I started kettlebell training when I was 50 , and thought it was amazing, I am still doing swings, snatches, cleans to this day ! I'll turn 71 this June.

@CPTJohnny

Ай бұрын

You are amazing and an inspiration👍💪🏼

@lonster6865

Ай бұрын

Nice! Very impressed!

@Dr904

Ай бұрын

That’s awesome!

@kpeckham1

Ай бұрын

Very specifically inspiring as I am taking on a renewed fitness adventure as *I* turn 50 this year!

@lgx2410

Ай бұрын

That is impressive.

"A lot of modern training is about looking cool, not about being cool." 🔥

@Smellslikegelfling

Ай бұрын

Then he cuts to a bunch of hipsters doing choreographed stick fighting with him in public. Lol.

@cristianocaruso8677

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I get your point. I've never understood the "coolness aspect" of that either. ​@@Smellslikegelfling

@inthegym4679

Ай бұрын

Brilliant comment

@thecookiechannel7083

29 күн бұрын

Sad but true. Health and strength first!

I’m 70 and I workout 5 days a week and I always do 100 kettlebell swings (4x25 or 5x20 depending on the kg’s) along with a number of kettlebell exercises. Also, I was taught to open the hand at the top of the press and snatch. It helps keep the wrist straight and relieves the stress on the wrist.

As someone that has used Mark's programs to get into the best shape I've been in 10+ years - remember weight loss is accomplished in the kitchen, and one of the easiest ways to get (extra) exercise in (and easiest to micro-load) is start by parking a little further from the entrance every time, then start getting somewhere early and walking around a little bit more every time, then do some stairs or hills, etc. If you increased your steps by 10 a day, you'd have added over a mile a day by the end of the year.

@lphillips6204

Ай бұрын

salute! 💪

@utubepunk

Ай бұрын

Good advice. It's like stealth mini workouts... it's compound interest that builds over time.

@Off-Brand_Devin

Ай бұрын

I like that idea of getting somewhere early for a walk. That'd probably help my punctuality significantly.

@lymphomasurvive

Ай бұрын

@@utubepunkRed Delta Project suggests micro workouts. He talks about it a lot.

@utubepunk

Ай бұрын

@@lymphomasurvive Who? What? Lol

I love your focus on fitness as a supplement to life and not the other way around.

I love the idea of breaking complex movements into sub-parts and actually drilling them. I'm enjoying the club rehab program in TOI and doing these seemingly simple movements over and over. It feels great!

After watching your videos for a few months with increasing intrigue as I continued my usual calisthenics and mainstream gym stuff, I finally tried lateral training with side to side swings, low to high and one arm club. I'm deconditioned but in the opposite direction of overweight; though I have had periods of enthusiastic training in my life (I'm 37), I've recently spent years on the couch and withered away until I was pretty miserable hobbling round the house. This long story is just for me to say, I've never performed any exercise that changed my life as immediately and dramatically as training rotation. I'd already been training again for a few months, but that movement melted the lock in my neck and shoulders, re-educated/re-connected my back and glute muscles, and got all my body firing and communicating as one team in a way that all my previous diverse and educated training had never touched. 3 years ago I was telling people I was getting arthritis in my left knee cos it was crunching and sensitive; those swings healed my left knee and hip in the first few days, as it exposed the profound weakness of my left side and began correcting it. I'm calling it the Jesus exercise cos in 3 days it brought me back to life and made a cripple walk freely again. Now when I hear you talk about how fundamental and essential these movements are for humans, I think you might be on to something 😉Thanks Mark, you're doing important work well

@crayzmarc

Ай бұрын

Forgive me, What exactly was the Jesus move and was it with Kettlebell or Club?

@epigmastatix1544

Ай бұрын

Training rotation, I believe. Gonna have to look that one up. Sounds amazing

@erenjaegerbomb8653

Ай бұрын

@@crayzmarc The low to high heavy club move, mostly. Both sides then side to side swing. You can do it with kettlebell as long as you're super mindful. It should feel like walking, in the sense that the swings are powered by alternating leg drive, with feet planted. It will expose any imbalance or sedantary muscle, as the full body is required to do it smoothly. It should feel like constant equilibrium in motion the whole time, each swing feeling like a wave of tension from the foot, up the back and out to the hands like a cascade of dominos

@crayzmarc

Ай бұрын

@@erenjaegerbomb8653 thank you. I've got an Adex arc so can use that.

