I’ve been a gym rat for almost 20 years but was plagued with low back pain. Couple times a year I’d throw out my back and spend weeks rehabbing. Finally got MRI and found 3 herniated disks in low back. Doc suggested surgery but I wanted to try to fix it myself. The cause was the typical weak core from only doing “abs” and never truly training core. What helped me was kettlebell swings, suitcase carry, windmills, and band twists. 7 years later and haven’t throw out my back once and I’m deadlifting more than ever. Started slow with a 30lb kettlebell but now I’m mostly using 70lb. They aren’t the sexiest exercises but they work!
Kettlebells are amazing for core, I wish I could have fit a half dozen exercises in this video. Swings, cleans and snatches all deserve to be in it for sure.
@@moversodysseyWhat kettlebell size for short weak woman? I want to get strong immediately (2 weeks) like a commenter below, he said he just held a 16kg for 1hr everyday. I’m 1.55cms. What size should I buy?
@@moversodyssey I hope it will take away my beluga belly and friggin complete lack of spine and upper body strength. It’s like I’m all thighs with a slug for a torso 😫
I once read an interview with the legendary boxer Kostya Tszyu. He mentioned when he was young kettlebells where quite popular in his home town in Russia. He said one thing he use to do was pick up a 16kg kettlebell and walk around with it, do a few moves with it here and there, the thing was, he didn’t put it down for 1 whole hour. I tried this and after 10 minutes that 16kg becomes very VERY heavy. I ended up just holding it with both hands to the front, to the back, no more swings or snatches or presses, I was just dying holding it standing there. I ended it at 20 minutes as my forearms and grip died. The results after a few weeks of this? I felt like a Brick House, my forearms became really thick, my grip was crushing, both muscle and cardio endurance shoot up, also surprising weight loss, it literally makes you shredded and wiry strong AND enduring ( I need to go back to that training 😊 )
I loved watching Kosta Tszyu back in the day, always thought he should have been given more respect after retirement but I still don't hear about him much, was a crazy tough and undefeated fighter. I've never heard this story but it's really interesting. Right off the bat it seems like his style, I'm definitely going to try this. Thank you for sharing!
@@moversodyssey 👍 He was called ‘The man with no footwork’ but all good trainers knew he was deadly, his footwork was very efficient and he was a master at cutting you off and putting you at a bad angle, where he then crushed you. Yeah it was in a article by Aussie kettlebell shop called Iron Edge, Kostya was living in Oz at the time so seem legit, plus looking at Kostya’s wide frame, I believe him 😂 yeah Man go for it, it works! Just start slow, by the way man love your channel, brilliant idea, hope you grow more and more 💪
@moversodyssey Huge respect for Kostya! He was a beast. Not quite undefeated, however, losing his light welterweight IBF and Ring titles to Ricky Hatton in June 2005.
@@glynhannaford7332 I forgot all about that loss, I think I blocked it out. Lol. He was undefeated for so long, it's how I always remembered him. Joe Calzaghe was another great one, I think he stayed undefeated though.
@@moversodysseyCalzaghe retired undefeated, yes. Kostya’s son is boxing now and he’s pretty damn good. Tim Tszyu. He just took his first loss in is last fight but the guy was a late replacement and not who he was training for. He was supposed to fight Keith Thurman. Anyways…. I’ve been wanting to ask you, have you ever heard of diastasis recti?? It’s more common in women but I am a man and I have it. When I lay on my back and try to do a sit up, the middle of my stomach protrudes upward and forms a cone. It sucks!! I’m wondering in KB swings and I’ll help slightly fix it because I think I have a pelvic tilt and maybe they will make it better?? I know the best option to fix it is surgery, but that’s not an option. They say exercising the TVA is the best way to pull it back together but I’ve been doing the exercises with no results. Just curious if you heard of it and have any advice. Thanks!
My dude... I'm not sure why are how or why you came up with the overall concept and artstyle of your channel, but I'm glad you did. Yo shit is dope!!!!!
I started doing the farmer's carry when I first saw this video (a few months ago). I do it on a treadmill for cumulative 30 minutes a day, switching hands each minute, 5-6 days a week. I had tried a lot of other basic exercises to deal with chronic pain problems, but this is the first thing that has actually been working!! Highly recommended and thank you for putting out these videos.
Thats awesome, I'm glad it's helped out! And thanks for leaving the feedback! That's a unique way of doing it, I've never seen anyone do it on a treadmill. I may have to try that.
I also do suitcase carry on the treadmill with a 25 lbs kettlebell. I've been doing 2 miles 2-3 times a week for the last couple weeks, swapping hands when I my grip starts falling. I do timed static holds with my 55 lbs kettlebell to keep strength fairly even on each side.
I'm 72 and used to be very sedentary, with metabolic disease, and generally out of shape. About 5 years ago, I started hiking regularly. Then, on a whim, I started carrying a kettlebell. Whew, what a difference the loaded carry made to my overall well-being. Over time, I added more kettlebell exercises, so today, I don't sweat carrying $hit around.
These videos are amazing. As a manual therapist, I recommend exercises, movements all the time and videos like this are such an amazing resource. Thank you. Glad I found you
This is the best and most useful I have seen in recent years on UA-cam. Not to mention the clear way you convey each position and the artistic drawing. Simply excellent, thank you very much.
