Thanks Mark. I am a musician who is becoming stage fit again. At 72 years old and I am returning to training with an 8 kilo bell. It feels pretty good and my general mobility has transformed in just 5 weeks of 20 minutes a day bell and general stretching moves. I am careful not to overdo things, but stay within my limits of comfort and breathing. It's a great piece of kit to take on trips. Your training videos really helped me to understand more about what I am doing. Thank you very much for your work.
Wish you to rock that stage well, Bob! I myself am a musician who started slacking on fitness recently. I had a gig recently in the middle of a park, so no car to the stage. Having to carry huge bass amps for 15 minutes straight is a great motivation to pick up kettlebelling :)
Well done! To further great results take diet seriously. Good multivitamin and enough protein. Get Enough of fruit as well. Real health starts with diet and everything else falls into place.
As a former RKC devotee, CrossFitter, and weightlifter, thank you for this simple and honest video. Very nice explanation of the benefit of kettlebells as compared to other modalities with clean, precise movement. Kudos!
I have to say my man, you have about the nicest KB press form out there. I constantly see people getting lots of reps starting nowhere near the proper rack position, and going nowhere near the full lockout (even respected trainers like Dan John, just look at his 'perfect workout' video), and when I see them move lots of weight for lots of reps I get tempted to sacrifice my form a bit, but then I watch one of your pressing videos to keep my mind in check. So thanks
One of the best videos that describes how kettlebells are different from dumbbells/barbells. Winter is coming. My outdoor exercise routine will need become an indoor one. I have been struggling to choose what to invest in. I need something for both cardio and strength training. I have been watching a lot of Kettlebell videos. This one video helped me choose. I have been working out with one 5lb weight and one 10lb weight. I will invest in two 15lbs. Thank you. I subscribed without even watching your other videos. That is how informative and great this one video was.
Found this channel six weeks ago - got myself a bell, started swinging and squatting and pressing and my back pain in GONE!! Thank you Mark for the great information and coaching!!
Thanks Mark Wildman! Just beginning my journey into Kettlebell workouts. Your information in comprehensive, detailed, accurate, smart... As a long time martial artist, Ving Tsun & Kickboxing/Mo Duk Kwan and an 82nd ABN Veteran, I can appreciate the practicality of your approach. I am 59 years old and working on getting healthy again. The functionality of your methods is very valuable, I find, especially at this stage in my life.
Thanks Mark Wildman! I’m Just beginning my journey into Kettlebell workouts. Your information in comprehensive, detailed, accurate, smart... As a long time martial artist, Ving Tsun & Kickboxing/Mo Duk Kwan, an 82nd ABN Veteran, I can appreciate the practicality of your approach. I am 59 years old and working on getting healthy again (unfortunately my health took a turn for the worse/ no biggie, nothing that can’t be improved). The functionality of your methods is very valuable, I find (especially at this stage in my life). I am also a physician (MD, Family Medicine) and am impressed with your level of expertise (kinesiology, etc,...). I sincerely appreciate your efforts to educate those interested. It is quite a service to humanity.
Hey Mark. Thank you for all the work you do. Your online teachings are at the highest level, started using the kettlebell for the very 1st time in my life and feel extraordinary! Much love and respect 🫡
Mark I really want to thank you for these videos you've made. I purchased kettlebells around 2 months ago and your videos have helped me a lot. Please keep it up and many thanks again!
Mark, I love your training on the kettlebells, especially the "clean". FINALLY training that is clear, precise, and to the point. I am watching everything on your channel and loving it. I would pay for more kettlebell training from you if I could. I feel I am finally making progress with the kettlebell. Thank you!
Thank you Mr. Wildman...your videos are excellent. I'm using them to recover from an old rotator cuff injury and to give myself a better quality of life!
Ive seen a load of videos of all sorts of people teaching you all sorts of fitness and they bore me to tears and seem up themselves. This fella seems good!
