Pavel Macek, StrongFirst Master Certified Instructor REZERVACE SOUKROMÉ ONLINE LEKCE SEMINÁŘE V ČR | SEMINÁŘE V ZAHRANIČÍ INSTAGRAM pavelmacekcom One-Arm Kettlebell/Dumbbell Lifts and the Physique “Our actions may be impeded… but there can be Kettlebell Lifting: Declaration of Independence # Today’s Practice: Total Tension Kettlebell Compl Fun at our @kb5cz summer camp 💪 #kettlebell #j Kettlebell juggling at our @kb5cz summer camp 💪 Instagram post 18072135737505524 Arthur Saxon was most famous for his bent press - “Fortune grants loyalty to no one – she toys w Load More... Follow on Instagram
![One-Arm Kettlebell/Dumbbell Lifts and the Physique
Pavel notes in Enter the Kettlebell (2006), in the chapter dedicated to the kettlebell military press:
“It is no coincidence that since overhead presses have fallen out of favor, manly Farnese Hercules torsos with powerful shoulders and midsections have given way to small, feminine waists and large pecs. What a shame, because if you work your overhead presses hard, you will hardly need to do anything else for your upper body.”
…and in the original Russian Kettlebell Challenge (2001):
“The result will be a physique built more along the lines of Laurent Delvaux’s statue Hercules: broad shoulders with just a hint of pecs, back muscles standing out in bold relief, wiry arms, rugged forearms, a cut-up midsection, and strong legs, without a hint of squat-induced chafing.”
Same, of course, applies to dumbbells and one-arm barbell lifts:
“The old one-arm lifts like the Swing, Snatch and One-Handed Clean and Jerk with dumbbells disappeared from competition forever, and with it a certain type of physique characterised by powerfully developed side waist muscles. It cannot be denied that one-arm lifts hit and used different muscles than the two-handed alternatives, but the sport’s leaders made their decision and would never go back to the interesting and more technically difficult lifts of the old-timers.”
–Alan Radley, Illustrated History of Physical Culture, 2001
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