Bruce Lee Used Kettlebells

In the mid nineteen hundreds all weight lifting sets used to come with handles to allow dumbbells to be transformed into kettlebells.

That’s how Bruce Lee originally discovered them as the handles were included in a barbell set he had ordered.

As per the book “Bruce Lee, The Art of Expressing the Human Body” Bruce trained his back muscles using the kettlebell attachments.

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Actor John Saxon (pictured right) was introduced to the kettlebell handle by Bruce, whilst filming Enter The Dragon.

Bruce displayed to John the kettlebell swinging exercise that helped him develop the 1 inch punch.

“Meeting Bruce Lee for the first time in Hong Kong I saw his house had a large Home Gym with many pieces of equipment; some of which he’d designed. On the floor were also a pair of plate loaded Kettlebells the same as I had bought from Iron Man magazine, and kept in my Garage Gym in L.A. After a little conversation Bruce showed me that he used Kettlebells by doing a Swing with a vertical fist…and freezing it for an instant ‘hold’ for punching power.”