Is 10 minutes of kettlebell enough to be in good shape? 

I purchased a 35lb kettlebell and now I am banned from the bowling alley.

"COMRADE! The kettlebell has been instrumental in weeding out weakness out of the Russian gene pool, and you're next! You ARE on the Soviet territory, and you ARE becoming a better man. If you don't know how, I'll teach you! If you don't want to, I'll make you." - Pavel Tsatsouline

5:00 I can attest to this. I have been consistently working out 5-7 times a week for 4 months doing this suggested workout. I modified it a little but this is how it’s been for me: 10-15 min a day, first 10 min goes to swings at 40 sec on 20 sec off and 5 min goes to reversed get ups consistently through no stopping. I can honestly say I have never been happier with my physique than right now. I love the way I look and I love the way I feel. Before using kettlebells exclusively it was hard for me to stick to my exercise routine, but when I watched this video here months ago I made that commitment to myself I could do 10 min a day at the bare minimum. I have abs now, like defined and pronounced definition it amazes me. Just those 2 workouts alone have changed my life and I just wanted to be a verifier for this great wealth of information Mark Wildman offers for free. He knows what he’s talking about and I’m living proof. Just 10 min a day and you will look incredible, feel incredible in a very short time and be in a better physical class than most around you. I didn’t feel far off from where I wanted my goal to be but before I never could accomplish the ab definition I have now. Exercising with kettlebells literally melts the stagnate fat that never seems to go away. Thanks Mark! And to anyone on the fence about beginning with kettlebells, trust me with consistency growth comes fast, the human body naturally wants to build muscle and do things well. I started with just a 10 lb kettle bell and now 4 months later I’m working with a 20lb. I know soon I’ll need the next size up and that’s amazing to look back on the progress.

Agree absolutely. A trainer who introduced me to Kettlebells had a mantra, 100 swings per day, is the bare minimum required. Add to that squats, snatches, clean and press and baby you’re on your way. I’m a 77 year old female and do all this, plus bilateral Hellion routines. Best training aid. I also have a 16kg and a 10kg at home - no excuse not to exercise.

6 kettlebell movements he mentioned: 1. Swing 2. Clean 3. Snatch 4. Squat 5. Press 6. Get up

I like this dude’s style - straight shooter, no fuss, no muss

Being a dad of two children (1y/3y) with a wife and a fulltime job, kettlebells are my only workout most of the time. I train about 3-4 times a week for about 15min each time. Of course, I am far from ripped or shredded, but I am strong, explosive and I look fit and healthy. I did 50 deck squats today... it was rough. Especially right now having the possibility to do my workout at home is a lifesaver!

I decided to just do 100 swings a day to keep it simple with no excuses. It says everywhere males should start at 35# bell. But I just happened to have a 25# bell at home so went with it. I have chronic back pain and could barely do one swing with the 25#. I pushed through and can now do 100 swings. I do this 2-4 times as day. It’s kicking my ass and I am getting fit and starting too see my abs. Proper nutrition is helping too. Count those macros! I also run a couple miles a few days per week. I will upgrade to the 35# soon, but I may have given up if I’d started with the 35#. So don’t be afraid to start small if you need to. It’s better than not doing anything at all.

I added kettlebells to my yoga / pushup / pull-up routine and it took me to another level of fitness 👍🏻

Over three years later, this is still an incredibly wise perspective on physical training. Thanks for helping jump on the kettlebell and heavy club bandwagon.

Cracking upload. Kettle bells were the best buy for me; skipping rope, TRX, punch bag and kettle bells are all I need.

Been kettles for decades since being an old Marine. Your videos Mark are spot and great for all new/old comers Sir. Beautifully explained without the macho rubbish. many thanks.

Pavel's "Simple and Sinister" program is pure gold. His "The Quick and the Dead" is a great program as well.

Komrad, get kettlebell, do 100 swings per day.

Got my 35lb kettlebell, 2wks into Pavel's S&S... liking the simplicity. Thx for making a concise, encouraging, and approachable video on why KB work is good for everyone. 👍

I bought four kettlebells 8 weeks ago. I started on a 8kg, first week killed me. Now using a 20kg for most exercises. These things have totally changed my life. I'm now purchasing another 20kg and a 32kg. I should point out I'm 51 and have a lifting background.