Bought this for my youngest to develop basic form for single hand kettlebell work. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxtaDAl93XF8wxJhssTtjIFjzid82wglva It has a nice grip on it, just a little rough so it isn't slippery. I was doing a few rotator cuff exercises to test and worked well for those movements I'd been doing with a regular dumbbell. Cool thing you can do is hold it in your hand for door-knob turns to work the forearm and grip. Note: it's small, almost all handle, but that's what I expected given the weight. Smallest I've worked with before is 15lbs, so it was kind of funny to see the difference 10lbs makes.
Dear Mark Wildman Thank you for all the information you share.I have learned so many things about clubs and kettlebells. I now can perform most off the exercises correctly,and that feels good. Thanks to you.
Thank you Mr. Wildman. Your kettlebell instructional videos are the best I've seen on youtube. Short, to the point with all relevant information along with enough demonstration to put the point across well.
The topic of using one kettlebell to promote cross-body stabilization was incredibly helpful for me. I have two 25 lb kettlebells and one 35 lb kettlebell. I am doing the basics with the one 35 lb bell and I can tell the difference. Thank you very much Mark.
This is great. An observation; the body pull-up (various planes of motion) feels like a critically important element to add to any routine that focuses on only these 6 KB movements. Especially important in this age of sedantry lifestyles/their negative impact our posture.
i dont even miss the gym when i have an kettlebell. all you really need for an good workout is an KB, pullup/dips bar, and maybe an cardio machine. also i JUST got the 12 kg KB and doing cleans with them is HARD AS SHIT. i can easily lift a proper ammount but KB are a whole different ball game tbh
Thank you so much for the instructions man!!! Since the gym closed down again until the 19th of January and my Kettlebells got in, I know how to keep me busy😁💪🏼
I love the way you demo your exercises, I am battling with a longstanding glute, injury and am trying to rehabilitate it with a combo of strength and mobility training! You definitely taught me a few tricks thanks for the great content!
It has helped to observe that I can do a routine without dressing down. I have the perfect stretch jeans for when I have a long morning or afternoon home studio workout.
Great, concise videos. I’m putting together a workout plan and gear purchase, rejigging my workout and home gym post-injury. After checking out other channels this one is now my go to 🙏👍
I think I've watched every one of your videos at least twice now (kettlebell ones a lot more) Really impressed with everything and am now well into establishing a correct and proper routine based on your excellent advice. Being 73 and overweight, it ain't easy, but I am determined to make what is left of my life, a lot better. Thanks for all you do, it is appreciated.
Beginner level kettlebeller here. The current run on fitness equipment meant i could only get my hands on a 28kg bell. I think i should deadlift this for volume with maybe resistance bands before attempting the 2 handed swing
Thanks for all this info man, just subscribed and I'm now making my way through a lot of your content, I appreciate your way of explaining things and how thorough and measured you are. I'm a few weeks into kettlebell training and your content will really help me and my way of doing things not get hurt haha. Again, thanks.
Great videos... really helped me in with technique and some lock down workouts... be great if you could post advice for HIIT kettlebell routines with variations for upper, lower body and core
Been doing this since the start of lockdown and my arse and shoulders have got absolutely massive, nothing fits , cant wait for the shops to open up as I dont do online clothes shopping
Hello, not sure if you will see this, but I don't think he mentions a time frame for this exercise for beginners. I am starting with like 20 minutes and I just mix up sets of these exercises. and I plan to post my form online soon for critique but how much time did you start out with?
@@VV-rj2dm hes got another vid that says 10- mins but high rep sets , I could hardly do any when i started with a 16g kettlebell. Hes got a vid were he says to do alternate days, day 1 warm up ( then turkish get up x 3 each side, high rep single arm swings, like as many as possible until form goes, can do double arm if a beginner day 2 warm up , clean and press high reps, sets of 5 but dont stop, use his transitions, rest when form goes, if I cant press I carry on with just snatch until too tired to have good form, then I do a legs, either squat or lunge, again high reps correct form,
I cant even tell you how much kettlebells have changed my life. Weightlifting heavy, only made things worse, because i would have to do the double of time for stretching, mobility work to even it out, and yet, still i felt tight on the hips. No weightlifting, just kettlebells and calistenics are for me the key for longevity
Can you post a list of squat exercises from simple to complex and breakout exercises for specific issues with the squat? And what about the soft style version of these exercises?
