Kettlebell Handles in the Nineteen Hundreds
August 18, 2009 by Alex Taylor
Filed under Trivia
In the mid nineteen hundreds all weight lifting sets used to come with handles to allow dumbbells to be transformed into kettlebells.
They are commonly referred to nowadays as ‘plate loaded kettlebells’.
Related article: Bruce Lee Used Kettlebells
I bought this DVD when I first started using kettlebells. The "Enter the Kettlebell" book provided details, but this DVD shows the proper application. Pavel personally shows how to do fundamental kettlebell exercises: swing, clean, press, and snatch.
Back then, most lifters did the Olympic-style lifts rather than power-lifting style lifts (or bodybuilding isolation lifts) that are popular today. Since kettlebells are OK for dynamic, olympic lifts, handles were considered a mandatory piece of equipment.