Can Kettlebells alone let me reach my goals.

[Holroyd]

So I have been training for over a year and last week introduced a 16kg to my routine.

I originally started in with 3 x full bodies a weeks with football 3 times a week.

then onto an olympic routine.

then on to strength and then a typical split.

So now i need a new routine

last week I did the kettlebell 300 (monday 20mins 23secs) (thursday 19 mins 11 seconds)

on tuesday and friday I did an upper and lower routine (lower tuesday)

I struggled with the upper body routine s fitting in all of them was bad .. without me adding any of my ideas can you give me some ideas what you think i should be looking to do . Do you think I can just work with kettlebells to achieve my aims ?

When I can train : Every day apart from Sat (football )

Aims : to gain as much lean muscle as I can

currently at 13 % BF at 12st 10 and im 5ft 11inch .

What do you reckon chaps all thoughts welcome

[mikes1990]

I know some people will disagree with me, but IMO, kettlebells aren't the best tool for you to reach your goals.

Aims : to gain as much lean muscle as I can - This bit stood out to me. You can build muscle with kettlebells, but you're never going to be Arnie just training with 'bells. I think barbells and dumbbells are are superior for putting on muscle.

Kettlebells are great for fat loss, fitness and GPP, so you'd benefit from getting 1 or 2 sessions with them a week, but stick with BBs, DBs and some machines for getting bigger.

[Derran]

Agree with Mike. To get 'big' with KBs you would need to have the weightier ones, and IMO you then lose the benefits of training with them - they just become another lump of metal, rather than something you use for higher rep, specific stuff.

To get bigger and retain fitness/gain minimal fat, I'd go with weights 3x a week (FB, push/pull/legs, upper/lower, whatever) and two KB sessions a week. It's been my approach for the last two years and it works for me. You can then control your size through food intake.

[Holroyd]

Exactly the answers im looking for.

Cheers guys.

Im thinking of doing the push/pull/legs rotuine .. then adding 2 kb sessions starting with the KB 300 . ill start a new log . My time today for the kb 300 was 15 mins . another 3 mins of my time .

because i was able to complete one exercise at a time without stopping between hahaha, and i did it outside which really helped for some reason .

Derren i will look at your log for the routine cheers Gents.

Chris .

[mikes1990]

No worries mate.

I'm a big fan of a push/pull/legs routine - really enjoying mine at the moment, and seeing some good results from it.