I'm very, very excited by this! The Complete Guide to Kettlebell Lifting is Steve Cotter's first book and I've already ordered it. I was looking for a master level text on kettlebells and this looks to be the one. I'm a big fan of Steve's (obviously) so I wanted something by him. I saw it had come out this morning so my copy is already on the way. I'll review it when it gets in.
This is my warmup that I do for kettlebelling. The basic movements are around the body passes, halos, wrist twists, up and down dogs to warm up the back, and windmill stretches. I also usually do some body weight squats but I didn't film those.
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This is Steve Cotter, an excellent kettlebell instructor and the head of the IKFF kettlebell federation.
Below is a two-part interview in which he talks about his background and his training. Lots of insights here. Enjoy.
20公斤壺鈴
很多人聽到"健身"的時候就說，"我不要我的身體變大!
他們的印象是英文的"bodybuilding." 就是這個:
對了,這個圖片是假的,不是真的!
壺鈴健身會帶給您什麼樣的身材? 在這裡跟大家介紹一下:
他是PAVEL, 最有名的壺鈴健身教練.
她是MISSY BEAVER,很有名的壺鈴健身教練.她是PAVEL的學生.
她是Ｋａｔｈｅｒｉｎｅ Ｈｅｉｇｌ，Ｍｉｓｓｙ Ｂｅａｖｅｒ的學生．她的身材並沒有太大，是不是？
他是Ｓｔｅｖｅ Ｃｏｔｔｅｒ，很有名的壺鈴健身教練，他也練習神龍唐手道，這是很厲害的台灣功夫．
Ｌａｎｃｅ Ａｒｍｓｔｒｏｎｇ也用壺鈴健身．
她是Ｌａｕｒｅｎ Ｂｒｏｏｋｓ，也是Ｐａｖｅｌ的學生，也是很有名的壺鈴教練．
Ｍｉｋｅ Ｍａｈｌｅｒ，很有名的壺鈴教練．
Ｓｔｅｖｅ Ｍａｘｗｅｌｌ也是很有名壺鈴教練．他５５歲！
＂健身＂的意思不一定是英文的ｂｏｄｙｂｕｉｌｄｉｎｇ．不一定是＂Ｉ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｇｅｔ ｈｕｇｅ！＂
壺鈴健身不一樣！大家不要怕！
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他是Steve Cotter. 真的很厲害. 他在做伏虎功,這個運動從神龍唐手道來的.神龍唐手道是很厲害的台灣功夫.是洪懿祥
跟許鴻基
造成的運動.
今天我買了100多的壺鈴. 它們快來了!
Today I ordered over 100 kettlebells. They should be here in about 5 weeks or so.
The Turkish getup is one of the harder kettlebell exercises. Definitely not for beginners. It requires a lot of coordination and skill with the kettlebell. But you can work up to it with this great progression from Art of Strength. By breaking it down like this, the getup can be worked step-by-step until you can do the whole exercise fluidly, which should be your eventual goal.
Let me know if this works for you.
I love this video by Pavel from dragondoor.com. It really shows his character as he talks about how the kettlebell has been eradicating weakness from the Russian genepool for over 300 years. Pavel's a blast.
I got a call last night about selling kettlebells that I really appreciated because it allows me to talk about an aspect of my business that isn't widely understood. First of all, we will be selling kettlebells in Taiwan very soon. Please stay tuned to the blog for updates! I've already ordered samples that looked great. The second order is on its way. Second, the economics behind the business side of it isn't so clear. I hope to clear it up a bit with this post.
I do this to try to be as open and honest as possible so I hope that's appreciated.
Heavier kettlebells are more expensive to import in ways that aren't obvious.
For example, let's say that I import some 4kg kettlebells and a 32kg kettlebell. I could buy 8 of the 4 kg kettlebells for the same weight as the 32kg kettlebell.
4 x 8kg= 32kg
1 x 32kg=32kg
So we see that from a shipping point of view, the weight would be the same. Yes, the bulk of the total package is also part of the shipping price but between the two (especially regarding kettlebells) the weight is the more important factor. They don't tend to come in large packages except for the GS model (I'll explain later).
So continuing the example, let's say (again, this is just an example!) that I charged NT$1500 for one 4kg kettlebell and NT$5600 for the 32kg kettlebell. Let's see what I could potentially make (gross, not net):
4kg: 8 x 1500= NT$12,000
32kg: 1 x 5600= NT$5,600
Difference: NT$6400!!!
As you can see, that's a huge potential profit difference. The result is that the larger the kettlebell, the lower the profit margin. By the way, the larger kettlebells do cost more to produce, as well. But I think that's fairly obvious.
A consequence of this is that larger kettlebells will be priced much higher than lower ones to try to minimize the shrinking profit margin but hopefully not beyond affordability. Still, larger kettlebells will tend to be specialist items that will need to be priced accordingly.
Again, I give this brief glimpse behind the curtain so that potential customers will understand some of the complexities of the business.
As always, we appreciate your business.
壺鈴是什麼呢?
簡單來說，壺鈴是從俄國流傳出來的一種健身工具。
在早期時代，壺鈴是被使用來訓練俄國軍隊，和表演特技的大力士們，後來經過改良，壺鈴不再只有令人望而怯步的大鋼砲呎吋，小巧可愛的四公斤重壺鈴，大小就像個小盆栽一樣，連初試重量訓練的女性朋友們，都可以輕易使用。
看~是不是很美?
壺鈴可以提供最完整的全身性訓練，是其他健身器材和運動所無法比擬的。
