What s the best way to get started with kettlebells?
Start the same way you should begin any exercise regimen, by talking with your doctor. Then, depending on your current state of fitness, choose a kettlebell weight which you are certain you will be comfortable using. You can always go heavier after you learn the kettlebell moves, but if you start out with a weight that is too much for you, you may never continue. Kettlebells range in weight from 4kg to 48Kg, or about 9 to 106 pounds. Depending on your strength level when you begin, you may be ready to move up to the next larger weight within a couple of weeks. But many trainers advise that even large men with strength training backgrounds start with no higher than the 53 pound kettlebell. Women can start, depending on their fitness and familiarity with strength training, at anywhere between the 9 and 26 pound levels. With kettlebells, handle thickness can be an issue for women, and heavier weights with larger handles may not allow them to keep an adequate grip on the KB during their wo
