vitaminCoffee
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I'm new to strength training. I started a year ago with a 16 kg kettlebell. Since then, I've been messing around, trying different programs, and trying to get a sense of what I like. I also bought a 24 kg bell.
It turns out, the exercises I like doing are these: one arm military press, get up, bent press, bent over row, dead snatch, dead clean and press, goblet squat, and weighted carries.
I like playing around with programming, and trying out new schemes, like pyramids a la rite of progress. Right now I'm working on the military press, for instance, doing 4 sets of 5 reps, working up to 4 sets of 15 reps, before jumping up in weight.
I'm currently reading a book by Sig Klein, and enjoy trying to understand those older training methods.
I'm currently still just using the 16 and 24 kg bells. To approximate a 20kg weight, I sometimes grab the 16 kg as well a gallon of water in the same hand. It works pretty well for the presses.
I tend to move house a lot, so I need my equipment to fit in the trunk of my car when I move next. As much as I love kettlebells, it seems like they're not the best choice for me. My questions is: should I get a barbell or a dumbbell?
Across the country, in storage, I have a very old barbell that I've never used. I remember it has those old red metal collars. Looking online, I think it must be a York bell, but I remember being it quite a bit shorter than the modern barbells I've seen.
Could I get away with the barbell, doing one arm military presses with it, as well as one arm snatches, etc.?
Would an olympic loadable dumbbell be the best thing? I keep reading conflicting things about them, with people saying the weights are too big, limiting range of motion, or that you can't do snatches with them because the weights will fall off.
I really have on idea what weights someone like like me would typically top out on. I'm 5'10", 175lbs, and not very strong yet.
It turns out, the exercises I like doing are these: one arm military press, get up, bent press, bent over row, dead snatch, dead clean and press, goblet squat, and weighted carries.
I like playing around with programming, and trying out new schemes, like pyramids a la rite of progress. Right now I'm working on the military press, for instance, doing 4 sets of 5 reps, working up to 4 sets of 15 reps, before jumping up in weight.
I'm currently reading a book by Sig Klein, and enjoy trying to understand those older training methods.
I'm currently still just using the 16 and 24 kg bells. To approximate a 20kg weight, I sometimes grab the 16 kg as well a gallon of water in the same hand. It works pretty well for the presses.
I tend to move house a lot, so I need my equipment to fit in the trunk of my car when I move next. As much as I love kettlebells, it seems like they're not the best choice for me. My questions is: should I get a barbell or a dumbbell?
Across the country, in storage, I have a very old barbell that I've never used. I remember it has those old red metal collars. Looking online, I think it must be a York bell, but I remember being it quite a bit shorter than the modern barbells I've seen.
Could I get away with the barbell, doing one arm military presses with it, as well as one arm snatches, etc.?
Would an olympic loadable dumbbell be the best thing? I keep reading conflicting things about them, with people saying the weights are too big, limiting range of motion, or that you can't do snatches with them because the weights will fall off.
I really have on idea what weights someone like like me would typically top out on. I'm 5'10", 175lbs, and not very strong yet.