Sometime around 2010 I went on a high rep kettlebell kick. I would do five exercises consecutively for a minute each for two or three rounds primarily because I didn’t want to be spending all day in the gym. My arms and shoulders grew exponentially in those few months and it was usable muscle that never went away when I stopped working out for a few years. You absolutely could be in good shape doing ten minutes per day.

I'm a lifter and just started with the 10K kettle bell challenge. It's awesome and I'm falling in love with kettle bell work! Using 16kg!

Kettbels are awesome, I am Russian myself and use them everyday. I am almost 40 have ton of energy, try do do 100 swings a day and few other exercises. Rotational swings and such, I can bench 275 and really don't do any weights. Kettbels work your entire body, having muscles does not mean you are in great shape. So basically, anything you do to even if it's 10 min a day and watch what you eat is much better than doing absolutely nothing. Anyone can find 10 to 20 min a day to work out.

That was awesome. Super helpful. Thanks!

I just found your channel this weekend. Great videos! I’m going to add kettlebelling to my workout.

Great and informative video, on top of being concise! Definitely subbed

Best fitness information I've seen. Thanks

Find a partner who looks at you in the same way Mark looks at his kettlebell in the thumbnail ❤️

Incredible, concise presentation. Thank you!

Love love your videos! thank you so much 🙏🏼💪🏼

Very clear explanation, great content bro.

Great vid! keep them coming please

My first time watching 2 of your videos and I found them to be more informative than most of the videos I've found about working out. For that friend, I subscribe and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your content.. Cheers

Mark is the man, love your channel to the point 🙏

Very clear and helpful explanation,thanks!

Great summary. Kettlebells have been some of the most challenging exercise routines I have pursued. Intimidating ramp up period to learn.

I have been missing your videos. I love my Kettlebell. Got one after seeing a video of yours last year and have used one just about every day since. Its by far my favorite tool in the gym (or anywhere I go)

Thank you. Great info.

Great vid mate, thank you!

Hey There! Thanks for the videos; they're short, sweet, and informative. Very, very refreshing to hear an accomplished trainer talk about training that don't involve barbells...or dumbbells. I have my first 10lb club on its way to me...can't wait to get started. I'm very intrigued....so, thanks!

Great video! Thank you! I just found your channel this morning and I'm really enjoying your videos. You're inspiring me to keep up on my kettlebell workouts.

Great concise content

Very informative! Thanks Mark. I've been doing kettlebell workouts daily for 2 years, it's a great piece of equipment.

Who is watching this after corona lockdown?

Clear and concise. Thanks.

Today I started doing thrusters with 32kg and have been doing the saggittal and frontal plane swings for a long time, along with some low rep overhead presses. What you said about the weights - feels good man. I appreciate it.

Just started for real kettlebelling, at 60, almost 61 .. and boy-o-boy, i wish i knew all of this info much sooner in my life. Spend way to much money and time on "normal" fitness atributes while doing kettlebels now its way more fun doing fitness in general wth way more benefits in less time and effort. Way to go, exellent vids👌, THNX👍

Finally someone willing to break this down for me on how to use and weigh these kettlebells!!!...Thank you so much!!!

Good video. Answers a lot of qeustions in a few minutes, thnx!

I haven't gone through Mark's site in it's entirety but I'm looking forward to doing so as Mark's breakdown/explanation is of the very highest level obviously a first class trainer. I haven't used kettlebells for an extended period of time and due to a shoulder injury I have a weakness at this point in time so I will be starting with the basic movements.

Great advice as usual.

Great video!

great info! thanks!

Awesome advice.

Gyms all closed, happy I have 3 kettlebells at home!

kudos great presentation! I did not implement kettlebells until age 50 (7 years ago) and everything you said is so true. My body has undergone a complete transformation mechanically. I have done powerlifting in 20's marathons/Triatholns in my 30' 40's (boston marathon & ironman). Have since gained more flexibility and muscular endurance..... up to 100 nonstop snatches with 60 lbs. in 6 minutes or 75 nonstop turkish getups in 30 minutes with 55 lbs

"You're not going to be able to just pick it up and walk around..." Au contraire! I hear the suitcase carry and farmer's carry etc. are good exercises. Sometimes I just take my 45 lb (20 kg) kettlebell for a walk, switching positions as I feel I need to. I'm not saying it's better than the basic 6 (which this video has convinced me I need to learn and do more), but it could probably be a good supplement.

