The David Boles Bells Blog.
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“Ring them bells
from the sanctuaries
’Cross the valleys
and streams”
Pressing Kettlebells Over the Age of 50!
Understanding High Heart Rate: Causes and Concerns
A high heart rate, medically known as tachycardia, can be alarming and may be caused by various factors. It typically refers to a resting heart rate over 100 beats per minute. It's crucial to understand the causes and potential health concerns associated with high heart rates before engaging in any exercise regimen, including kettlebell workouts.
Muscle Retention and Atrophy
As we age into the wisdom of our bodies, it can be a challenge to always keep up with the exercise and weight routines. Sometimes we’re too tired to workout. Sometimes we are injured and cannot workout. Sometimes we back off just a bit to give our bodies a rest.
Vision and Kettlebell Chess
It’s always fun, and oftentimes a challenge, to blend two interests, two loves, into one, bigger thing that serves both imaginations. As you may know, I have returned to playing Chess again, after a long break, and I have figured out a fun way to combine my Kettlebell exercises with my renewed Chess training, and today I’m delighted to share those ideas with you.
You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Shirt!
If you’re just starting out with working Kettlebells, you’re soon going to be in for two big surprises. First, you’re going to lose a lot of fat fast on your torso; and second, you’re going to get a stronger, more muscular back! As you move your Swing, your Latissimus Dorsi muscles will begin to bud, and then pop!
Natch of a Kettlebell Snatch
I built a Kettlebell trainer with a thick wooden dowel and a length of chain attached to either end of the dowel. I grab the dowel — representing the handle of the Kettlebell — and the drape of the chain represents the bell part of the Kettlebell. The idea of the game, the training, is to move the dowel handle/chain bell in a Snatch from the floor to the final position without having the chain bang on the forearm. Sure, the chain is a movable moment, and that’s the point of it. You can train the movement without smashing your arm.
Double-Jointed Kettlebell Cracking
My elbows and knees are double-jointed — the medical term for that is “hypermobility” — and you can imagine that hypermobility might be an issue in any exercise regimen, especially one like Kettlebells that tests form, muscle and joint stability. Sometimes a joint cracks with sinovial joy, and not ball and socket distress.
Kettlebell Creatine, Strength and Protein
None of those injuries lasted very long, nothing terribly is terribly nagging, but as we age, and as we become more brittle, and fragile, we need to be more alert to the special needs of our decaying bodies. To get stronger, we must always remain vigilant against ourselves in feeding our bodies the right things we need to heal, restore, and grow.