Russian Kettlebells: The Best All-Around Fitness Tool
November 14, 2007 Exercise, Get Fit No CommentsWhat Is a Russian Kettlebell?
A ‘kettlebell‘ (girya in Russian) is a cast-iron weight of traditional Russian descent, that basically resembles a cannonball with a tea-pot shaped handle. Where all-around fitness is concerned, this is the long and the short of it.
The Russian kettlebell (an average-sized 16kg (35lb) is about $89.95 plus shipping) is old; apparently, the term first appeared in a Russian dictionary in 1704. The weights were popular enough during the time of Tsarist Russia that any weightlifter was referred to as a girevik (’a kettlebell man’). The popularity of the kettlebell becomes quite obvious, shortly after Read the rest…
