The BEST Kettlebell Workout For Regular People Over 50 

I'll be 71 soon, always lifted weights, switched to kettlebells when I turned 58. I can still do swings, snatches,cleans, and so on, but this workout is very good for getting into it, thanks!

I am 70, been working out since 1980...weights, yoga, pilates, cardio, and I love, love, love kettlebells

More workouts for over 40s and 50s please. Thanks!

65 yrs old, and workout 5 days a week with kettlebells, steel mace and Bulgarian Bag. 50 consecutive Kettlebell swings with 24kg daily, also 50 consecutive snatches with 16kg bell. these are just part of my workout.

This year I turned 50 and have been working out for 35 years. I‘m feeling like in the early 30s. Building muscles and streching is the key.

Three years ago I decided that I wanted to keep my body heathy and strong as long as possible. I needed something that I felt I could sustain in the long term. For me that means working out at home with limited space. My solution was kettlebells for twenty to thirty minutes two days on one off. I didn't think it was too much of a commitment. Not a lot but thought it better than doing nothing. I was so wrong. The results have been fantastic. I am now 63 and am way fitter, slimmer and just as strong as I was when I was 45. For most of my life I have been an intermittent trainer. Training hard for six months and not returning to the gym for a couple of years. Training less in a way that I find I can do consistently has been a break through. No gym bags clothes or traveling to the gym just strip to my underwear, put on some music and pick up a kettlebell. Half a hour and done.

I used to do kettlebell awhile back. Needed to find a workout that would ease me back into it. This fit the bill! Thank you!

Everybody is different so train accordingly. Most important factor to me past 60 is properly stretching. Be consistent. Listen to your body. If it doesn’t feel rite it’s highly likely not good 4 u.

53 years old here. And I will start this workout today! I am very grateful for this video. 👍

Have watched this a few times. Have to leave a comment. The whole deal with "exercise", especially into your senior years is - keep doing it. If you persist you will improve, that is the reason to exercise. You don't need special easy moves for older people, you need to master the same moves as everybody else. Very comedic representation of an old person!

63, doing a low carb meat based diet and looking to undo the muscle wasting RA has caused. Lunges are painful for us older peeps with arthritus. Right now, getting up from a low seat without help is a win. Thanks for getting me started with at least posture!

A like isn't enough, I had to comment because this is such an excellent video. I love how you show wrong movements during the demonstration and warn us as we go what not to do. Love your encouraging style and clear instructions. Thank you for your excellent content.

Next month, I'm 70. I've always been an athlete. I love working out now, as much, maybe more than ever before. Thank you for all your videos, tips, and coaching. I love it!

Excellent coaching for beginners like me, well over 60+, but time to get back into training.....just NOT in a commercial gym.

Gregory, thank you as always for not only the workouts, but the explanations of each of the exercises.

Love it I use it everyday. Perfect for different exercises because of the adjustable weights.

I’m loving your advice 💜

73 years old and a lifetime of stamina related sports my main sport is now cycling about 150 miles per week with club. Having recently built a home gym I have been using a Bowflex multi gym which I have found good for chest, shoulders and arms but a little limited for abdominals and legs. Tried an old 16kg kettlebell I bought many years ago and looked at some videos. Worked well and I liked the dynamics of it. Came across your videos which were clear and concentrated on form and spine health. For some of the exercises I found the shape of my cast iron kettlebell limiting so bought an adjustable competition style, which I’m starting with 12kg, great. One exercise I have been doing is the figure of 8 which I have found difficult to keep form due to catching calves when keeping back straight. I have not seen this exercise on your site yet and would appreciate your thoughts how effective it is. Keep up the good work and keep encouraging seniors to keep exercising and how it helps with maintaining balance.

Thanks for this! I've been looking for something doable that I can do in short periods and to reduce injury. 😊

Nice and simple.

Thank you just turned 75 and new to kettle bell workout! Walk and yoga and dumbbells! Loved the explanations and examples! 🙏🙏🙏

I am 55 and I needed this a month ago

Great video! You aren't intimidating or complicated in your approach and you seem to have a good sense of humor. You are also personable to newbies, like me. Thanks!

Thank you! I am 65 and very active in running etc. and for 4 months kettle bell my strength has improved! I am greatfull you think of us aging athletes.