@crayzmarc

Ай бұрын

@@erenjaegerbomb8653 kzread.info/dash/bejne/kY2YmqtwhZeando.htmlsi=e8PI2ydjAHCz3txP thank you. This one right? Single arm. You should make one of Mark's seminars if you haven't already.

This is awesome! I’m 65, and I don’t know how many times I’ve tried to incorporate kettle bells, and ended up getting hurt. This is the best laid out plan of progression for function I’ve ever seen. Thank You

Thank you for the quality of your information and instruction! I was laughing at your comments about working on the farm. People ask me why I like Kb's so much. There are lots of reasons, but on top of the list is it makes me feel like I did when I was a kid and working on the farm. There's no better feeling mentally or physically than the satisfaction of working hard. And working hard with your friends and family isn't really work. It's fun and makes good memories!

Please take care of yourself Mark! Love your content and am very excited for all of your content to come. Have availed some of your programs and loved all of it. I even do the free stuff in your YT playlists! Keep up the good work and hopefully you help more people! All the best! 💯❤️

I recommend kettlebells and this channel to anyone who will listen to me. Currently trying to talk my sister into starting some sort of program. She's in the military and under orders to lose some weight, so she's killing herself in the gym. I sent her a couple of your videos, Mark, as well as a file breaking down the hows and whys and some dos and don'ts, and I hope she'll stick with it. Everyone needs kettlebells in their life.

Found you during Covid and continue KB. Amazing improvement in core fitness-back pain is gone. Thanks Mark

Thank you! I started with a club (mace bell) after finding you; I love it and now am going to head back to a bell. It’s been many years but I have been conditioning myself to get back at it after too many years of elbow issues. It’s so sad to hear that the human body has digressed so far over the years. We HAVE to get ourselves strong or we will die way too early. Thanks again for what you do, I am looking forward to training with you.

You‘ve gotten huge! And you are calm and your strength can be literally felt. You are the best!

Super interesting take. Cause of this channel I ordered my first Kettlebell and am about to start the "journey" Greetings from Germany

@noway7555

Ай бұрын

What weight did you start with?

@utubepunk

Ай бұрын

NICE. Don't forget to join the Discod, Seb!

@davidlynch9049

Ай бұрын

Me, as well. Hello from München.

@utubepunk

Ай бұрын

@@davidlynch9049 You too!

@navarrobrammer287

Ай бұрын

@@noway7555what discord ? Can you send me the Channel ? 👀

It starts with 1 kettlebell. Then they start secretly replicating in the corner. Later they grow weirder handles. And suddenly they've assembled into a herd of peculiar and heavy knickknacks.

@JustinRawley

Ай бұрын

The kettlebell garden in my house has blossomed over the years.

@whowhy9023

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 so true.

@backfru

Ай бұрын

I dress mine up in wigs and glasses. Set em up on the kitchen table and have conversations with them while I'm eating dinner

@4tonmike

Ай бұрын

Like the Stanley Cup boom

@MarkWildman

29 күн бұрын

I think I have 60? And I seem to have lost at least 15 bells over the years

Excellent Video Mark! Thank you so much for the knowledge and everything you do!

Just ordered my expansion pack for the Wildman Kettlebell. Let's GO!!!!💪🏻💣👍🏻

@MarkWildman

Ай бұрын

Nice

I’m a week into the deconditioned program and loving it

experience, wisdom and serious intent to be helpful. thank you sir

Thank you Mark for helping me get everything out of life that I am trying to achieve.

The fabricator! Definitely someone who would be fun to hang out with! Absolutely digging the ClubBell program. Lots of great instruction and a road map that will last for years with the Wildman Club. I am doing it 2 days a week with KB's swings hand to hand using Pavel's method 2 days a week as well. Swimming 3-5 days a week for about 45 minutes in the ocean. The most important thing to me is that I have been able to train without injury following the programs! And at almost 75 years of age that is important to me. I am thinking about the TGU' program because I am definitely a puss with that one. The Club bell program addresses it at some level. But, TGU I think is the missing link. Hopefully swinging bells until the last days on the Water Planet. Thanks Mark, for absolutely top shelf instruction!

Just purchased 2 Kettlebells each one a deferent wt. As a runner, I want to improve over all strength of my hips and core. December I have a Trail 50 miler, with 10,000 ft of elevation gain. Let’s go KettleBell leg strength and core is essential 🤙🏽 Thanks for your content

@markwildman "Stand up, to get up" perfect punchline.