Watching this 5 years later. Thank you SO much Mark for this info. Awesome!!

Great Video!!!

Julie! Fantastic very motivational

Bravo. Very positive very inspiring.

That's great to hear Because I use a 35 pounder or two 35 pounders and people make fun of me because they think 35 pounds is a dinky weight and nothing compared to their 160 pound bench press

Look up Pavel Tsatsouline. Glad I had all my stuff before this lockdown. 5 minutes of get ups and five minutes of swings is more than enough as a bare minimum.

Great info

solid points subbed.

Dude..enjoy your common sense no BS videos. I'm 59 and started KB's about 4 months ago and see how much better my back is and just basic movements have enhanced everyday.. I stay with 8k 16k 20k and 24k Nothing bigger than that..I think those sizes are good enough for me..althrough I will try a 48k to overhead press just once to see if I can do it. But that will not be until later in the year when I'm fully mastered the 24k..lolol Thanks again..I may never go back to the health club when I can get a work out from these items.

Thank you 💪

Love the video, subbed. Will just need to endure the popped collar... ;) Keep up the great content.

In the early 2000s. I was discouraged by Sports Chalet associate not to buy kettlebells because the only exercise you get out of kettlebells was shoulder press. Sports chalet has been out of business since 2016

Thank you for great videos. You helped me figure out and start kettlebeling, I am now at 24 kg and buying 32 kg. Its makes you strong 💪.

Good explanation.

At last, someone who is accurate and give examples of what "in good shape" means. Good to know to fix oneself objective. Thanks!

Yes I just started,with my letter bell,love it😁😁😁

great stuff...I'm currently (in lockdown) doing 3x30 minute sessions a week (3 different sessions) in combos of sets of reps and times...I'm upto 28kg in most exercies (including snatches), and I'm 50 tomorrow..!

Good stuff of truth n fact..10 min is plenty for excercise...KB just adds into it on another level .... but heck bodyweight moves alone for 10 mins will work you good as well. Subbed for the awesome vid and info.

What a stuff man. I was one of those 600 pounds leg gym workout. Now only kettlebell))) what a thing. thanks a lot!!!

Not that I'm an expert on kettlebells but I would tend to agree with Mark. For the last 35+years I've only done your typical free weights/machine workouts. Lately I sold all my weights(moving is in the near future) and bought some kb's. All I can say it WOW, talk about a workout, but I also do about 8 sets of dips too. I won't go back to weights....well not 100% anyway, I think I'll still do the odd exercise with standard weights. I typically workout 2x/week, I'm in my 60's.

You're great!

The intro to this video really does a spot on job of explaining why kettlebells are such a revolution. They are a serious threat to the fitness equipment industry.

Ciao Mark, ti seguo in tutti i tuoi video, cerco di capire quanto più possibile ma purtroppo non conoscendo la tua lingua, faccio molta fatica. Sei un grande

I used light kettle bells 6kg yesterday ( just getting back into exercise after a long break and didn't want to sprain anything) for cleans shoulders and triceps really feeling it .Also did standing shoulder press with 5kg dumbbells , lat raises and front raises at 3kg just added one armed standing cable rows and lat pull down at a light weight.

Thanks Mark for the encouragement. I agree. I'm a desk jockey, but in my early 50's started swings and Turkish get ups. Two excellent exercises to restore function and make you strong. I'd started at 16kg and a few years later now at 24kg KB. I certainly don't have an Arnold physique, but I can get off the ground now without hurting my back. I call the progress!

Great info ! I love kettlebell workouts .Thanks .Donnie Cain

KBs rebuilt my shoulder and gave me a 2x BW+ deadlift (425 raw at 200lbs). Great starting place for strength, mobility, power training. Double KBs are probably good for hypertrophy, but I've always had a mixed set. Also if you're in to grip training there are a lot of great reduced leverage movements to be discovered. Look up arm wrestling exercises

Very good information. I'm 47, 1.87cm and 82kg in weight. I've always done weight training but I started to get interested in Kettlebell and I'm loving it. The physical conditioning that it gives you is very different from everything i has done. I'm using 16kg. This is my first kettlebell.

before i started training (started instantly with kettlebells. since then, i ve lost 2 inches of bellyfat. im using kettlebells now for 7 weeks. thats not bad, at all. now i just need to master the form and then add sets.