Merci pour tous ces conseils! A chaque vidéo toujours quelque chose à travailler 👍👍👍👍

Thank you.

Great stuff... I’m 67. I got time, so I spend much longer warming up. I go through a 30 minute easy and thorough warm up and mobility for all joints - neck, shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, wrists, fingers and toes. Then I move through 30 minutes of basic kettlebell exercises - 3 rounds - goblet squat, round the head circles, deadlift, one arm row, one arm floor press, hanging knee raise.. End with swings and suitcase carry. I’ll add that hardstyle swings gave me back pain - your hybrid system is better and got me back into swings. Off days I walk and jog.

Seems very manageable! If anyone has instability issues my PT recommended to keep a chair or the wall close by in case you start to tip.

Very nice. Thanx.

Age 59. Luv all your kettlebell workouts Lebe. Really like your attention to Detail body movements. Peace Greetings from Southern California. Keep it up Lebe.

All ways the best. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing

Gregory , I am 47 and I am a kettlebell lifter I love watching you despite the fact I have my trainer in kettlebells. You are a super professional in your kettlebells. You are great! Thank you for your professionalism and clear and simple videos.

Oh, very nice!

I'm poring over all your stuff as I keep doing kettlebell work everyday for the last 34 days and counting. I'm 62 and do not fill like stopping for a rest yet. I love your channel!!!

I think I've finally come got the hang of the reverse lunge without falling over, at 52! 😆 Thank you Gregory, as always, a very helpful video. Love your content. 🙂👍

Great basic movements! Heading into my 50's soon, I've never been an athlete or even liked exercise until 7 years ago. As I've increased my exercise and gotten stronger I've noticed I definitely need a great warm up and I need extra mobility and stretching (or I become the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz🤣). Love kettlebell work, definitely my favorite thing to do and keeps me motivated.

Excellent

You’re awesome omg 🙀 I’m 68 and now not going to work so need to START 🙀 to build muscle Thank you 🙏 I appreciate you 🫶

Thanks for another excellent video! I'm going to Switzerland on 12/27 and I'll try to visit your gym to at least take a picture with you. Best regards from Brazil!

just came across your videos while researching kettlebell exercises for over 50's(52 today lol), love your video's demonstrating what do do(and what not do in a very visual way), you have a new subscriber :D

I perform reclined pull-overs using a 10 kg barbell plate for arm/shoulder extensions. I learnt this from a video from Coach Louka who demonstrated the move using a kettlebell.

Großartig erklärt. Tolle Übungen. Ich kann jedoch mit 53 Jahren wesentlich mehr leisten. Aber für Anfänger, die etwas älter sind. Ist es perfekt.

I've just been told I have heart problems so this work out is a good starter for me though I can't do the lunge even half way down lol. But I'm doing a few swings instead. Thank you

Thank you so much for showing us older ones the proper way to do the kettle bell workout…great instruction subbed …..thanks for thinking of us older folks…..

Hey Lebe, I'm 66yr and I do a 20 min stretch from head to toe as a warm up, Then into Farmers walk 25 kilo dumbells, followed by various grip plate and kettlebell exercises. I love the one's that incorperate dead lift, into plank, do 1 pushup, then a row on each side, also mix it up with spiderman pushups and mountain climbers, Then back to standing and do set of 10. Followed by various squats bentover rows, chest press, Think you get the idea. Thanks great videos 👍💪💪

I'm 63 with stability issues due to a rather serious case of Tinnitus, it's also causing a mild Vertigo reaction so going up and down is difficult. I started a kettlebell routine about 5 months ago, I'm a morning person so I'm up and walking, usually 2 miles, first thing then a kettlebell workout consisting of 50 side laterals per side counting when the side holding the kettlebell is bent. Then 50 hard style swings nonstop followed by 20 swing to a clean per side. Then cool down with more stretching,. All weighted movements are with a 12kg kettlebell and I increase the reps as quickly as I confrontly can...I've seen an a good increase in stamina and lm down a notch on my belt so far without any real changes to my diet. I'm working towards being able to do goblet squats and the T getup but I'm not there yet. Really enjoying your channel since I found it

great stuff, I'm 51 and do stuff like - Cleans 50 @ 32kg - 4.46 Long cycle 50 @ 24kg - 7:53 Snatch 50 @ 24kg - 5.36 Press 50 @ 24kg - 5.40 Swing 75 @ 32kg - 5.50 and tonight will be doing - 5x10 burpees (with 20kg vest), supersetted with 5x10 squat (20kg vest), supersetted with 5x10 kettlebell swings @ 36kg 5x10 burpees, supersetted with 5x10 kettlebell swings @ 36kg

I'm 61. I like doing the armour building exercise followed by one arm snatches three times a week. Once in a while, if it gets too much, I skip a workout or two. I think kettlebells are one of the most enjoyable, effective and time efficient exercise implements available.Thanks for your upload. 🙏🙏🙏 From India!!!

