different weight routines before finding something that was really engaging - kettlebells. Anyway, I'm now at the point of being able to do the whole progression with a 32kg. For a while now, I've been considering getting a 40kg and a 48kg, but I assume like all things, eventually there is a point of diminishing returns, or a point where the offset torque starts to wear on tendons and joints. The latter is especially concerning as size-wise I'm 5' 10" and hovering around 170lbs/11%BF, so there's not a huge amount of mass to offset unbalanced loads. For those of you who've been using KB's for a few years, do you see value in moving beyond 32kg? Or is it time to start focusing more on double-KB work, or even go back to something like a 5x5?
Thanks,
Brian