Oooo, great!! Bet you’re excited to start using it 🙂

I just received a new kettle bell as well. I will use it a couple of times before I decide to sand the handle. Good to read that you think it necessary.

Hey,

I would recommend sanding the handles if they are rough, or have that edging. I think new KBs have a protective coating on them to stop rust, so that needs to be sanded off of it will cause more friction. Regarding chalk, get a feel for the KBs without it and then try it – you’ll know then; you see, some folk like it and some don’t 🙂

Bells arrived today, think I got a pretty good discount, £180 for 90kg steel (plus £105 shipping though, still way better than other shops I talked to).
Did you sand the handles on your bells? Some of mine seem a bit rough on the underside. Do you use chalk at all? Seems the majority of my sweatglands are in my palms =/

You got it!

I would say that donkey kicks would lean more toward being hip dominant, simply because it’s a hip extension exercise that works more the glutes, hamstrings and “core”. But there’s no hip hinge of course. The quads are not being used much at all.

I think there is another term for those types of exercises, but it’s escaped me right now lol.

🙂

Hi Marianne,

thanks again. Let me see if I got it right:

HIP DOMINANT EXERCISES: swings, deadlifts (also single-leg ones), glute bridges, hip thrusts, good mornings, 45 degree hypers.

KNEE DOMINANT EXERCISES: squats, lunges (back, forward and side lunges), step-ups, bulgarian squats.

Where would you place donkey kicks?

Thanks! (and sorry for the too many questions)

Sarah

It’s a hinge. But I would say it most closely matches a pulling movement. Even though your glutes actively “push” the weight, the resistance is all on the posterior chain which is require to “pull” against the forward force and then the lats are used sometimes to pull the KB back. But it’s not a typical pulling exercise, but I would class it as hip dominant verses knee dominant exercises in a lucky dip to ensure balanced exercises 🙂

Hi Marianne,

great help. The swing is neither a pulling nor a pushing exercise, right?

Thanks so much again.

Sarah

Hi Sarah,

Pulling: Suitcase DL, Single arm row, Ballistic Row, some sort of vertical pull like assisted pull ups, snatch (posterior chain “pull”), combo of single leg RDL with a Row, Lying overhead pull
Pushing: Push Press, kneeling press, Any type of push up (diamond, close, dynamic, plank climber), Floor press (lying on back and chest pressing the KB)

Does this help? If I think of any more, I’ll let you know 🙂

this is really a very fun workout. I need to ask you something (just for a change, LOL). Apart from renegade rows, vertical pull burpee (pulling exercises) and burpees, thrusters (pushing exercises), could you please give me more examples of pulling and pushing exercises so that I can include them correctly in my future lucky dip workouts?

Thank-you!
Sarah