I’m about to turn 60 this year and haven’t exercised in a while other than walking several times a week. I would like to begin using kettlebells for health and strength but am not sure what weight to start with… any advice?

That workout is a nice starting point, Gregory and I like that you put in the carry. This a simple and powerful exercise. Personally, I'd DROP the lunge.😱 Here is the why of it. Most people at 50-60 will more than likely have weight, balance, stability and ankle mobility issues. I was a 300lb man with poor ankles and balance and it would have been an impossibility to get up off the floor on one leg. It's also a receipt for injury. While it's a nice thought to teach an old guy like me to get up off the floor, it might be a better starting place to teach me how to get up from a chair or a toilet without the support of my arms first! 😃 Most overweight or even normal weight 50-60 year olds can't do that without a struggle. So a goblet squat to a box or chair would serve older people best at first in my opinion. Its a safer exercise to build up a stable base with the ankles and when you look at it practically......how many times a day will you get up off a chair or toilet compared to a floor? When that overweight person then looses substantial weight through good diet, walking, and gain confidence with some of the more simpler exercises.....they can introduce the single leg lunge and they will have less bodyweight to lift and have more stability/mobility in the ankles which will make the exercise a lot easier and safer for them to learn. Also another thing in hindsight I should have learned is to how to clean the bell to the rack position first before the swing. I can't state how important it is to learn on how to lift a kettlebell off the floor and to be able to rest it on your body. Now you have this all important bridge to combine and link multiple exercises together for fat torching flows or to simply combine two exercises like a clean and press. These are just my thoughts on my journey into kettlebells with the issues that I had.

I am 50 daily 1000 swing with 32kg kettle bell daily

Is this everyday, every other day, every 3 days? I’m male age 65.

Great beginners' workout but I am a 58 yr old crossfitter and kettlebeller. What would you recommend for older but fit men like myself? I've been working on strength and endurance for the past 6 months with 20kg KB and have recently shifted up to 24kg KB for 2H swings and single arm cleans (started a couple of years ago with 16kg KB). How's this for one of Pavel's WTH effects?! About 6 months ago my max barbell power clean was 47.5kgs. Today as part of our WOD we were to work on a 2 rep max power clean. I knew I was stronger and figured 52.5 would be a good target with 55kg possible. I managed to push my personal best to 60kgs! (they were not pretty because as I tired I found myself receiving the bar as if it were a pair of KBs, so with a slight backward lean (muscle memory I guess). So there is a down side to mixing disciplines.)

I’m 65 working out since 80s and I want to switch from moderate weights to kettle bells to help martial arts. Any suggestions?

I am 76 and have a one 25 and on 35-pound kettlebell.

60 and hit the weights for about 45 minutes to an hour 3-4 days a week but I’d like to add kettlebells for core and cardio. What weight would you suggest I start with ? Thx !

Female here, now 54, just lost 34kg and started at the gym. I have 4 kettle bells at home, what weight would you advise starting at?.

I am 67 but look 42. I run 10 k in 23 minutes and bench press 1000 lb

Dear Gregory! I have started 30 Days Of Kettlebell and surprisingly could manage only 1 minute of some exercises. Would you advice me to return to the same training day until I could accomplish the task or go ahead? I'm 57, 183cm, 86 kg, run marathon in 3h 15min.)) Thank you!

