Manuel Fortin
Level 6 Valued Member
@North Coast Miller @Kozushi We discussed these force numbers in a previous thread How fast do we swing Kettlebells?, among other things. My conclusion is that there is no 500 pounds force on the kettlebell when swinging a 24. 500 pounds is the force exerted on the ground, and includes the weight of the person who swings the kettlebell. With measured accelerations, the force exerted on the kettlebell is closer to 150-170 pounds, and that is for only a short amount of time. Now, if you swing a 40kg bell 1 handed with accelerations similar to those I saw, that would be a max of about 250-300 pounds exerted on 1 hand.