I found that through using the kettlebell I walk better more upright I feel a lot more stable. Iam a 68 year old woman. I run 30 ks a week and have done other things exercise wise but the kettlebell is really good if you have problems with balance. Try it for a few weeks and you will see a big difference
@@aafgahfah It would be also good to have like 5-6 kettlebell exercises that are use to target as many muscles at workout -full body workout. Like single arm row for back mucles, kb swing for back/legs etc.
A lot of videos on TH-cam show something really impressive or whatever, or a selection of skilful moves, but they don’t show someone like me, a 42 year old dad stuck at home with 3 children, how to warm up, exercise for (say) 30 minutes, and then warm down. 99% of the content doesn’t actually enable someone clueless but keen like me to try a workout without fearing a real risk of injury.
Alex Poole Rule of thumb. Start with a slow jog in place. Increase the speed over time. Then do some air squats, just bodyweight. If you need to hold onto something, that's totally fine. The, Draw circles with your arms extended out to sides. This should get your body primed for some kettlebell work. I'm 57 and swear by this. Good luck!
Thanks, a great video. I like to watch the movement and you are clear. I still have some issues with cleaning the bell, especially on the left side!!! More practice drills I guess. My trainer designs Hellion sets, which I also find really good for the concentration and getting the form.
2 Handed Swing 0:25
Hand to Hand Swing 0:28
The Clean 0:34
The Snatch 0:44
The Press 0:53
The Turkish Get Up 1:06
The Squat 1:27
Thanks Mark. I am a musician who is becoming stage fit again. At 72 years old and I am returning to training with an 8 kilo bell. It feels pretty good and my general mobility has transformed in just 5 weeks of 20 minutes a day bell and general stretching moves. I am careful not to overdo things, but stay within my limits of comfort and breathing. It's a great piece of kit to take on trips. Your training videos really helped me to understand more about what I am doing. Thank you very much for your work.
Wish you to rock that stage well, Bob!
I myself am a musician who started slacking on fitness recently. I had a gig recently in the middle of a park, so no car to the stage. Having to carry huge bass amps for 15 minutes straight is a great motivation to pick up kettlebelling :)
U go, gurl!
Well done! To further great results take diet seriously. Good multivitamin and enough protein. Get Enough of fruit as well. Real health starts with diet and everything else falls into place.
Nice, at 65 I do alternate kettlebell and dumbbell routines 3 times a week
OMG! I will be 72 in two months and because of COVID I can't use Planet Fitness anymore. Today will be my first KB workout.
That was short and to the point. Just right. More like this please
@Sonny Dins yeah. You're right. I watched more of them. 👍
yes , often these workout vids babble on with useless info / crap 4ever !
As a former RKC devotee, CrossFitter, and weightlifter, thank you for this simple and honest video. Very nice explanation of the benefit of kettlebells as compared to other modalities with clean, precise movement. Kudos!
Mark Wildman is an excellent speaker and presenter. Brief and right on point.
thank you
I have to say my man, you have about the nicest KB press form out there. I constantly see people getting lots of reps starting nowhere near the proper rack position, and going nowhere near the full lockout (even respected trainers like Dan John, just look at his 'perfect workout' video), and when I see them move lots of weight for lots of reps I get tempted to sacrifice my form a bit, but then I watch one of your pressing videos to keep my mind in check. So thanks
Rewatched this after starting kettlebells last year and imho this is still the best introduction video...period.
One of the best videos that describes how kettlebells are different from dumbbells/barbells.
Winter is coming. My outdoor exercise routine will need become an indoor one. I have been struggling to choose what to invest in. I need something for both cardio and strength training.
I have been watching a lot of Kettlebell videos. This one video helped me choose. I have been working out with one 5lb weight and one 10lb weight. I will invest in two 15lbs.
Thank you. I subscribed without even watching your other videos. That is how informative and great this one video was.
I've just introduced myself to kettlebelling and this is exactly what i needed. You're my guru, Mark! Thank you.
