Kettlebells or Bulgarian bag?

[topgunkos]

I am thinking of buying some kettlebells or a bulgarian bag. Which would you advise? I travel a lot by car for work often sleeping in hotels without a gym etc so need something I can have in the boot and do some training in my room.
There seems to be a lot of kettlebell workouts out there but can anyone recommend any bulgarian bag routines?
Also, what do you think of doing the above workouts in addition to Stronglifts 5x5?

[Ragnarson]

I personally prefer kettle bells but used in conjunction with dumbbells. The Bulgarian bag will offer you a more complete workout if you are in a hotel room

[Ken Sington]

If you are travelling a lot think about a set of resistance bands as an alternative. Take up very little room, weigh very little, and you can get some combinations that will give you a lot of resistance if you want to go "heavy".

[topgunkos]

The 10,000 Swing challenge looks like a good place to start, and people seem to have had positive results. The thing is I am not sure if the 24kg bell is right for a beginner, ,maybe a 20kg would be a better choice?

[Halb]

topgunkos said:

The 10,000 Swing challenge looks like a good place to start, and people seem to have had positive results. The thing is I am not sure if the 24kg bell is right for a beginner, ,maybe a 20kg would be a better choice?

Read the Determining the Right Bell bit.
http://danjohn.net/2013/07/insights-from-the-10000...

[BenM77]

I would recommend a kettlebell as they are great for a full body workout.

Men are usually recommended a 16kg to start. The 24kg is for the swing challenge and could limit you on the other exercises like TGU, c & p, snatch etc.



What is your height, weight and overhead pressing strength? I ask because I bought my 20kg kettlebell when I was benching 100kg + and overhead pressing 28kg db's for reps. I definitely should have bought a 16kg bell to start with, even though I could perform all the exercises with the 20kg.


Some of my friends who are strong yet light had trouble swinging my 20, let alone my 32.

[Halb]

Any excuse to mention he likes to swing a big 32 between his legs...

[BenM77]

Halb said:

Any excuse to mention he likes to swing a big 32 between his legs...

It can't be beat for cardio but I'm going to get a 16 in May for my birthday. I want to try that long cycle you do with the clean and press + start doing TGU's again.

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