I am one of the 50+ club. Although I exercise everyday, I wouldn't consider myself "fit". I just got my adjustable kettlebell on Amazon during Xmas time (it was on sale) but I don't know how to use it that well, I thought it would be easy (using it like dumbells) but after watching a couple of your videos (and I subscribed already), it is not that "easy", I have to be careful to avoid hurting myself. What do you think about adjustable kettlebell? The reason I want it adjustable instead of a fixed weight is, I don't know how heavy or light I can handle (I have the 5lbs to 40lbs one). Thanks

Hi Gregory, just got this vid after two years in my YT-feed again and, ... well, got a Q., I started with horse stance with a 12/16 kg in hand. What are your thoughts in ganeral about the horse stance and second, using a kb to accompany. Next is, ... i'm doing the Don John "ABC", also with a 12/16 kg but i'm putting a 3x swing to begin and a 2x snatch to complete, ... any thoughts for this re-entering 62 yo guy? Thnx-in-adv.🖖

I had rt shoulder surgery about 2 yrs and I only have about 75% range of motion.

I have no problems you discribed. Rather, My problem is that I often catch a cold after workout. Then I must stop for one week, begin again, catch a cold... and so on and so forth. I cannot go ahead this way. What can I do on this matter? I asked a famous German coach, but he did not answer me yet.

Can this workout be effective with 2 smaller kettlebells instead of 1 larger?

I used to skip these until I started sounding like a bowl of rice crispies.

I like the workout but I am 72 and had my right hip surgically replaced so I am afraid!

Maybe I am an anomaly, but I am 65 and do thousands of kbell swings a month, plus full pressing, legs, core and other training, plus lots of work with the mace and heavy clubs.. I work with up to a 70lb bell and give credit to my condition to switching to bells, maces and clubs years ago. This seems like a workout for a near sedentary individual 50 and over.

Hey come on now buddy I’m almost 54 and I do the workouts that you guys are doing, maybe not as much weight but I still do them.

I'm 54. I do reverse lunges (weighted) because my knees are shit. LOL.

Turkish lift does it for me..

see you

Heck, more KB workout plan for Over 70. Johnny “Big Nose” Greco

Iam over 60 dead lifts are the best workout you can do as heavy as you can and as many as you can 5 to 8 sets

In general, how many times one should train per week?

I am a two feet kettlebell living still 63 years. 67 + 63 = 140 - cool?

I imagine that this workout would be good for slightly younger folks who are also highly deconditioned?

No KB swing? Also, probably not a good idea to call 50 and 60 YO’s as “old people.” I liked the workout as I am recovering from Covid and currently feel like an “old woman”. But I’ll probably check out your other work out says I’m a huge fan and would like to take it up a notch (hopefully) soon!

When you are 50 or 60 then you can teach this and I will listen

Ariana grandes brother back at it again

Pavel Tsatsouline has a person stand with their toes against the wall then they have to squat down to grab the kettlebell. The wall stops you if from bending forward to grab the weight. Every tutorial I watch you guys are bending forward to grab the weights and then you swing the weights just below your crotch. I can't figure out who is doing it correctly.

As a 64 year old, being told that simply lifting my arms over my head is “working out” is a bit insulting. I swim two miles non-stop every other day. I don’t know many 25 year olds who can swim even 150 meters.

Hello, I am 67 and live in Germany in my livingroomkettlebellmartialartscamp. Bye.

Ive been working out since this dude was a baby…not sure he realizes how fit older people can be! AND the workouts are intense! ..not sure i like the condescending tone of this video like we don’t understand simple instructions….no need to talk slow. The 50, 60 70 yr olds etc are to be commended for their consistency in the workouts over the years…rare breed! I have logbooks upon logbooks of my workouts…1000’s over the years. Bring on the heavy TGU’s! …steel clubs and maces too! Love them! We may be old but as long as my body is willing im going to workout. One of my sayings is “today im going to do what others wont, so tomorrow i can do what others cant”.

Lebe , I really like your videos , but , with all due respect ,don't treat the 50s and early 60s like we're old farts. I'm 58 and train to maintain strength and mobility , ride bike 3 times a week and just stared competitive kettellbell sport. Give us something with some meat to it , if you get what I mean. Beginner videos are ok but you have a following of people who train hard and want something to challenge them.

Good, but for over 75 rather.

I’m 51 not 100 😂

Are you ever going to start the workout. Waiting and waiting... That finger wagging, the way I interpret it, it means you have been naughty. For milliniuls it seems to mean no. I cant stand the finger wagging.

These videos are useless if you don't tell people how to determine the weight of the kettlebell they should be using.