I'm at the "beast" level of kettlebell training and i love the get ups, windmills and suitcase carries for core! Art style is amazing and unique to anyone on youtube, fantastic!
Was diagnosed with spondololysthesis when I was 18. Doc said I can prevent surgery maybe until I am 30. Told me to stay lean and train core, but said, no tennis, no football, no heavy lifting. Started to train Capoeira anyway for 8 years, 5 years was training 4 times a week. Problems got better, fought trough a lot of backoain still. Transitioned to cycling, whilst keep doing basic exercises, basic but hard movement and bodyweight exercises. Now 42, 5.8, 160p no surgery, no pain when I keep up with some crunches and yoga. Always doing a straight push up from time to time to check my core and make the nerves and muscles remember the set standart. My advice, itˋs not the amount of training you put in, itˋs consistancy and muscular balance.
Dude, you deserve 10 million subscribers, your videos are the best. Found you a year or two ago when i finally got into physical therapy for herniated discs lower back that plagued me all through my twenties, basically crippled unending pain. Thank you for the video, ive been meaning to get a few kettlebells and definitely will.
Ever since I got injured while playing soccer, I changed my career dreams and started going into computer science. I've become quite sedentary and my lower back has been a huge problem area for me. I can't stand still for more than 15 minutes without lower back pain, and I have tight muscles all over my body (All my arm muscles, back, and legs). I'm sure it's also because I play a lot less soccer or go out to walk and that I stay in a seat for a lot of my day. I tried these exercises for about a month, and now I can stand straight for more than an hour without pain.
When I was working from home, I tried to stay fit by walking 1 mile from the local super-market and load up 2 carrier bags with 5 days of shopping and a backpack for additional stuff. If it didn't make my core stronger, it definitely made back a lot stronger.
Work accident crushed 2 discs in my lower spine. 10 years of pain and laying around. Then i started carrying bowling ball size stones to my house from a half a mile away. 2 years later, i still have some back pain but i can deep squat, horse stance and i can carry about 6-10 times what i used to. I keep a tight core. Push out with my diaphram while pulling in my abs. Never used a liftin belt. I never felt so strong my entire life.
I've always had a rock solid gut, people hurt their hands when hit it, never knew why till I saw this video, I carry my HEAVY toolbag around all day like one of those kettlebells day after day after day.
I’m in my mid sixties, love to use weights and will definitely use this routine. I’m back and shoulders are very suspect. The balance of this routine will be a big help as I get older, with or without weights. Thank you!
I watch and like all the videos so they keep coming. But here's a comment to know they're appreciated and the illustrations are perfect to follow along.
Been training for 20 years, I got low back issues for the first time a month ago, its slowly been getting better doing light stretches for hips, glutes, the back and back extensions and core stability work. I am mindblown as to how hard alternating leglifts are for me. I can do full stack cable crunches with clean control, but mere bodyweight is burning my abs as if I never trained them...
Former gymnast. At 40yrs old, I did 40 standing back tucks in under 20 minutes, on my 40th birthday to see how tough it would be. Hands down the gnarliest ab workout I’ve ever had. Ever.
I once did 7 "flurpies" (back tuck, then pushup) in a row... probably never again. They are absolutely crazy (though real gymnasts, ex or otherwise, could probably do better than me of course)!
I’m just getting into your channel, really like it! This video was a great summary of the core and value of KB’s and basic movements. The part of the core that’s easy to forget, the most basic movement: breathing! The ability to relax the core and breathe deeply while not load bearing, the ability to breathe deeply while under an asymmetrical load like a 1 arm carry or windmill, the ability to breathe deeply while performing complex, multifaceted, dynamic movements such as running . . . Adding the dimension of breathing into the functions of the core changes so much, and really sheds light on the question of what is happening (or at least - what do we want to be happening) in the core in any given movement.
Excellent commentary... at 61 have been implementing Kettlebells for core training since age 50 specifically these 2 mentioned they are game changers for Healthy Longevity
I carry my kettlebell hanging from a thick towel to and from the park 3 blocks away from my apartment. It started as necessity, but i realize that that walk alone is a great exercise for my core and my forearms.
I’ve been doing the windmill from kneeling, one knee down, one foot down, just to get started since I’ve had a low back problem for 25 years. I’m glad to see this, I was wondering if the rotational aspect wasn’t such a great idea. I’ll keep doing it and progress to standing. I also have shoulder issue so I like how this engages shoulder girdle. I just use 15 lb kettlebell at this point but it still works me and feels good. Thank you for your amazing channel.
If this feels good on your shoulder you can always do some single arm overhead kettlebell carries as well. The way the kettlebell sits behind the wrist pulls the humorous back into the shoulder socket and opens up the front of the shoulder. It's the main reason I've switched to kettlebells for all overhead lifting of any kind. Best luck!
Thank you for giving us the blessing of your work, my friend. Your channel content is a gold mine of physical health education (not to mention the channel name is hilariously brilliant😂). Thanks again, and blessings to your being❤
man this windmill is a fantastic exercise... instant relief in the lowerback and the thoracic stiffness.. i just did the body weighted version .. hoping to work my way up in the toughest exercise :)
For bodyweight windmills, push your straight leg and hip against a wall and try to push it over while you move through the exercise. I hate ab crunch soreness but love the soreness I have with side ab stuff. Also just the first couple of steps of the TGU is a nice one for side abs. Nice vid, never seen your stuff before. Subbed.
