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posted: 6/23/2008 at 11:41 AM |
I'm curious if anyone else here does kettlebell training along with their running. I'm a new runner and want to add kb but I am worried about how it will affect my running or put me in danger of injuries.
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posted: 6/23/2008 at 5:59 PM |
| I do kettlebells and run, but I don't think I can predict how it will affect your running without knowing a lot more specifics. There are a number of different approaches to kettlebells, depending on whether you are working with someone who does actual kettlebell sport competition or not. Kettlebell training can be extremely demanding, and can exhaust all your muscles so that running will be hard the next day or two. But it is also a very good way to develop strength and conditioning, which in the long run will help your running a lot. I would introduce kettlebells gradually (starting only once a week) and only if you have an experienced trainer to guide you to prevent injuries (proper form is very important). You may be very sore one or two days after your first few workouts. |
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posted: 8/12/2008 at 3:43 AM |
I've been kettlebell training for about 8 months, but only running for 1 month, so I'm the opposite from you. A lot of kettlebell training is very intensive on the lower body muscles, so I have backed off a bit on it since I started running. But I often do about 15 min of upper body kettlebell exercises - like cleans & presses or triple crush - after I run. I don't know enough about either to say whether kettlebells could affect running or vice versa, but I don't really see how it would. The one sure thing I can say is that kettlebells have been very good to my joints because it's zero impact.
I've seen great strength gains from kettlebells, so although right now I'm a little obsessive with running every day, I will definitely make a bigger return to kettlebells soon.
Oh and regarding your first few kb workouts - I could barely walk for a couple of days after my first workout, but once I started doing kb work consistently I never had that problem again. Some of the foundation kb exercises - like swings - use some muscles that I just wasn't using much before that. The other thing to consider is that you don't have to do a long kb session to get the benefits. 15 or 20 minutes of 1 or 2 exercises can do a surprising amount of your strength. |
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