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Other/Mixed Recent Fitness-Related Purchases

Other strength modalities (e.g., Clubs), mixed strength modalities (e.g., combined kettlebell and barbell), other goals (flexibility)
Ege said:
Ps: Regardless of the KB sizes that are considered as heavy in this forum, I can tell that 24kg KB demands respect :) and yes all weights of KBs demands absolute respect but at 24 kg, I can see that things are getting more serious, this is the territory of, if you don’t know KBs don’t even pick me up territory.
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I had the same thought today while doing a couple getups with the 24kg. Looking at that thing hanging over my hand my thought was "that is not a small kettlebell nor is that a light kettlebell". Congrats on your purchase!
 
mvalenti said:
I had the same thought today while doing a couple getups with the 24kg. Looking at that thing hanging over my hand my thought was "that is not a small kettlebell nor is that a light kettlebell". Congrats on your purchase!
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:) yes, it does not matter if there are many people in this forum that use 24kg KB for their light tonic day, it is NOT a light KB ;)
 
Ege said:
:) yes, it does not matter if there are many people in this forum that use 24kg KB for their light tonic day, it is NOT a light KB ;)
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It is definitely a solid weight. I was just looking back at my copy of ROP and I had a date if 9/2019 and had 20kg written next to it as my "heavy" snatch day then. It was cool a cool reminder. I heard Dan John's podcast recently and he said if we locked you in a room with the 24kg for the next 9 months, you would come out on the other end a different animal.
 
Withings Body Smart scale

Unfortunately it's not particularly smart. It reports a bodyweight of about 100lbs. while my ancient mechanical scale from Ikea reports over 150lbs, which is closer to the weight that was measured at a health screening I attended earlier this week. Another problem is it was supposed to give me bodyfat/body comp readings. Turns out this feature must be "installed" by an IOS app - which would have been ok if the app was able to install the needed software into the scale without losing its WiFi/Bluetooth connections.

Will send the Withings scale back for a refund and stick to my old mechanical scale.
 
GovernorSilver said:
Withings Body Smart scale

Unfortunately it's not particularly smart. It reports a bodyweight of about 100lbs. while my ancient mechanical scale from Ikea reports over 150lbs, which is closer to the weight that was measured at a health screening I attended earlier this week. Another problem is it was supposed to give me bodyfat/body comp readings. Turns out this feature must be "installed" by an IOS app - which would have been ok if the app was able to install the needed software into the scale without losing its WiFi/Bluetooth connections.

Will send the Withings scale back for a refund and stick to my old mechanical scale.
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Sounds like you have a broken one. I’ve had the Nokia precursor for years and it works great.

The body fat reading is junk because that method is junk. I wouldn’t pursue that feature too much
 
silveraw said:
Sounds like you have a broken one. I’ve had the Nokia precursor for years and it works great.

The body fat reading is junk because that method is junk. I wouldn’t pursue that feature too much
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You might be right on both counts. I started the refund process with the store.

One of the activities at our in-office health screening event was grasping a device and holding it at shoulder height. This device is supposed to take body comp/BMI readings. The consensus among my coworkers was this device couldn't be trusted. One of them is a thin looking guy who frequently kayaks, hikes, cycles (on a bike), etc. and is not "skinny fat" imo - he got a BMI reading of over 25 :D I guess I'll never know how much of an improvement I would have seen with the Withings scale regarding BMI/body comp readings, but the experience with the app and its pathetic attempts to "install" the scale made me lose interest.
 
Halfakneecap said:
40kg competition kettlebell. Plan is it use it for swings at first. Long term plan, ideally I’ll have 2 and be able to C&P them and also FSQ. But that’s a long way off.

It’s an Australian company ( made in China no doubt ), so if I like it, I may eventually get a 2nd 36kg. I have a kettlebell kings 36, but they aren’t available in Oz anymore unfortunately. If the dimensions of the 40 are similar to my 36, at least I know if I get a 2nd 36, it’ll work with my KKings one.
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I thought I’d need a few months with the 36 to be ready for the 40, but last week I managed 10x10 with the 36, so figure I’d try 5 sets of 2 with the 40. First set 3 reps, then 9 more sets of 5. Pretty happy with the bell and very happy I can swing it already.

I have been doing swings 3 a week for about a month now, loving them again. So many benefits and hard to mess up
 
I have added my first "in-between size" 28kg bell.
I had a Minimal-ish set of 16, 24, 32, 40, and 48kg bells.
it was on sale for $0.99/lb. and I was able to pick it up for free shipping.
Just had an inaugural session of 100 snatches ( 5/20, EMOM ). Many more to come.
powder coat finish is rough and grippy like a 6000-grit sandpaper.

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Adachi said:
I have added my first "in-between size" 28kg bell.
I had a Minimal-ish set of 16, 24, 32, 40, and 48kg bells.
it was on sale for $0.99/lb. and I was able to pick it up for free shipping.
Just had an inaugural session of 100 snatches ( 5/20, EMOM ). Many more to come.
powder coat finish is rough and grippy like a 6000-grit sandpaper.

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Dang, that is a steal. Rep fitness?
 
silveraw said:
Dang, that is a steal. Rep fitness?
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No, they don't have that kind of presence online yet.

Fitness & Gym Equipment | Extreme Training Equipment

Southern California's number 1 stop shop for home and commercial gym equipment. Direct supplier savings on strength & conditioning fitness equipment.
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but they have good prices. especially good, if you can pick up locally.
 
Adachi said:
No, they don't have that kind of presence online yet.

Fitness & Gym Equipment | Extreme Training Equipment

Southern California's number 1 stop shop for home and commercial gym equipment. Direct supplier savings on strength & conditioning fitness equipment.
extremetrainingequipment.com extremetrainingequipment.com

but they have good prices. especially good, if you can pick up locally.
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You aren't kidding, $100 for a 48kg if you pick it up is pretty dang good. @Kenny Croxdale do you guys price match stores across the country?
 
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