When i was doing physical therapy for knee replacement the physical therapist recommended the farmers carry. I told him i had a 10 minute walk from car to office where i carried a 10 to 15 lb pack slung over one shoulder. He recommended carring it fsrmers carry half inl left hand half in right. So now i work my core walking into work.
carries single arm farmers carry - hold yourself straight - stacked abs - walk toward mirror - strenghtens opposite side of the kettlebell kettlebell windmill
ill put you on. put a band on kettlebell to make it harder. ill put you even further. put a yoga block in between banded kettlebell (arm) and body. To make it ever harder still. with banded kettlebell i can use 20kg for warm up ez and I squat 455 (205? kg) for yoga block banded kettlebell, it goes to 10kg! almost half! walk 50 yeards, rest. use oppsite arm, walk, rest. repeat.
I LOVE the windmill. Sadly, I lost the ability to do the exercise some years ago due to extensive arthritis in my right hip. I got an artificial hip 2,5 years ago, and now I feel fit to re-enter the windmill into my training program. At my peak, I could perform the exercise with a 40 kg/88 lbs KB.... I guess, I will have to start from scratch ie. 8 kg.... Still looking forward to it, though. THANK you for this inspiring video 👍👍👍
You're literally the first person whose video I didn't instantly dislike when I heard them say LSS. Great video, thank you! Also, like others have mentioned before, the drawings are excellent!
the kettlebell Windmill, I use it as mostly shopulder warm up, but I put both feed at 90 degrees to m shoulders and make the same drill just without the body toration
Tried these at the gym today. I like them - though I'm not sure how the windmills strengthen the upper and lower abs. I'll have my grab my trainer the next time I see him to watch and make sure I'm doing them correctly. I've been doing the sprinting exercises you mentioned a few months ago and it has done so much for my cardio. Thanks a bunch!
@@diegopena4773 You could do them 3 days a week, every other day. It depends because they work your traps and grip mostly. They are great to do on pull days or back days in my experience.
I do farmer’s carry. Was told to do it with shoulder rehab for gaining strength to do judo. 60 secs slow walk both hands, 16kg, pause 30 secs, 60 secs right, 30 pause, 60 left, 30 pause. That’s one set. Go straight into two more sets. Takes about 14 mins all told. You will be happy once you’ve done it.
It would be nice to also see an actual person doing these movements. Great information here, but there's no way I can do the windmill with a 35lb KB. I'll have to start with the unweighted version.
My core training day is very similar. I warm up with farmer walks for a couple sets, and do suitcase carries for 30 sec intervals of marching, for 5 sets (i do all sets on one side before switching). Instead of windmills i do plank row holds for 30 sec intervals of 5 sets to challenge anti transverse plane, similar to suitcase carry training anti frontal. Leaves you severely out of breath at the end of the workout!
When doing weighted carries, I’d also stationary carries in front of the mirror still do wonders if you don’t have much space. Use a slower tempo, and raise your knees a bit higher and you’ll feel every rep as well as lower your risk of injury as you can see your form
Here's a story as well as (maybe) an idea to incorporate into your drawings - core is kinda sorta absolutely essential for swordfighting. You are, after all, swinging a long, one kilo bar of steel around at as great a speed as you can. This leads to you developing a solid core as you go about your stabbin' business, and can lead you to adopt a smug sense of superiority over all those weak people with weak cores doing weak situps. Then you decide to try out sword and shield fighting and find out that shield is at least four times heavier and ten times unweildier than a sword and *you* were the weak one all along. A quick test determined that this exercise can be done just fine with a heater shield, so I have a new form of productive torture to inflict upon myself.
I highly recommend anyone struggling with a weak core or core related pain to get into pilates. It was invented for wounded world war 1 veterans to help them recover from injuries. I've done all kinds of working out and physical labor over my life and pilates has been the best thing i've ever done for core strength and chronic pain relief.
Kettle bell swings are the only exercise to ever give me severe back pain to the point where I can’t even get up from sitting without pain. It took me a month to heal from a session I did. And you might say bad form, whatever, I know how to hip hinge. I’ve done heavy deadlifts for years without getting hurt. I hate to say it but I’ll never do kettlebell swings again despite how great people say they are. I’m good. I’ll do something else.
Well, you know your body best and everyone is different. All I would say is I've had similar experiences with other exercises that later treated me very well. The first time I used an ab wheel I pulled a muscle in my abdomen and hurt my back, and I had been strength training for years at that point. After a few months off I tried it again and I was fine. This has happened to me with other exercises that are new as well. And even though deadlifts and swings are both hip hinges, they are still very different in their execution. I've seen many people be great at one and terrible at the other. So it may have just been a shock to your body. On the other hand, I tore my acl and meniscus years ago and no matter how many times I try curtsy lunges and no matter how perfect I make my form, it still kills my knee every time. It's just not right for my body.
