Comments on: Kettlebell basics

By: gaucoin13

gaucoin13 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:24:50 +0000

Oh great, Wolfram49 sounds like he really knows his stuff. Old-school squat technique is not the way to do things, it’s perfectly okay to have the knees travel past the toes as long as your heels are planted and your form is good. There’s also no reason he shouldn’t lock his knees at the top of the motion as well, this is just old information that became gospel in any gym and it has no place in the real world especially when you consider more funtional movements.

By: kettlebellinstructor

kettlebellinstructor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:24:50 +0000

I’m RKC certified and agree with wolfram and iceman. The knees should lock out, but as a result of the hip pop, not as a result of

By: kettlebellinstructor

kettlebellinstructor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:24:50 +0000

I’m RKC certified and agree with wolfram and iceman. The knees should lock out during the KB swing, but as a result of the hip pop, rather than the hips locking out as a result of the knee lockout. The power for the swing should come from the hips, glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexor. mstehle could easily fix this by starting out with his hips higher – in fact, he may have tight hamstrings, which are limiting his movement.

By: kettlebellinstructor

kettlebellinstructor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:24:50 +0000

By: penguinsandwich

penguinsandwich — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:24:50 +0000

Looks great to me! About half of the KB stuff you see here shows people doing explosive (or even not-so-explosive) SLDL with KBs. So many people are afraid to sit back both in the squat and with KBs that it leads to this, I guess. Personally, I’ll risk my knees before I risk my lower back (not that I think you’re doing either here).