Great stuff here Mark! Thanks for all you do!!

Absolutely great videos. I love the advice. Having been a sportsman for 50 years I find your advice refreshing. Anyone looking to start a programme should listen to your advice. I like the idea of working out in your work clothes its made me do exercises aĺl day every time I stop the van. Feeling good for it.

Love this content! Looking forward to more!

This video is VERY helpful for the Wildman roadmap I'm still working on.

This is the best exercise channel. It instructs me at 62 how to train rigorously w/o getting injured. I prefer KB training to my teen days of Olympic Weightlifting.

I turn 70 in three weeks. This is my kettlebell workout that I do 2-3 times per week: 30 lb bell 85 kb swings, 60 s rest 20 clean & press each arm, 60 s rest 20 bent-over rows each arm, 60 s rest 20 each side glute bridge bench press, 60 s rest 26 halos, 60 s rest 20 suitcase dead lift each side, 60 s rest I follow that up with a half-mile farmer carry with the 30lb bell, switching hands every 60 s. Thanks for showing the suitcase deadlift.

@artvandalay13

Ай бұрын

Thanks young man. Turning 90 here. I do a similar workout. Hope you can do 20 years of fitness.

@zampano8217

Ай бұрын

Thanks both - I turn 115 in a couple of weeks and just hit a PB, managed a TGU with 48kg. Stay strong, live long.

@backfru

Ай бұрын

Yep same here I've got my 4th birthday in 6 weeks Wildman influenced me to start young and live strong. I follow a program similar to yours, but I do 106 swings with a 35lb bell. 58 sec rest Then I do a suitcase carry with a 50lb bell for 5x sets of 60 secs My friends all tell me how young I look for my age

@Arganith

Ай бұрын

Thanks guys i got big birthday coming up turning 120, i still feel like a young buck and im definetly gonna try this workout and see if i can live to 200

@backfru

Ай бұрын

@@Arganith You cant live to 200 you ridiculous, ridiculous man. At the most I'd wager 193 if you keep up with the swings and the getups

I really love this explanation and progression. I have found myself getting deconditioned in my 50s and am ready for a reset.

very informative video! I have been using kettlebells lately and had so much fun its so addictive !!! been watching kettlebell videos also and your channel is very helpful

I am so glad we have a real instructor as good as Wildman. I've recently come across a lot of kettlebell and mace videos with absolutely terrible and incredibly dangerous technique. It's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt or worse.

I never get tired of the way Mark lays it out for us. No debate, no waffling, no questions. This is The Way. So good.

@MarkWildman

29 күн бұрын

This is the way

Wow training for health and strength. Hard to find that philosophy on KZread. Just subbed, thanks for the great content.

Love this approach! It's what kettlebell training is all about!

You are such a G, Mark. Love you, coach.

I'm somewhat de-conditioned from having spent the last year+ working through a rotator cuff tear. I've only just in the past week attempted snatches and partial get-ups. This is good info

Great video! I’m pretty strong generally because I grew up on a farm and still help out. I love the quiet femininity I feel doing yoga, but want to add in kettlebells as I enter my late 30s. This is the best video I’ve seen about progressing over time. Thanks!

I think I just found my new kettle bell work out routines. As one of the unfortunate remote office sitting people that gained some weight. This looks amazing!!! Inspiring.

My new training goal is get in good enough shape to be able to manage 2 minutes of CPR compressions without those 2 minutes feeling like 1000 minutes

I saw some video from 2020. You got bigger pecs, shoulders and arms over the last years. So i / we will also do, by following your programms. Thanks mark.

@user-sm2he7ko8l

Ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing, haven’t seen this guy in years, he got a lot bigger

YUP YOU'RE STILL THE BEST!

keep preaching brother. another nice challenge!

This is possibly the best video I’ve seen in terms of capturing key practical points in the context of the big picture. Thank you for the wisdom you provide for free, Mark.

I enjoy this training. I use it both as the main course of a day's training and also as a warmup for heavier barbell movements. It seems to have helped improve my floor clean & deep paused barbell front squat

That's a great point, it's all about feeling good not just looking good. So many bodybuilders look amazing but are unfit and unprepared for life in general. I won't go back to bodybuilding now because kettlebells give me all I need in half the time. Also they give me plenty of cardio too.