@@moversodysseyyeah the ab wheel is super sketch as well. I never got hurt on one because I tried it and immediately knew it wasn’t for me. I’m like 6’3” and lanky so that’s probably why exercises like ab wheel and the swing are riskier for me because I leverage out my body and back with my long arms on the wheel and the swing puts the weight way out in front of me. I remember the exact moment when the kettlebell swing dropped me to the floor. It was the last rep of the set and it was on the essentric portion. I actually was working a labor job at that time too and had to go in the next day and luckily all I had to do was walk and do some light work which I think actually helped me get better. But I was sore for weeks. I think after watching this video it might’ve been a ql muscle strain. That’s a muscle I’ve never trained. But when I mess up my back like that I get spasms that are basically like being stabbed. I now know about ab stability exercises that hit these muscles like the ql and help prevent those strains.. Also lunges don’t work for me either. My knees are shit. Like the worst.
This is a great video. I just would like to see the movements performed. He explains them well but you never know what a "normal" pace/rhythm should be.
Another amazing video brother. I've been doin windmills past few weeks and seen great results. a it's like yoga and strength all in on. Also if the weather is good I try to walk out my back garden with a 70kg sandbag on my shoulder swapping sides when gassing out.
Love suitcase carries, my main go to. Use to do side planks everyday but once I found suitcase carries, I knew that was it. Just tried the windmills for first time. My back and hips opened up like they havent in a long long time. Going to try those weighted in 2 or 3 weeks after progressing with out weight but boy does my back feel alive again. Been trying to invent a good rotational back exercise and previous attempts havent gone this well. I basically was doing sideways back extention and something like a sideways jefferson curl that helped to a certain degree but this just instantly opened me up like no other in the right spots hopefully.
I fun progression from the windmill is the old school bent press. Kind of a mix between the over head press and the windmill. As you get good with the form it can actually be a pretty heavy exercise if you want as well.
@@moversodyssey Awesome, it looks pretty cool and I love gunning (patiently) for progressions. I've completely shifted my mindset of "abs" into core stability/chassis integrity (props to MTI for the latter framing) and I can honestly say I just feel "sturdier" just walking around and things don't just randomly hurt. It's to the point that my horse trainer noticed I'm riding with much more stability and control almost overnight.
Great vid! And great job illustrating showing which muscles are needed for the exercise and which muscles are getting worked out! Thanks just subbed!💪🏽
I’ve been a gym rat for almost 20 years but was plagued with low back pain. Couple times a year I’d throw out my back and spend weeks rehabbing. Finally got MRI and found 3 herniated disks in low back. Doc suggested surgery but I wanted to try to fix it myself. The cause was the typical weak core from only doing “abs” and never truly training core. What helped me was kettlebell swings, suitcase carry, windmills, and band twists. 7 years later and haven’t throw out my back once and I’m deadlifting more than ever. Started slow with a 30lb kettlebell but now I’m mostly using 70lb. They aren’t the sexiest exercises but they work!
Kettlebells are amazing for core, I wish I could have fit a half dozen exercises in this video. Swings, cleans and snatches all deserve to be in it for sure.
@@moversodysseyWhat kettlebell size for short weak woman? I want to get strong immediately (2 weeks) like a commenter below, he said he just held a 16kg for 1hr everyday. I’m 1.55cms. What size should I buy?
@@Ida-Adriana You would probably want to start with a 6kg or an 8kg kettlebell and eventually work your way up to a 12kg.
@@moversodyssey Thank you most kindly, I appreciate the guidance 🙏 I’m getting pink ones which is the most important thing 🤪
@@moversodyssey I hope it will take away my beluga belly and friggin complete lack of spine and upper body strength. It’s like I’m all thighs with a slug for a torso 😫
I once read an interview with the legendary boxer Kostya Tszyu. He mentioned when he was young kettlebells where quite popular in his home town in Russia. He said one thing he use to do was pick up a 16kg kettlebell and walk around with it, do a few moves with it here and there, the thing was, he didn’t put it down for 1 whole hour.
I tried this and after 10 minutes that 16kg becomes very VERY heavy. I ended up just holding it with both hands to the front, to the back, no more swings or snatches or presses, I was just dying holding it standing there. I ended it at 20 minutes as my forearms and grip died.
The results after a few weeks of this? I felt like a Brick House, my forearms became really thick, my grip was crushing, both muscle and cardio endurance shoot up, also surprising weight loss, it literally makes you shredded and wiry strong AND enduring ( I need to go back to that training 😊 )
I loved watching Kosta Tszyu back in the day, always thought he should have been given more respect after retirement but I still don't hear about him much, was a crazy tough and undefeated fighter. I've never heard this story but it's really interesting. Right off the bat it seems like his style, I'm definitely going to try this. Thank you for sharing!
@@moversodyssey 👍 He was called ‘The man with no footwork’ but all good trainers knew he was deadly, his footwork was very efficient and he was a master at cutting you off and putting you at a bad angle, where he then crushed you. Yeah it was in a article by Aussie kettlebell shop called Iron Edge, Kostya was living in Oz at the time so seem legit, plus looking at Kostya’s wide frame, I believe him 😂 yeah Man go for it, it works! Just start slow, by the way man love your channel, brilliant idea, hope you grow more and more 💪
@moversodyssey Huge respect for Kostya! He was a beast.