Found this channel six weeks ago - got myself a bell, started swinging and squatting and pressing and my back pain in GONE!! Thank you Mark for the great information and coaching!!
How many heavy was your very first kettlebell?
Same here mate. Lifting weights is the way to get rid of a lot of types of a specific back pain.
Thanks Mark Wildman!
Just beginning my journey into Kettlebell workouts. Your information in comprehensive, detailed, accurate, smart...
As a long time martial artist, Ving Tsun & Kickboxing/Mo Duk Kwan and an 82nd ABN Veteran, I can appreciate the practicality of your approach. I am 59 years old and working on getting healthy again. The functionality of your methods is very valuable, I find, especially at this stage in my life.
Glad to be of assistance sir
Thanks Mark Wildman!
I’m Just beginning my journey into Kettlebell workouts. Your information in comprehensive, detailed, accurate, smart...
As a long time martial artist, Ving Tsun & Kickboxing/Mo Duk Kwan, an 82nd ABN Veteran, I can appreciate the practicality of your approach. I am 59 years old and working on getting healthy again (unfortunately my health took a turn for the worse/ no biggie, nothing that can’t be improved). The functionality of your methods is very valuable, I find (especially at this stage in my life). I am also a physician (MD, Family Medicine) and am impressed with your level of expertise (kinesiology, etc,...).
I sincerely appreciate your efforts to educate those interested. It is quite a service to humanity.
Hey Mark. Thank you for all the work you do. Your online teachings are at the highest level, started using the kettlebell for the very 1st time in my life and feel extraordinary! Much love and respect 🫡
Been training with kettlebells for about 6 years, still learning tons from this guy, awesome knowledge.
Mark I really want to thank you for these videos you've made. I purchased kettlebells around 2 months ago and your videos have helped me a lot. Please keep it up and many thanks again!
I love that your videos are straight forward and to the point.
Mark, I love your training on the kettlebells, especially the "clean". FINALLY training that is clear, precise, and to the point. I am watching everything on your channel and loving it. I would pay for more kettlebell training from you if I could. I feel I am finally making progress with the kettlebell. Thank you!
Thank you Mr. Wildman...your videos are excellent. I'm using them to recover from an old rotator cuff injury and to give myself a better quality of life!
Ive seen a load of videos of all sorts of people teaching you all sorts of fitness and they bore me to tears and seem up themselves. This fella seems good!
Still coming back to basics again and again this channel should have a million subscribers
Just bought the kettlebell and omg the workout variation you can do with them is amazing!!!
Bought this for my youngest to develop basic form for single hand kettlebell work. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxtaDAl93XF8wxJhssTtjIFjzid82wglva It has a nice grip on it, just a little rough so it isn't slippery. I was doing a few rotator cuff exercises to test and worked well for those movements I'd been doing with a regular dumbbell. Cool thing you can do is hold it in your hand for door-knob turns to work the forearm and grip. Note: it's small, almost all handle, but that's what I expected given the weight. Smallest I've worked with before is 15lbs, so it was kind of funny to see the difference 10lbs makes.
I'm glad I watched this. Best demonstration of a Turkish get up that I've seen, and I was finally able to do a set of them after watching this today!
This is probably the best kettlebell intro video I have ever seen. Well done.
I am so grateful to you for guiding us in such simple ways 🙏
Dear Mark Wildman Thank you for all the information you share.I have learned so many things about clubs and kettlebells. I now can perform most off the exercises correctly,and that feels good. Thanks to you.
didn't realize kettlebells were so versatile! I really appreciate your video's I'm stuck in lockdown in Australia and these workouts help a lot!
Damn algorithm been following this guy for 3 years. Didn't realize I needed to go back 7 years crushing it Mark!!!
YES!! Simple, easy to understand and able to set my own pace. Some of the "Beginner Kettlebell" videos replaced waterboarding at Guantanamo.
Thank you Mr. Wildman. Your kettlebell instructional videos are the best I've seen on youtube. Short, to the point with all relevant information along with enough demonstration to put the point across well.
The topic of using one kettlebell to promote cross-body stabilization was incredibly helpful for me. I have two 25 lb kettlebells and one 35 lb kettlebell. I am doing the basics with the one 35 lb bell and I can tell the difference. Thank you very much Mark.
