I definitely think so Niko. One or Two days pure strength training in the gym will see big gains for you. Since you are enjoying the progressive overload so much, I would say you’ll take to it and LOVE IT! 😀 This is what I do and nothing before has worked better for me than combining my workouts with my gym days. I say go for it!

On serious note, I think I’ve decided to bite the bullet and join a gym again because I think a day a week of proper strength training with heavy dead lifts etc like you do will help me improve in these workouts. Would a day a week doing this be off benefit?

Thanks as always,

Nik

Amy May, the only additional advice I would give you that will not do your back any harm is to add more glute activation to your warm up. Doing glute bridges is a great exercise. Also more stretches for your hip flexors and hamstrings, in addition to strengthening your back will go a long way to making it a healthier back. And, it may even solve your problem. I hope it is a temporary problem. A KB instructor will be able to assess your form and tell you whether it is likely causing some issues with your back. 🙂

Marianne,

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer me. I know it’s hard to say what could be wrong without seeing my form. I thought maybe lower back pain might be a common indicator of doing something wrong with the kettlebells. I think I’ll try to find a KB instructor in my area to help. Thank you again and keep up the great work!

Hey Amy, It could well be a technique issue or an underlying muscular imbalance that you have. It could in fact be a number of things that I would never be able to know from reading this alone. I don’t want to even hazard a guess as I cannot see your form or assess you. My advice would be to try and pin-point what exercise or movement sets it off. And then I would advise you to seek the expertise of a physio, or a Certified KB instructor to assess your form. Sorry I can’t be of better help, but I don’t want to blindly guess what could be causing you pain.

I do hope that you get to the bottom of the problem though.

Thank you!
I use to belong to a gym but since having kids…..the only place to get a workout is at home.

My boys like to ‘join’ in and think I should be getting them their kettlebells!

Thank you 🙂

As long as you have the flexibility, it will make a big difference to increase you range of movement. 🙂

Hey Kelly, I recommend, some sort of Row or Horizontal pull up. For the later you can use 2 chairs + a broom stick, but make sure the chairs don’t tip over on you … eek!! But rows are adequate too. They don’t work exactly the same muscles, but the point is to include more pulling exercises in our workouts as it’s easy to get carried away with pushing exercises.

Hope this helps 🙂