Not quite undefeated, however, losing his light welterweight IBF and Ring titles to Ricky Hatton in June 2005.
@@glynhannaford7332 I forgot all about that loss, I think I blocked it out. Lol. He was undefeated for so long, it's how I always remembered him. Joe Calzaghe was another great one, I think he stayed undefeated though.
@@moversodysseyCalzaghe retired undefeated, yes. Kostya’s son is boxing now and he’s pretty damn good. Tim Tszyu. He just took his first loss in is last fight but the guy was a late replacement and not who he was training for. He was supposed to fight Keith Thurman. Anyways…. I’ve been wanting to ask you, have you ever heard of diastasis recti?? It’s more common in women but I am a man and I have it. When I lay on my back and try to do a sit up, the middle of my stomach protrudes upward and forms a cone. It sucks!! I’m wondering in KB swings and I’ll help slightly fix it because I think I have a pelvic tilt and maybe they will make it better?? I know the best option to fix it is surgery, but that’s not an option. They say exercising the TVA is the best way to pull it back together but I’ve been doing the exercises with no results. Just curious if you heard of it and have any advice. Thanks!
My dude... I'm not sure why are how or why you came up with the overall concept and artstyle of your channel, but I'm glad you did. Yo shit is dope!!!!!
nothing like it... insane production quality
Fr life changer🙏🏿
I started doing the farmer's carry when I first saw this video (a few months ago). I do it on a treadmill for cumulative 30 minutes a day, switching hands each minute, 5-6 days a week. I had tried a lot of other basic exercises to deal with chronic pain problems, but this is the first thing that has actually been working!! Highly recommended and thank you for putting out these videos.
Thats awesome, I'm glad it's helped out! And thanks for leaving the feedback! That's a unique way of doing it, I've never seen anyone do it on a treadmill. I may have to try that.
I'd love to try it on the treadmill at my gym, I tend to get bored easily walking up and down the gym. I don't think i'd be allowed however...
How heavy is the weight your using?
@@nya4198should just do it, it’s a gym, you’re there to improve yourself like everyone else. If someone judges you they shouldn’t be there
I also do suitcase carry on the treadmill with a 25 lbs kettlebell. I've been doing 2 miles 2-3 times a week for the last couple weeks, swapping hands when I my grip starts falling. I do timed static holds with my 55 lbs kettlebell to keep strength fairly even on each side.
ما هذا الشرح العجيب السهل الممتع ... معلومات انقذتنا بها بطريقة فذة .. اقدر جهودكم حقاً
I’m so glad I found this channel. I started jump roping and also learned how to stretch out this hip pain Iv never been able to get rid of.
I'm 72 and used to be very sedentary, with metabolic disease, and generally out of shape. About 5 years ago, I started hiking regularly. Then, on a whim, I started carrying a kettlebell. Whew, what a difference the loaded carry made to my overall well-being. Over time, I added more kettlebell exercises, so today, I don't sweat carrying $hit around.
These videos are amazing. As a manual therapist, I recommend exercises, movements all the time and videos like this are such an amazing resource. Thank you. Glad I found you
Came for the fitness tips, stayed for the art.
That makes two of us.
ma antrenez cu kettlebell deja de 2 ani, dar învăț ceva nou de fiecare data. Feedback pozitiv
This is the best and most useful I have seen in recent years on UA-cam. Not to mention the clear way you convey each position and the artistic drawing. Simply excellent, thank you very much.
I'm at the "beast" level of kettlebell training and i love the get ups, windmills and suitcase carries for core!
Art style is amazing and unique to anyone on youtube, fantastic!
Was diagnosed with spondololysthesis when I was 18. Doc said I can prevent surgery maybe until I am 30. Told me to stay lean and train core, but said, no tennis, no football, no heavy lifting. Started to train Capoeira anyway for 8 years, 5 years was training 4 times a week. Problems got better, fought trough a lot of backoain still. Transitioned to cycling, whilst keep doing basic exercises, basic but hard movement and bodyweight exercises. Now 42, 5.8, 160p no surgery, no pain when I keep up with some crunches and yoga. Always doing a straight push up from time to time to check my core and make the nerves and muscles remember the set standart. My advice, itˋs not the amount of training you put in, itˋs consistancy and muscular balance.
Dude, you deserve 10 million subscribers, your videos are the best. Found you a year or two ago when i finally got into physical therapy for herniated discs lower back that plagued me all through my twenties, basically crippled unending pain. Thank you for the video, ive been meaning to get a few kettlebells and definitely will.
Thank you for the comment! And good luck with your rehab, I think the kettlebells will help out a ton.
Ever since I got injured while playing soccer, I changed my career dreams and started going into computer science. I've become quite sedentary and my lower back has been a huge problem area for me. I can't stand still for more than 15 minutes without lower back pain, and I have tight muscles all over my body (All my arm muscles, back, and legs). I'm sure it's also because I play a lot less soccer or go out to walk and that I stay in a seat for a lot of my day.
I tried these exercises for about a month, and now I can stand straight for more than an hour without pain.
work on your hip flexors as well. That will serious help all of the sitting and shortening of those muscles
Keep going. If you stop you’re shooting yourself in the foot
Great work, I never get tired of hearing stories like this.