The guidance you give is spot on. I would like your thoughts on battle-ropes and how you perceive their value
Wildman ... what a GREAT name for a Physical Fitness/Athletics Professional
No 30-minute bullsh**, just the facts! Subscribed.
Great summary of the main movements. One thing I have struggled with is how to warm up before a kettlebell without.
This is great. An observation; the body pull-up (various planes of motion) feels like a critically important element to add to any routine that focuses on only these 6 KB movements. Especially important in this age of sedantry lifestyles/their negative impact our posture.
I've been using a 10litre bottle of water as a kettle/dum Bell since quarantine 😂 bring back the gym. Still gets it done lol thanks Mark
i dont even miss the gym when i have an kettlebell. all you really need for an good workout is an KB, pullup/dips bar, and maybe an cardio machine.
also i JUST got the 12 kg KB and doing cleans with them is HARD AS SHIT. i can easily lift a proper ammount but KB are a whole different ball game tbh
Came here after watching you make Jack Black do kettle bell swings, thanks for the instructional vids I really appreciate it.
Still come back to these for reference and info thanks dude
Wow thank you for breaking down simple movements
Great presentation, up close well demonstrated, so simple and clear
thank you kind sir. You're a good person for sharing these techniques with us. Greetings from south side of Mexico
greetings to mexico from los angeles
Simplicity at it’s finest, thank you!
Thank you so much for the instructions man!!! Since the gym closed down again until the 19th of January and my Kettlebells got in, I know how to keep me busy😁💪🏼
I love the way you demo your exercises, I am battling with a longstanding glute, injury and am trying to rehabilitate it with a combo of strength and mobility training! You definitely taught me a few tricks thanks for the great content!
Love this guy!! Straight to the point!!! LOVE. Love!!
I´ve been searching this video everywhere! Thanks!
What a fantastic video. Will be watching more
Great video, and probably the only video on YT, where the trainers leaves his shirt on, thanks for that, too 😀
Very nice especially for beginners. Nice tunes as well!
Short and to the point!
I love it.
It has helped to observe that I can do a routine without dressing down. I have the perfect stretch jeans for when I have a long morning or afternoon home studio workout.
Great, concise videos. I’m putting together a workout plan and gear purchase, rejigging my workout and home gym post-injury. After checking out other channels this one is now my go to 🙏👍
to the point, thank you. explanation afterwords is perfect (reason why) I love it perfect!!!
This vid is pure GOLD, thank you Mark
Great video, greetings and respect from Munich, Germany
I think I've watched every one of your videos at least twice now (kettlebell ones a lot more) Really impressed with everything and am now well into establishing a correct and proper routine based on your excellent advice. Being 73 and overweight, it ain't easy, but I am determined to make what is left of my life, a lot better. Thanks for all you do, it is appreciated.
you can definitely improve vastly! i train a 78 year old. and he's massively improving
Beginner level kettlebeller here. The current run on fitness equipment meant i could only get my hands on a 28kg bell.
I think i should deadlift this for volume with maybe resistance bands before attempting the 2 handed swing
Be very careful, that's extremely heavy for a novice...
I would try to find a 12 or 16kg and learn to use those. Injuries are often permanent.
Hi, respect from Russia!)
Love the background music in these older videos
Absolutely essential. Love this stuff man
Great video. Really appreciate this 🙏
Thanks your video's! Compatible with Chen Tai Chi. Don't know how long you've been here but welcome to Denver.
Im gonna start doing these! This was a really good video. Nice to see a guy demonstrate with his shirt on. Subbed!
just got a kettlebell. its ridiculous. where has it been all my life.
Mark, as always, a highly informative vid that's clear with excellent presentation. Thanks!
Great info packed into a short time frame, excellent!
Thank you Mark!
Impressive tutorial
Great videos just started watching picked up my first kettle two days again and love it
How many sets/reps should we start out with? I'm totally new at this. Thank you & I appreciate any help you give me
Thank you for sharing 😊
Nice job. Thanks brother.