@ChSasifras

18 күн бұрын

I have always said this about bros who point out having a 6-pack: just because you have them doesn't mean they're functional. Any actor can tell you the best definition comes from being starved and dehydrated and those actors aren't doing their own stunts. I am currently trying to work up to 15 minute swings since I canceled my gym membership (for various reasons.) After seeing a lady do those on her balcony in a short, I knew I had to get back into kettlebells. I took a college class back when I was twenty but I never had a gym since that had them. Maybe it's because they are too convenient.

Damn this is incredibly well articulated and logical. How refreshing dude.

@MarkWildman

29 күн бұрын

Thank you

Some great info here!! Thank you Mark!!

this totally changed the way i look at my kettlebells. fantastic! thank you.

I just got an adjustable kettlebell off of your recommendation. Super excited to add it to my training! Thanks, I really enjoy the content you make.

@DirtRoadRemedy

6 күн бұрын

How do you like it? Considering one too as I'm almost broke AF, lol

@charliecarpenter9802

6 күн бұрын

@@DirtRoadRemedy I like it a lot! I bought a single kettlebell for the reason of how expensive it is haha but it's worth the money. It saves space and gives you so many kettlebells in one. If you buy one I've got a short video on a good way to keep up with the tools.

Yup! Halos, inverted goblet squats and around-the-world too. Also, heavy club inside and outside circles, and shield cast.

I was told by a gym coach when I was 16 "you don't play sport to get fit, you get fit to play sport" that has stuck with me ever since. My work is quite physical, so I replicate the way I work at the gym i.e 30 second intervals, move around (keep heart rate up) and repeat. Then stretching/yoga to finish. Im 42, lean and outperform most guys in their 20s I work with. As a professional, gym and kettle work supplements my career, helps me avoid injury and keeps me working longer with better output. I see so many at the gym doing 6 reps then taking a 5 minute break inbetween, and have often thought, what real life situation does that replicate. Also people are so quick to up the weight but mastering a weight, speed changes, additional rotations, changing angles is a great way to mix things up imo. Great video thanks

Thank you for breaking this down

One kettlebell, ten years, let's gooo! 🔥💪 Looking forward to tomorrow when I'll add box squats and swings for time to my routine 😊

Thank you, Mark.

Love that video so complete!!

Good exercises and instructions, thanks.

This is extremely helpful for me. Thank you

Looking forward to your builds. As to lights, let’s see what designs you can come up with. I always like lights that you can move for a specific purpose. Like the pillar light but on top of the rig.

This is what I’m looking for. Appreciate it

Cool❤ thanks for laying out a clear vision.

@tommybinson

Ай бұрын

Fantastic, inspirational video, thanks.

Mark makes it easy for any age at any level. I’m 65, 144 pounds at 5’9”, recently retired from 17 years of driving a truck and sitting a lot. I prefer the swings and floor work with a 20 pound kettle for years of low back pain.

This is a great video. What would you recommend as a, sort of, diagnostic procedure for a folk to go to the store and pick out which kettle to buy. I think there's a lot to be said about reduced cognitive friction for a new habit with something that starts as soon as you pick it up. I especially liked your forward-thinking in applying sustainable habits for life. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Mark!

The "if you're heavier than you want to be" advice of starting with a deep box squat is unrealistic - most heavy people can't stand up without using their hands, but they're supposed to do it holding a kettlebell static at 90° in front of them?

Go Mark!

I do have all Pavel Tsatsouline training books, DVDs and two Russian kettlebells. I wish that I can beat my shell shock and depression to start training again. Peace.

@MarkWildman

Ай бұрын

start and make it easy. learn to succeed. training doesn't have to be crippling to be beneficial. you just have to do it. then do it again. start easy. it can be hard in a few months. the goal is to do it

@JEEROFUKU

Ай бұрын

@@MarkWildman 🤝

@VixSy333

Ай бұрын

You CAN do it. You are powerful. You are valuable. Go inside to find your center, and honor that. Think only of who you intend to become. 🙏🏻💕

@inthegym4679

Ай бұрын

Put negative crap to one side my friend and feel the exhilaration, good luck

@JEEROFUKU

Ай бұрын

@@inthegym4679 🤝

ThanK You this really Great

Come for the kettlebell advice, stay for the kick ass rigs in the background.

You're awesome!

So far I like what i'm hearing. Some of the reasons I miss construction was the free workouts that built conditioned muscles that lasted for years.

