Manuel Fortin
Level 6 Valued Member
If the kettlebells were stored inside, you would probably be fine bringing them outside to train unless it is very cold. In fact, I prefer cold handles for snatching. I train in my garage and In the winter, it is below freezing in there as it is not heated continuously. I may warm up the garage with a space heater for 5 minutes before getting in there and warm up the handles a bit by blasting hot air on them, but they are definitively very cold to touch when I pick them up. In these conditions, I can easily do more than 100 snatches with 32 kg with only a vey light coating of chalk on my hands. When it gets warmer, I usually have to apply chalk every 40-50 snatches. The cold handles warm up a bit during the snatch session, picking up heat from my hands, and the hands cool down a bit due to contact with the cold metal. I get to an equilibrium where there is no sweat and the hand stay very dry.