Dragon door recently had an email from some portuguese guy claiming that kettlebells were just some fad. I read it when Jon Du Cane posted it, and had a good laugh, probably like a lot of other people.:p
http://kbforum.dragondoor.com/kettle…americans.html
After all, this guy is some unknown loser. But one man who is possibly one of the best strength training coaches in history is BILL STARR. And i was reading an article by him where he also seems to think kettlebells are….well, crap. He says;
"The latest trend hasnt been another line of machines, but a flashback to the beginning of strength training with the use of kettlebells. They were heralded as an inventive new form of exercising that would far exceed anything that could be done with a barbell, or any machine. Those who have been around the field of physical culture for a long while knew that this was not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination. Kettlebells were used by strongman back in the 1800s. The reason they fell out of favor during the thirties was because the barbell was more attainable and much more beneficial in building strength. Whenever someone starts telling me about how great kettlebells are for strength training, I ask him why, if that were true, did they disappear from gyms and weight rooms by the end of the thirties? If they were indeed more useful than barbells, then barbells would have been put in storage or in the far corners of YMCAs and weight training facilities. For those who want to gain a lot of functional strength, the kettlebell will become history once again, and very soon."
YIKES! can i have some opinions, please? I dont kno what to think…was he joking? :confused:
The full article is here, the quotes a few pages in;