Solid content

This is a great great video!! Amazing, you're right we got to 5 a week, minimum, till we die!💥💥💫

I'm currently using kettlebell to get in shape and be effective in a army. You said it's all about "take a weight and carry it all day long" , this is all army and war is about. I was confidant about this choice, but when you said it , it made even more sense

👍👍 Very logical and very motivational

Hello Mark, appreciate and love all of your content. Do you have any modifications for arthritic knees? Thank you.

@MarkWildman

Ай бұрын

Often people will Prioritize single arm club to improve knee function

Thanks Mark

Awesome vid!

I really like that NO bullshit approach.

Agreed. You only need one exercise band too.

Great video! I like seeing all the older trucks in the background.

I know you’re a fitness guy and I enjoy those videos, but can you tell us more about some of those cool vehicles you workout in front of? 😃

Love your work, Mark. And side note: Love that M1009 CUCV. Got one myself.

@MarkWildman

Ай бұрын

I’ve got a new engine rebuild and turbo going in it soon

@reverendbart

Ай бұрын

@@MarkWildman outstanding!! Staying 6.2 with a Banks of going full Cummins swap?

Excellent !!

Will you ever give your take on barbell lifts on your channel? It would be interesting to see how you incorporate them in your training. Advice on getting rid of buttwink would be appreciated too.

@MarkWildman

Ай бұрын

if i can get over to Ganbatte fitness, i could do that. there are very good barbell athletes there. i dont have a barbell in the back of my truck so i dont talk about it the way a real olympic lifter does.

I just got a 25 lb club today... My kettlebells continue to collect dust and shame me with their presence. I always feel like I SHOULD do kettlebell's... Maybe I'll give this Pavel 10 minute thing a try.

I still follow a modification of Pavel’s basic ballistic lifting protocol I learned 20 years ago. I roll dice to determine how many repetitions for the day, then roll again to find out which weight I’ll be lifting. Some days are a warmup, others are cruel and unusual.

Moving up in poods was a tough process way back when. This is a great gradual process for modern crazyball enthusiasts.

Mark I would love to know your input on the different effects of Kettlebell sport style training vs hardstyle? Do they have the same or similar effects and benefits and can they both be used in the manner you mention in the video with the same effect or similar or will the outcomes differ? Do you happen to have a video on this and if not would you consider making a video on it. I'm asking because kettlebell sport seems to have a more structured environment in being able to compete which adds visible goals and achievements. I have mainly focused on hardstyle myself but have been intrigued by kettlebell sport. I just don't want to switch over only to find that it doesn't give the same benefits. I like the cardio focus of kettlebell sport but not sure if it has enough of the strength element to satisfy gpp strength needs?

I use standard 25lbs dumbbells to protect from tennis injuries. It lets me do a lot of wrists movements in several positions. It took me close to 1 year to get to 50 wrists rotations per hand in hand in front of my face position. I do not want to get higher in weight because it lowers my shot's precision. I also do not want to keep any weights on top of my head/body and do everything really slowly to avoid injuries. I think 25kg is a lot for a men to use a lower limit. I play sports for 30 years and consider myself in an ok to good shape. The most heavy thing modern person needs to handle is airline baggage which has 21kg weight limit.

I remember when pavel was in mens health in 1998(give or take) . What GREAT marketing he did. a body that.... Mark is getting his own tribe like pavel did.....

Excellent

Time to start using my kettle bell. I got it for suitcase carries, seen people doing the swings at the gym but have been afraid to attempt that with my lower back problems, but maybe i can work up to it

@MarkWildman

Ай бұрын

Intro to kettlebell program. Then swings or clean and press program

I get that it’s not the point, but the M1009 CUCV is cool. To the point, I’m a 61yo retired Navy guy. 6’1”, 225# and sedentary job and lifestyle. Really confused about all the stuff out about what I call functional fitness. But want to start something. All that said this is intriguing.

67 yo here. How do you find your muscle composition holding up?

I’m just here to scope out that sweet truck collection 👀

He's right. My kettle bells became door stops for a year. 🙄 Took a year of simple exercises before I even thought of trying swings. Now I do weights, Indian clubs, mace bell and martial arts as well as double kettles. It was painful and boring for a long time, but worth it. Don't put it off.

I suspect that I've got a hernia (from work not kB training). I was somewhere between a swing program (about 160 reps each side) and a clean & press program. Should I attempt the unconditioned beginner stuff or am I stuck waiting a year and a half for a surgery I don't even know I need?

That blazer though👀❤️‍🔥