Well said 👌🏻

June 2020 I was 340 pounds at 47 years old. Hadn't worked out in almost 20 years. After dropping 90 pounds I started swinging a kettlebell - 10 sets of 10 double hand swings with a 35lb bell twice a week. 100 days later I've lost another 20+ pounds while adding significant muscle. I currently do 400 swings per day 5-6 times per week with a 44lb bell. On strength days after pushups and getups I do 10 sets of 40 - 5 cleans with each hand into 10 single alternating swings into 20 double swings. The results have been absolutely ridiculous. 20 minutes 5 times a week has COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED my physique. Incredibly effective.

I'm working through this myself just 10 mins a day. Swings, TGU, squats, presses.

Efficiency is your friend!

i only have two 5kg kettlebells but they are awesome..i do 24 reps x 3every day for the last 3 months and walk 5 km to 10 km every day ..at 40 years old in the best shape of my life ..lol ps i have one rest day a week

Great info. I'm loving your videos. Do you have a basic program that incorporates these six movements plus some of your other suplemental movements and basic activities such as running and rucking, self defense, core work etc.? I find the biggest challenge is to incorporate all the activities and still have time for every day life. I have been trying to develop a program myself and would love some added ideas. I am doing the String first basic swings and Getups but I like doing all the movements and want to add some some more specific

I'm in my 30s, I'm a busy dad, and so one of my fitness goals this year was to come up with a "no excuse" program, as in something that I can do every weekday (resting on weekends) no matter what such that I have "no excuse" not to. Needless to say: enter the kettlebell and I was off to the races. My specific program is 300 reps freestyle (swings, squats, etc.) which helps me stay organized, and incidentally enough takes me about 10-15 minutes to execute... and honestly by then end I'm always hosed! Something I've noticed is that I haven't really hit a "wall" yet or had to pass because I'm feeling sore or whatever. It's felt good! So, I'm not a licensed CSCS or fitness guru by any means but if anyone is reading this that needs that encouragement... GO FOR IT!!

good stuff

I'm back into kettlebells during lockdown when I'm not at the gym nearly as much and don't fancy getting rained on in a run. I started off just doing snatches but I'm moving onto more comprehensive workouts on them. I managed the 200 swings in 10 with a 16, want to be able to do that with a 24 so buying one soon. Currently working with a 20kg on the 20 min workouts

I'm a 39 year old, 125lb female and my current protocol is 500 swings every weekday with a 28kg bell. Can attest that kettlebells will make you tough as nails.

5.11...For those that know....and I love my kettlebells. .thank you for your brevity

Hey Mark, I don't know if you read these, but here goes. I've been pretty out of shape for most of my life, but losing my job didn't mean I got a higher bodyfat percentage, it did mean I lost quite some muscle. Now in 2021 I plan to get some of that sweet raw power back. I have a 12KG kettlebell and this is what I worked up in a high intensity 5-3-1-3-5 reps form: Swing Clean and press (left and right of course) Goblin squat Rows (L+R) Deadlift Floor press (L+R, my chest is suffering the most at this point) Then end it all with a plank, goal at 1 min (now at 41s). I would like to do the plank on the daily and the full program twice a week. Does this sound like a good plan to you?

Great video! I just found you... Real and upfront thanks

I was getting into kettlebell training and loving it until I suffered a leg fracture. Now I'm doing split leg deadlifts and stiff legged deadlifts with kettlebells to re-strengthen my leg again!

Love kB training , try this 50 push ups , 50 swings any weight you want or have , straight into clean to squat to press 15 left 15 right all without a break , then work down the ladder reducing sets by 5 apart from squat to press , so 45 , 35 and so on to 5 with the minimum break between sets ,if you find it easy increase the weight or reduce rest 20 minutes of hell .

Big fan of this guy. Great delivery. Solid message. Wish I could pull off the collar, but maybe with time.

New subscriber....I do a daily circuit ...sets of 10 swings..10 goblet squats and 10 burpees......8 to 10 rounds ....80 to 100 of each movement total......35 lb bell.......60 years old..(me..not the kettlebell).....plus some resistance band movements.....not saying its great... I also do intermittent fasting/very low carb.......its my way of fighting the onset of the dreaded dad bod

More videos please