In Fitness and in Health
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Just got caught up on this thread. Great post a few pages back Doug, and everybody keep up the great work. For kettlebells I really like http://www.dragondoor.com/shop-by-department/kettlebells/ and http://www.lifelineusa.com/products/kettlebells.html
they do cost more, but lifelong investment, why not buy the best?
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Get these. Or similar shaped. Way more balanced and the shape of the handle is good for everybody. Also it helps that you always use same size kettlebell, whatever it weights.
http://compactkettlebells.tcs.tagstudio.no/nettbutikk/3-russian-kettlebells
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I actually prefer the pavel-style kettlebell handles, with a slight angle:
Me too, I use these:
The angled horns make for a very comfortable grip when you're doing two handed work
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Very nice
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Nice bagley :). No knocking the knock on effects. And what will come from that :).
zwer; next you'll be having second breakfast & elevenses ^__^
Kettle Bells still going well here. Each week noticing very small improvements. Noticing it's helping with my general alignment, which is awesome. In terms of the bells I purchased, I purchased whatever I could get my hands on @ the local sporting good store , they seem pretty close to Doug's original recommendation (no seams under the handle, no welding around the joins etc).
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Thanks to all here, you've inspired me to completely change it up. I've been wanting to do something different than the lifting/running I've been doing for 8 years. I'm commiting to Skoggs system alternating with yoga for the next year.
Let me know how you progress either here or via PM. I think you'll be pleased with the results
My son continues to lose inches around his waist and I'm having a lot of fun with his Virtual Skogg workouts. Steven just did a one handed deadlift with an 50lb kettlebell stacked on top of an 80lb kettle bell. Pretty impressive.
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I've almost cut all the sugar out of my diet, and it really seems to help with cravings. I'm starting to be more active each day. I'm really interested in DDP yoga.
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If you sign up for DDP Yoga's forum or FB page, you can see that losing huge (50+lbs) amounts of weight is not uncommon
We've largely cut out carbs (I'm not a fan of completely cutting out an entire source of nutrition) and that's made a big difference for my wife and son (I'm naturally pretty thin, I actually have to work really hard to put on weight)
Cut out salt a long time ago because of my blood pressure. My wife and son have learned to appreciate their food with less salt in it because of me. They think a lot of food we get at restaurants have too much salt now
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That's how I'm feeling about sugar. Everything is so damn sweet. I've really been trying to eat breakfast every day, usually cottage cheese, a piece of fruit, and some Ezekiel toast. That's really helped and I'm using daily burn to log everything. Cutting sugar has really helped control my cravings.