When I was working from home, I tried to stay fit by walking 1 mile from the local super-market and load up 2 carrier bags with 5 days of shopping and a backpack for additional stuff. If it didn't make my core stronger, it definitely made back a lot stronger.
Those animations are beautiful
Thank you, glad you enjoying them!
I like these because there is no talking head trying to validate their knowledge. Just anatomical mechanics. Good job
The algorithm has blessed me.
I have no clue how or why your channel popped up for me, but it did, and I’m so thankful.
Next video: Shoulder Injuries and Solution. Who’s with me?
I've had six shoulder surgeries over the past 15 years. My last one was three months ago. I am looking into these videos for some shoulder workouts
No. Get out of here glass shoulder
@@daniel_3191 Yeah probably never join in a cage fight before right? Mr. Tough guy?
@@longnguyen-qt3ed hahhahhhahahhha now you're Mr cringe glass shoulder. Next video: interview this cringelord in his cage amirite guys hahahahah
He has done videos on that. Look up the one about deadhangs and the one about indian club training.
Work accident crushed 2 discs in my lower spine. 10 years of pain and laying around. Then i started carrying bowling ball size stones to my house from a half a mile away. 2 years later, i still have some back pain but i can deep squat, horse stance and i can carry about 6-10 times what i used to. I keep a tight core. Push out with my diaphram while pulling in my abs. Never used a liftin belt. I never felt so strong my entire life.
Always a great day when MO uploads. Can tell a lot of effort goes into these videos, so thank you!
I've always had a rock solid gut, people hurt their hands when hit it, never knew why till I saw this video, I carry my HEAVY toolbag around all day like one of those kettlebells day after day after day.
I’m in my mid sixties, love to use weights and will definitely use this routine. I’m back and shoulders are very suspect. The balance of this routine will be a big help as I get older, with or without weights. Thank you!
I watch and like all the videos so they keep coming. But here's a comment to know they're appreciated and the illustrations are perfect to follow along.
Been training for 20 years, I got low back issues for the first time a month ago, its slowly been getting better doing light stretches for hips, glutes, the back and back extensions and core stability work. I am mindblown as to how hard alternating leglifts are for me. I can do full stack cable crunches with clean control, but mere bodyweight is burning my abs as if I never trained them...
never stop posting these for me please their so good I love them
Great video! I always look forward to your videos to learn a new exercise. Thanks for what you do.
My pleasure, glad you are enjoying them!
Former gymnast. At 40yrs old, I did 40 standing back tucks in under 20 minutes, on my 40th birthday to see how tough it would be.
Hands down the gnarliest ab workout I’ve ever had. Ever.
I once did 7 "flurpies" (back tuck, then pushup) in a row... probably never again. They are absolutely crazy (though real gymnasts, ex or otherwise, could probably do better than me of course)!
I’m just getting into your channel, really like it! This video was a great summary of the core and value of KB’s and basic movements.
The part of the core that’s easy to forget, the most basic movement: breathing!
The ability to relax the core and breathe deeply while not load bearing, the ability to breathe deeply while under an asymmetrical load like a 1 arm carry or windmill, the ability to breathe deeply while performing complex, multifaceted, dynamic movements such as running . . . Adding the dimension of breathing into the functions of the core changes so much, and really sheds light on the question of what is happening (or at least - what do we want to be happening) in the core in any given movement.
These videos are so helpful, and the anecdotes in the comments are bonus tips. I’m going to incorporate carries and windmills starting tomorrow
Excellent commentary... at 61 have been implementing Kettlebells for core training since age 50 specifically these 2 mentioned they are game changers for Healthy Longevity
Yeah I definitely gotta subscribe, not only is this informative but the drawings got me hooked.
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I carry my kettlebell hanging from a thick towel to and from the park 3 blocks away from my apartment. It started as necessity, but i realize that that walk alone is a great exercise for my core and my forearms.
Ur the GOAT bro!!!!!! Please never stop making these videos. So inspirational
First video of yours i've ever seen. incredibly well done.Good exercise selection and descriptions. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, Welcome to the channel!
The windmill, get up, and snatch are my favorite kettlebell exercises.
I like farmers and get up.
I listen to whatever your video is about yeah...but OMG I love the art. Love it LOVE IT !
I’ve been doing the windmill from kneeling, one knee down, one foot down, just to get started since I’ve had a low back problem for 25 years. I’m glad to see this, I was wondering if the rotational aspect wasn’t such a great idea. I’ll keep doing it and progress to standing. I also have shoulder issue so I like how this engages shoulder girdle. I just use 15 lb kettlebell at this point but it still works me and feels good. Thank you for your amazing channel.
If this feels good on your shoulder you can always do some single arm overhead kettlebell carries as well. The way the kettlebell sits behind the wrist pulls the humorous back into the shoulder socket and opens up the front of the shoulder. It's the main reason I've switched to kettlebells for all overhead lifting of any kind. Best luck!
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Thank you for giving us the blessing of your work, my friend. Your channel content is a gold mine of physical health education (not to mention the channel name is hilariously brilliant😂). Thanks again, and blessings to your being❤
man this windmill is a fantastic exercise... instant relief in the lowerback and the thoracic stiffness.. i just did the body weighted version .. hoping to work my way up in the toughest exercise :)
Great to hear it helped out! I love this exercise!