Thanks for all this info man, just subscribed and I'm now making my way through a lot of your content, I appreciate your way of explaining things and how thorough and measured you are. I'm a few weeks into kettlebell training and your content will really help me and my way of doing things not get hurt haha. Again, thanks.
So integrating this into gym time!
Thank you
Where have you been??? I need to start this routine asap.
Dude amazing breakdown with no fat on it, thank you
Simple and well explained: amazing!
good stuff--started with this video, and this playlist--following Tim Ferris' diet recommendation and pairing it with kettlebells. thanks Mark!
Great videos... really helped me in with technique and some lock down workouts... be great if you could post advice for HIIT kettlebell routines with variations for upper, lower body and core
Perfect form
This man knows his potatoes, or kettlebells as is the case here! Respect from London 🇬🇧
BreakBeatStu I agree!
Been doing this since the start of lockdown and my arse and shoulders have got absolutely massive, nothing fits , cant wait for the shops to open up as I dont do online clothes shopping
Hello, not sure if you will see this, but I don't think he mentions a time frame for this exercise for beginners. I am starting with like 20 minutes and I just mix up sets of these exercises. and I plan to post my form online soon for critique but how much time did you start out with?
@@VV-rj2dm hes got another vid that says 10- mins but high rep sets , I could hardly do any when i started with a 16g kettlebell. Hes got a vid were he says to do alternate days, day 1 warm up ( then turkish get up x 3 each side, high rep single arm swings, like as many as possible until form goes, can do double arm if a beginner
day 2 warm up , clean and press high reps, sets of 5 but dont stop, use his transitions, rest when form goes, if I cant press I carry on with just snatch until too tired to have good form, then I do a legs, either squat or lunge, again high reps correct form,
Dear Mark,
Can you please create video on complete one session of kettlebell including various these movements
This is great-can you do/have you done one for clubs?
Thank you very much for the share
GOOD. Learned. Thanks.
I cant even tell you how much kettlebells have changed my life. Weightlifting heavy, only made things worse, because i would have to do the double of time for stretching, mobility work to even it out, and yet, still i felt tight on the hips. No weightlifting, just kettlebells and calistenics are for me the key for longevity
Great video, techniques and tips!
Hey, Mark...how about a video focusing on the press family of movements for the kettlebell?
Can you post a list of squat exercises from simple to complex and breakout exercises for specific issues with the squat?
And what about the soft style version of these exercises?
Great video
I found that through using the kettlebell I walk better more upright I feel a lot more stable. Iam a 68 year old woman. I run 30 ks a week and have done other things exercise wise but the kettlebell is really good if you have problems with balance. Try it for a few weeks and you will see a big difference
Thanks Mark 👍🏽
Great. Can you do a video about what exercises to use & to do for the whole body for warmup to be prepared for kettle bell exercises. Thanks.
working on it
Yes this would be very good, because I have no idea how to get started on a home workout.
@@aafgahfah It would be also good to have like 5-6 kettlebell exercises that are use to target as many muscles at workout -full body workout. Like single arm row for back mucles, kb swing for back/legs etc.
A lot of videos on TH-cam show something really impressive or whatever, or a selection of skilful moves, but they don’t show someone like me, a 42 year old dad stuck at home with 3 children, how to warm up, exercise for (say) 30 minutes, and then warm down. 99% of the content doesn’t actually enable someone clueless but keen like me to try a workout without fearing a real risk of injury.
Alex Poole Rule of thumb. Start with a slow jog in place. Increase the speed over time. Then do some air squats, just bodyweight. If you need to hold onto something, that's totally fine. The, Draw circles with your arms extended out to sides. This should get your body primed for some kettlebell work. I'm 57 and swear by this. Good luck!
Wow. That was amazing. Excellent form..., and strength. Wow. I am buying one today....
thanks sir very useful
Thanks, a great video. I like to watch the movement and you are clear. I still have some issues with cleaning the bell, especially on the left side!!! More practice drills I guess. My trainer designs Hellion sets, which I also find really good for the concentration and getting the form.
Thanks bro💪🙂
Great explanation. Did you do the breakdown of each of the exercises described?