Herp Derp
Level 1 Valued Member
I first started training with 35lbs cast iron kettlebells and have no wrist pain or bruises (other than the first week or so trying to refine the rack position). When it came time to get new kettlebells I decided to go with competition style (KBUSA pro elites) and I noticed that the rack position for them hurts the crap out of the back of my wrist right where it rests. This is not true of the cast iron bells.
Now I know there are hundreds of resources and videos on the proper rack position as well as info on how cleans if flipping the kettlebell over directly can causes bruises. However this hurts just to rack, not even performing a clean.
I noticed that with competition bells, the hand can be inserted very deeply often with the opposite horn contacting the distal ulna, where as with the case iron bells the handle is still across the palm at a 45 degree angle, but the opposite horn doesn't normally make contact with the wrist. When forcing myself into a deeply inserted position "properly" on the comp bell, it seems to rub over the the distal radius tendon where extensor pollicis brevis and longus travels. I currently have two large bumps as a result on the radial side.
Now I know there are hundreds of resources and videos on the proper rack position as well as info on how cleans if flipping the kettlebell over directly can causes bruises. However this hurts just to rack, not even performing a clean.
I noticed that with competition bells, the hand can be inserted very deeply often with the opposite horn contacting the distal ulna, where as with the case iron bells the handle is still across the palm at a 45 degree angle, but the opposite horn doesn't normally make contact with the wrist. When forcing myself into a deeply inserted position "properly" on the comp bell, it seems to rub over the the distal radius tendon where extensor pollicis brevis and longus travels. I currently have two large bumps as a result on the radial side.