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What do you think about kettlebells? They seem to offer a lot of versatility (nice when you don't want to get a lot of different weights) (piefed.zip)

submitted 18 hours ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/fitness@lemmy.world

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[–] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They're redundant. It's just a differently shaped dumbbell. Not necessary at all, if dumbbells are available. If dumbbells aren't available, kettlebells are a poor substitute for dumbbells, whereas if kettlebells aren't available and dumbbells are, dumbbells are an OK substitute for kettlebells.

"But what about kettlebell swings?"

NO. Just no.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Kettlebells are focused on compound exercises. I don't know where you came up with this:

If dumbbells aren't available, kettlebells are a poor substitute for dumbbells, whereas if kettlebells aren't available and dumbbells are, dumbbells are an OK substitute for kettlebells.

I can't think of any dumbbell exercises that couldn't use a kettlebell if it's all you had, but dumbbells are not well suited at all to kettlebell exercises.

And I don't know why you hate swings, they're a fantastic way to build squat form.