phillhutt

For some reason since yesterday I have become obsessed with kettlebells. I started reading about them somewhere and quickly found several interesting articles about them. Also, I follow Tim Ferriss’ blog and have heard him mention them several times. He seems to know what he’s on about and he’s releasing a book called “The 4-Hour Body” which I am quite looking forward to and hoping he mentions kettlebells in it.

Kettlebells have been around for a long time. They originated in Russian sometime in the 1700s. More recently there seems to be a bit of a “craze” going on right now.

Using Kettlebells seems to be quite a full body workout, but in particular it strengthens your core back and legs.
I’ve also read a few articles claiming that it can be very beneficial for cyclists! I even saw a picture of Lance Armstrong with one.

So anyway, I took the plunge and bought a 20lb kettlebell from Target. It was supposed to come with a DVD but mine didn’t have it, so I’ll have to go return it or get a DVD or something before I can check that out.
I did a quick and simple work out; 3×20 reps of two arm swing and just 1×20 of one arm swings (one set each arm). Even after that I could feel my legs tiring. My heart rate was up and my cardio too.

I will try to list some of them below for my own reference as much as for anybody else.

Here is an article about the Kettlebell swing, along with a video posted by someone.

Here is a video with some basic exercises.

Here is a video with some more advanced Kettlebell exercises.

Update:

Here is all of” Average To Elite” Kettlebell corrections by Jordan Vezina (+ other exercises also).

I have had a few days to play with my NuForce uDAC-2. I tested with both my Grado SR80i and Ultrasone HFI-580 headphones. I must say I was impressed with both! I first connected the uDAC-2 to my Dell Windows 7 Enterprise laptop. It found it and installed the drivers immediately. I fired up Winamp and played some tracks. Everything sounded perfectly clear and detailed, much more than I’ve heard from my headphones before. I could hear a lot more bass coming out of both sets of headphones than when they were connected just to the regular headphone out on the laptop.
Also, this thing is small. Like, actually quite cute. Build quality seems excellent. It feels solid, the volume knob is sturdy.
Worth $129? Hard to say. Only worth it if you have a decent pair of headphones I reckon.
I know for sure that I’m going to get a lot of use out of them, so it is worth it for me at least.
5/5