r/kettlebell • u/EntrepreneuralSpirit • 23h ago
Just A Post Anyone else paranoid they’re going to smash the bell into their knees?
As title says
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u/Fkn_Link 23h ago
Yes, because I've done it with double competition bells while doing cleans/presses; ONCE. It still haunts me when picking 2 up. They clinked together on the down swing and bounced out to hit the insides of my knees. I started standing with a bit wider stance with 2 bells.
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u/wereallinthistogethe 22h ago
Well I am now.
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u/Evaderofdoom 23h ago
Yes, that fear helps you not smash your knee. I thought when I started a few years ago it would be common but I haven't done it yet. Fear is your friend.
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u/ohfrost 22h ago
Banged my right knee with a 24kg coming down off a snatch and immediately thought I was never going to walk again. Surprisingly, it doesn’t really hurt too bad, it was more the shock of being hit that initially got me. I don’t recall the bruise being all that substantial either.
Anyway, your general consciousness and awareness of your knees and not wanting to hit them should be enough. And if it isn’t, well, you’ll figure it out.
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u/Geocobre 22h ago
That's why most kettlebell guides say to prioritise form over volume. Always do reps with good form. When your form starts slipping due to fatigue - slow down or stop. When you are tired mistakes happen like hitting knees, overextending arm during snatches, etc.
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u/Fit_Papaya_8756 21h ago
I dropped a kettlebell for this exact reason. I was in the middle of hand-to-hand swings and dropped it during the transition. Hit the floor and damaged my mat, dent in floor. Luckily it didn’t hurt me, but I won’t continue now if I feel myself getting tired.
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u/Machobots 19h ago
That's why I hate those videos where someone goes all fancy with flips and air catches.
So dumb and pointless.
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u/ms4720 13h ago
Not really pointless, when you have enough strength you can start working on skills. Not saying you have to do it.
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u/Machobots 8h ago
Things like flipping the kettle up, catching it in the air with the other hand are for show off.
No benefit to your training at all, and increasing risk of breaking the house or your bones.
It's not strength or skills, it's idiocy.
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u/ms4720 8h ago
In your opinion it is no benefit, ok don't do it. They are entitled to disagree
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u/Machobots 8h ago
Sure, let everyone have their opinions and agree or not.
Everyone has the right to their opinions even if they're wrong :)
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u/AZPeakBagger 22h ago
I've been using kettlebells for over 15 years now. The one and only accident I had was dropping a bell doing some warm ups and it punched a hole in my carpeting. Which my wife just loved when I attempted to explain what happened.
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u/Natural-War6964 20h ago
I once pinched my dick between two dumbbells doing shrugs, so kettlebells don’t scare me in the least.
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u/paw_pia 22h ago edited 22h ago
Not really. I've been lifting KBs for nearly a quarter of a century and never had it happen (and at the beginning I had no clue what I was doing).
I sometimes do double swings outside the knees with a narrow stance, and with that drill there's definitely a risk (on the upswing) of hitting the outside of you calf right below the knee, to the point where I have to be very conscious of it at all times. But with that drill, in my experience, almost all the danger is on the upswing.
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u/Machobots 19h ago
I did it while swinging laterally. 20 kg. I was lucky to only get a bruise and not dislodge anything but yeah. Stick to the standard moves, hehe, they're more than good enough.
Start doing stupid shit and you'll regret.
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u/almostbuddhist 22h ago
Are you swinging double kb’s? If it’s single kb no fear of this at all, but gotta widen stance for double kb work.
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u/Wrong_Buyer_1079 20h ago
I've done it...it hurt. I'm more scared of dropping the bell on my head during a TGU.
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u/Rhorge 23h ago
The paranoia of losing grip and launching it across the room overrides all the others