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[Stuey]

@Northern monkey  and @InternalTraining congrats to you both. I've bored enough people on here about them, but they are excellent training tools. For swings you are right to look to use the 16kg to begin with.

[FattusCattus]

@Northern monkey - what full body workout are you using, is it on a website or in a book?

Well done on the sub 100kg - I don't normally work in metric, so I've just had to work mine out - 96kgs, first time I've been under 100 for years (and most of that is my plums!)

[Northern monkey]

No Bruce, just basic exercises using the kettlebell instead of dumbells

You can do shoulder presses,lat raises,curls,squats with the kettlebell
Plus the kettlebell swing

Regards diet, I've tried to cut the processed food out for a while now.
I work on the fallen from a tree principle
But I've also started having fruit only for breakfast and lunch, and that's been I think the biggest positive for me
I love fruit anyway, so it's been easy to do

Regards using machines and lifting heavy coach
This is where conflicting advice can step in,
I think one thing to bear I mind , is my age, I'm 48 now and my body's had some hammer,
I've been in and out of gyms for 35 years, played cricket 40 years, worked on building sites , rode mx bikes etc etc

There comes a time when you've got to be a little more restrained
But, there's lots of conflicting advice out there

The main thing tho, is to get off my backside and do something, as what you say, it's better to do something than not

[Stuey]

To fit my training in around work and family life I've split my sessions at home in to 2.
6am mobility work and kettlebell swings
7pm ish...KB session strength/stability focused.
Both take between 15-30mins depending on what I'm doing.

[Northern monkey]

YouTube
15 minute hiit workout the body coach

A young chap who talks weird and has way too much hair , but that's basically the exercises I'm doing
With a few curls / triceps work thrown in,(kettlebells are perfect for this)

6am!!! I can just about turn my coffee machine on at that time!
Never mind swing some bells

[Stuey]

I turn my coffee machine on at 6am too
The 6am session is pretty light more about mobility/reflexive strength,  unlocking the hips and t-spine through too much sitting at work and getting the body moving how it should. The swings are the most taxing (but not very),I can swing the 32kg very comfortably for 10 x 10 swings. I leave the strength stuff for the evenings. Tbh I never train to exhaustion so it doesn't feel to much like hard work.

[Northern monkey]

I'm only getting 4 or 5 hrs kip at the moment (3x under 5yr olds at home!) and I'm off to work at 6am most mornings, so the evenings working ok for me,(I'm lazy)

I think that too, is the secret, not training to absolute failure all the time
I'm not an elite athlete training for a comp or anything
So I think exercise has to suit it's purpose

The bells are spot on
Wish I'd used em 30 yrs ago
They get the heart rate going!

I also feel I'm predisposed to using the kettlebells, if that makes sense?
They suit me?ha
I love the weight of them and the fact you have to use multiple muscle groups to use them.
Bit weird I suppose
I used to hate barbells and much preferred dumbells

[petehosk]

I think I may invest in a set or two of light kettlebells! My wife's best friend is a kettlebell instructor/teacher and takes classes so may ply her with wine and pick her brains!
At moment started T-25 at home with odd dumbbells exercise chucked in. But will move into back garden to do kettlebells when dry as more head room! 

[Northern monkey]

You don't need the headroom pete, you only swing it head height.
I can just about do shoulder presses indoors too,(the bells are really good for shoulder presses)
Then again, I'm a right short ar&se next to you

[petehosk]

You are not that short mate.
And I may be taller and heavier but you still hit the ball 10 times harder and 20 time further than me! So nothing wrong with your power fella! 
But good tip thanks mate. Have to wait until payday and start with a light set and see how I get on with them!

[edge]

Depends on what you're doing tbf, I do more moves that involve getting the bell overhead than I do standard swings with kettlebells personally, but then again that's not strictly necessary! No chance of doing that indoors unless I find a house with some much higher ceilings ha.

Glad to hear you're getting on well with them @Northern monkey , I love the technique and different movements using kettlebells so much more than just humping a dumbbell up and down.

[Stuey]

I think I may invest in a set or two of light kettlebells! My wife's best friend is a kettlebell instructor/teacher and takes classes so may ply her with wine and pick her brains!

Treat her to the vine yard....it will be worth it 

[Stuey]

Chaps try crawling as well, sounds ridiculous but I've been adding crawling to my daily practise for a year now and found my movement is a lot more fluid and coordinated.
The science behind it is that it regains reflexive strength we lose by sitting on our backsides I.e. we move  as we are meant to. You don't need a coach or weights just get on your hands knees, head up look forward  and crawl forwards stop then backwards. It's great for your core and shoulders. Give it a go, but just practise it don't go all out.
There are progressions you can do further down the line.

[Northern monkey]

Had a look at the crawling on you tube
I thought it was a wind up!ha

It actually feels good, like its stretching by back out a bit

Loving the kettlebells, gotta go an pick up a 14kg one I won on flea bay
I've been doing 20x reps with the 8kg then 20x with the 6kg then a rest
So definitely need a little more weight
I don't want to lift too much more yet, as I can definitely feel it in my lower back,( my s1 disk is not too clever, never got it sorted)

But my overall strength feels to be getting better,(just done an exhibition at excel, which included unloading and loading a forty foot trailer full of furniture, as well as building a show stand, and no aches/pains/struggles etc)

[Stuey]

I know what you mean,  I didn't believe it when I heard about it. Rolling and crawling isn't training....how wrong I was. It's so simple I've attached the link below. I'm familiar with these coaches through kettlebells so knew they were on to something, and having been doing the presets every morning for a year they definitely are. Have a gander through their site it will tell you more than I can.

https://originalstrength.net

If your looking to get a new kb, get a 16kg from wolverson or  rogue. I've got competition bells but you can also buy cast iron bells, both are good. Competition bells are used in kettlebell sport which I might do in the future.

When do you feel pain in the lower  back?