For bodyweight windmills, push your straight leg and hip against a wall and try to push it over while you move through the exercise. I hate ab crunch soreness but love the soreness I have with side ab stuff. Also just the first couple of steps of the TGU is a nice one for side abs. Nice vid, never seen your stuff before. Subbed.
Thank you for this, I will be programming it into my routine
Hanging legs raises at the end of every workout has done me wonders 🙌
This is the best fitness channel hands down
When i was doing physical therapy for knee replacement the physical therapist recommended the farmers carry. I told him i had a 10 minute walk from car to office where i carried a 10 to 15 lb pack slung over one shoulder. He recommended carring it fsrmers carry half inl left hand half in right. So now i work my core walking into work.
carries
single arm farmers carry - hold yourself straight - stacked abs - walk toward mirror - strenghtens opposite side of the kettlebell
kettlebell windmill
ill put you on. put a band on kettlebell to make it harder. ill put you even further. put a yoga block in between banded kettlebell (arm) and body. To make it ever harder still. with banded kettlebell i can use 20kg for warm up ez and I squat 455 (205? kg) for yoga block banded kettlebell, it goes to 10kg! almost half! walk 50 yeards, rest. use oppsite arm, walk, rest. repeat.
I LOVE the windmill.
Sadly, I lost the ability to do the exercise some years ago due to extensive arthritis in my right hip. I got an artificial hip 2,5 years ago, and now I feel fit to re-enter the windmill into my training program.
At my peak, I could perform the exercise with a 40 kg/88 lbs KB.... I guess, I will have to start from scratch ie. 8 kg.... Still looking forward to it, though.
THANK you for this inspiring video 👍👍👍
This advice is golden, sir, you have a new sub.
Im addicted to this channel now. I'll see yall in a couple of months.
Thanks for sharing. I just ordered a kettlebell and have been looking for different ways to use it.
Bro your content and its details are just amazing. Thanks for sharing your precious knowledge in this wonderful way
You're literally the first person whose video I didn't instantly dislike when I heard them say LSS. Great video, thank you! Also, like others have mentioned before, the drawings are excellent!
The old books( best books) all used this style of drawings.
The old books( best books) all used this style of drawings.
This Artwork is so amazing, has that Graff-Street + Michelangelo/Davinci, great idea to hire this artist
Solid info. Very detailed and informative. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be incorporating this into my training right away.
the kettlebell Windmill, I use it as mostly shopulder warm up, but I put both feed at 90 degrees to m shoulders and make the same drill just without the body toration
relly love that you put in a log lift as an example
no words to describe how much i love your videos
on another note i would love a video on pull ups and variations
Bruh I swear your channel is underrated, fabulous and great content. Lots of love man 👍👍❤️
Tried these at the gym today. I like them - though I'm not sure how the windmills strengthen the upper and lower abs. I'll have my grab my trainer the next time I see him to watch and make sure I'm doing them correctly. I've been doing the sprinting exercises you mentioned a few months ago and it has done so much for my cardio. Thanks a bunch!
Its more a mobility work than strength work youre right bro
But weirdly, more mobile people tend to be stronger. Because its easy for them to use strength in uncomfortable situation/position
Subscribed!!! I appreciate the info, the amazing illustrations, and the lack of BS. BIG THANKS!
KB exercises like the farmer's walks are some of my favorites 💪🙏
Hi, is it a good idea to do farmer walk everyday or 3-4 days a week?
@@diegopena4773 You could do them 3 days a week, every other day. It depends because they work your traps and grip mostly. They are great to do on pull days or back days in my experience.
I love that offset exercise. No one taught me but it just felt good and did it out of instinct lol.
I do farmer’s carry. Was told to do it with shoulder rehab for gaining strength to do judo. 60 secs slow walk both hands, 16kg, pause 30 secs, 60 secs right, 30 pause, 60 left, 30 pause. That’s one set. Go straight into two more sets. Takes about 14 mins all told. You will be happy once you’ve done it.
In fact I just came to post this 15 mins later, I’ve just done it. It’s great.
The art is amazing. The buff guy carrying mom’s groceries got me inspired.
It would be nice to also see an actual person doing these movements. Great information here, but there's no way I can do the windmill with a 35lb KB. I'll have to start with the unweighted version.
Lots of other places to watch someone do it. It pairs up great with his videos
Really like the visuals!
This video gave me motivation to train idk why
My core training day is very similar. I warm up with farmer walks for a couple sets, and do suitcase carries for 30 sec intervals of marching, for 5 sets (i do all sets on one side before switching). Instead of windmills i do plank row holds for 30 sec intervals of 5 sets to challenge anti transverse plane, similar to suitcase carry training anti frontal. Leaves you severely out of breath at the end of the workout!
Thank you. I just ordered your Kettle Bell poster!
That's awesome, I hope you enjoy it!
Keep doing what you’re doing.
Thank you for these insights as always
Im an elite discus thrower. Super happy I found this channel #newsubscriber thanks for the vid.
We really appreciate it. Your content is so informative and easy to understand. It’s greatly appreciated.
Zercher squat bro. Thats what helped me
Hi, can you please make a video of mobility , stability and speed . You make great videos and they are well presented . Thank you.
