Christine: don't make it personal. I do not give enough personal information for that to be something you can do. Who is this misguided kettlebell author so I know who to take with a grain of salt? I do not comment on what your posts remind me of, even though I have trouble understanding what you are trying to express at times. However, I admire anyone who works to use a language in which one is not fluent, so I would probably never stoop that low. I assume you are well spoken in your native language.
Kettlebell sport derived training is a fine way to strengthen and condition the body with simple methods.
My long posts (sorry for that...I am naturally verbose and typing is very easy and fast for me)
were directed at exaggerated and misleading claims only.
For a good source, I recommend this post:
http://www.strongfirst.com/blog/the-role-of-the-kettlebell-at-strongfirst/
There is only one thing with which I disagree, and it is this line:
Regardless of your goals, your entry point into strength ought to be the kettlebell. Not only because of the additional conditioning, flexibility, and health benefits, but because the kettlebell, when professionally used, teaches priceless movement lessons that prepare one for safe and effective barbell and bodyweight strength training.
I would say that this is perfectly fine as a personal opinion (it is not like it won't work well), but it is an entry point which requires some professional instruction, and there is something to be sold. Good for business, and a perfectly valid way to get into training, but I think that the best way to get into strength training is calisthenics. However, in America at least, given that many people cannot squat down or do a pushup, perhaps as a singular system of training, that statement is accurate, especially since the entry point, the Program Minimum, excludes kettlebell lifts which require any kettlebell skill. However, teaching basic movement and mobility patterns can be done with nearly any tool, so in the end, I have to state I agree with the principles, although there are many tools which can be used with those principles.
My opinion, is, you are mixing too many ideas or opinions, that it is impossible to answer briefly to everything.
Actually, that is not just an opinion, but a fact. It is because I am addressing the myriad of contradicting and misleading claims about kettlebells. It is impossible to address them briefly