Kettlebell substitute?

Anyone know of cheaper alternative to a kettlebell?
Thinking of a water bottle filled with sand or some such?
Thanks guys -you have a great group here-real friendly

In article <1176405439.608410.109020@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
"whitedogshitman" <validatpart@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Anyone know of cheaper alternative to a kettlebell?
> Thinking of a water bottle filled with sand or some such?
> Thanks guys -you have a great group here-real friendly
>

I bought a couple of kettlestack handles. They work pretty good.

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Keith

"Hobbes" <khobman800@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> In article <1176405439.608410.109020@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
> "whitedogshitman" <validatpart@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Anyone know of cheaper alternative to a kettlebell?
>> Thinking of a water bottle filled with sand or some such?
>> Thanks guys -you have a great group here-real friendly
>>
>
> I bought a couple of kettlestack handles. They work pretty good.

Agreed - first choice for a kb substitute, work great for swings, can not
work for some people for movements in which the "bell" rests on the forearm,
e.g., I had one and it worked fine on my left side but not my right, and my
wife couldn't use it on either arm, all just due to the way the edges of the
plates hit the bones in the forearm.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

>
> --
> Keith

In article <1176405439.608410.109020@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>,
>
whitedogshitman <validatpart@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Anyone know of cheaper alternative to a kettlebell?

I haven't spent enough quality time with kettlebells to be an expert
on them compared to many of the other readers here, but nowadays,
quite a few manufacturers make olympic plates with "handles"--holes
just inside the rim that you can put your fingers through. I suspect
you'd have a hard time finding ones bigger than 45 pounds, but you
can find those at local sporting goods and warehouse/discount stores.

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t...@nyx.net (the tree by the river) wrote:
> whitedogshitman <validatp...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >Anyone know of cheaper alternative to a kettlebell?
>
> I haven't spent enough quality time with kettlebells to be an expert
> on them compared to many of the other readers here, but nowadays,
> quite a few manufacturers make olympic plates with "handles"--holes
> just inside the rim that you can put your fingers through. I suspect
> you'd have a hard time finding ones bigger than 45 pounds, but you
> can find those at local sporting goods and warehouse/discount stores.

Tryg, DUDE! Wow, all the old timers (emphasis on old) seem to
wandering back.

Well, at least the ones not in prison.

Good to see ya', stick around, maybe more will show up

David

In article <1176470946.700341.68870@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.c om>,
David Cohen <sammiesdad@gmail.com> wrote:
> t...@nyx.net (the tree by the river) wrote:
>> whitedogshitman <validatp...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> >Anyone know of cheaper alternative to a kettlebell?
>>
>> I haven't spent enough quality time with kettlebells to be an expert
>> on them compared to many of the other readers here, but nowadays,
>> quite a few manufacturers make olympic plates with "handles"--holes
>> just inside the rim that you can put your fingers through. I suspect
>> you'd have a hard time finding ones bigger than 45 pounds, but you
>> can find those at local sporting goods and warehouse/discount stores.
>
>Tryg, DUDE! Wow, all the old timers (emphasis on old) seem to
>wandering back.

Yep, I'm hard to get rid of...for long, anyway. But, then
often enough, that's all part of my job.

>Well, at least the ones not in prison.

They don't have net access in prisons these days?

>Good to see ya', stick around, maybe more will show up

Thanks!
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On 16 Apr 2007 12:33:25 GMT, tlode@nyx.net (the tree by the river) wrote:

>In article <1176470946.700341.68870@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.c om>,
>David Cohen <sammiesdad@gmail.com> wrote:
>> t...@nyx.net (the tree by the river) wrote:
>>> whitedogshitman <validatp...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> >Anyone know of cheaper alternative to a kettlebell?
>>>
>>> I haven't spent enough quality time with kettlebells to be an expert
>>> on them compared to many of the other readers here, but nowadays,
>>> quite a few manufacturers make olympic plates with "handles"--holes
>>> just inside the rim that you can put your fingers through. I suspect
>>> you'd have a hard time finding ones bigger than 45 pounds, but you
>>> can find those at local sporting goods and warehouse/discount stores.
>>
>>Tryg, DUDE! Wow, all the old timers (emphasis on old) seem to
>>wandering back.

Seriously. I recall Trygve postings in various groups clear back to the 1980s...

>Yep, I'm hard to get rid of...for long, anyway. But, then
>often enough, that's all part of my job.
>
>>Well, at least the ones not in prison.
>
>They don't have net access in prisons these days?

Isn't he Australian? Technically, isn't Australia one big prison, sort of like Manhattan Island
in "Escape from New York"?