When doing weighted carries, I’d also stationary carries in front of the mirror still do wonders if you don’t have much space. Use a slower tempo, and raise your knees a bit higher and you’ll feel every rep as well as lower your risk of injury as you can see your form
And another great video !! windmill will definitely be added to my mobility training day.
This is such excellent content. Thank you.
Excellent work, my friend. Well done.
absolutely right on
my first kettlebell at 16 kg... i NEED the windmill.
windmill plus swings? superhero.
Here's a story as well as (maybe) an idea to incorporate into your drawings - core is kinda sorta absolutely essential for swordfighting. You are, after all, swinging a long, one kilo bar of steel around at as great a speed as you can. This leads to you developing a solid core as you go about your stabbin' business, and can lead you to adopt a smug sense of superiority over all those weak people with weak cores doing weak situps. Then you decide to try out sword and shield fighting and find out that shield is at least four times heavier and ten times unweildier than a sword and *you* were the weak one all along.
A quick test determined that this exercise can be done just fine with a heater shield, so I have a new form of productive torture to inflict upon myself.
Mini squad core twists are great to add as well
Such an awesome channel! thanks
Also make a video about the clubbell and core training. I think an excellent exercise!
I highly recommend anyone struggling with a weak core or core related pain to get into pilates. It was invented for wounded world war 1 veterans to help them recover from injuries. I've done all kinds of working out and physical labor over my life and pilates has been the best thing i've ever done for core strength and chronic pain relief.
Kettle bell swings are the only exercise to ever give me severe back pain to the point where I can’t even get up from sitting without pain. It took me a month to heal from a session I did. And you might say bad form, whatever, I know how to hip hinge. I’ve done heavy deadlifts for years without getting hurt. I hate to say it but I’ll never do kettlebell swings again despite how great people say they are. I’m good. I’ll do something else.
Well, you know your body best and everyone is different. All I would say is I've had similar experiences with other exercises that later treated me very well. The first time I used an ab wheel I pulled a muscle in my abdomen and hurt my back, and I had been strength training for years at that point. After a few months off I tried it again and I was fine. This has happened to me with other exercises that are new as well. And even though deadlifts and swings are both hip hinges, they are still very different in their execution. I've seen many people be great at one and terrible at the other. So it may have just been a shock to your body.
On the other hand, I tore my acl and meniscus years ago and no matter how many times I try curtsy lunges and no matter how perfect I make my form, it still kills my knee every time. It's just not right for my body.
@@moversodysseyyeah the ab wheel is super sketch as well. I never got hurt on one because I tried it and immediately knew it wasn’t for me. I’m like 6’3” and lanky so that’s probably why exercises like ab wheel and the swing are riskier for me because I leverage out my body and back with my long arms on the wheel and the swing puts the weight way out in front of me. I remember the exact moment when the kettlebell swing dropped me to the floor. It was the last rep of the set and it was on the essentric portion. I actually was working a labor job at that time too and had to go in the next day and luckily all I had to do was walk and do some light work which I think actually helped me get better. But I was sore for weeks. I think after watching this video it might’ve been a ql muscle strain. That’s a muscle I’ve never trained. But when I mess up my back like that I get spasms that are basically like being stabbed. I now know about ab stability exercises that hit these muscles like the ql and help prevent those strains.. Also lunges don’t work for me either. My knees are shit. Like the worst.
This is a great video. I just would like to see the movements performed. He explains them well but you never know what a "normal" pace/rhythm should be.
Thank you very much ! Great video, again !💪
Your drawings!!!!! Lovely...
Whats the style name?
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im alrdy top tier brother
Another amazing video brother. I've been doin windmills past few weeks and seen great results. a it's like yoga and strength all in on. Also if the weather is good I try to walk out my back garden with a 70kg sandbag on my shoulder swapping sides when gassing out.
Damn! I love these illustrations!
Love suitcase carries, my main go to. Use to do side planks everyday but once I found suitcase carries, I knew that was it.
Just tried the windmills for first time. My back and hips opened up like they havent in a long long time. Going to try those weighted in 2 or 3 weeks after progressing with out weight but boy does my back feel alive again. Been trying to invent a good rotational back exercise and previous attempts havent gone this well. I basically was doing sideways back extention and something like a sideways jefferson curl that helped to a certain degree but this just instantly opened me up like no other in the right spots hopefully.
Best channel ever
i really like your videos! you should post more often🙂.
Windmills have been a true game changer for me.
I fun progression from the windmill is the old school bent press. Kind of a mix between the over head press and the windmill. As you get good with the form it can actually be a pretty heavy exercise if you want as well.
@@moversodyssey Awesome, it looks pretty cool and I love gunning (patiently) for progressions. I've completely shifted my mindset of "abs" into core stability/chassis integrity (props to MTI for the latter framing) and I can honestly say I just feel "sturdier" just walking around and things don't just randomly hurt. It's to the point that my horse trainer noticed I'm riding with much more stability and control almost overnight.
Great vid! And great job illustrating showing which muscles are needed for the exercise and which muscles are getting worked out! Thanks just subbed!💪🏽
Glad it was helpful!
It's the best core exercise for martial arts and athletic performance