Cold Weather Workouts

[scors50]

Any way you could simplify this by just keeping the bells in question indoors when not in use and dragging them out to use them--a "farmer's walk" to start and one to end, so to speak-consider it part of the workout.

[helgatheviking]

hey comrades!

thanks for all the repsonses and ideas. i already took one bell inside and i can feel the difference. its still cold, but not that painful stinging cold. so now i need to make space for the rest. sometimes the obvious solution is just too obvious! cloth gloves... need to find some. and while i was planning on following the Titan Challenge over the next few months, i might have to swap out the swing days for something that (as Com Semonides put is) requires less dexterity.

i love the image of KBs on the grill or in the oven. I can just picture a remake of that old Shake-n-Bake ad.

iiiits kettlebake!... and i helped.

cheers,
-helga

[mrpeoples]

I dont why but when I imagine a kettlebell in the oven it smells good

[boozeyslick]

Deep heat and thermals ... lots

[ARODRNSN]

This time of year my focus goes from the KB to sandbags.

[Rambodoc]

So it is tough snatching in the cold? It surely is tough to grip the bell in the tropical summer of India with the sweat running on to the handle. I wear wrist bands just to absorb sweat!
In the cold, would a couple of shots of vodka help warm you up and get the blood into your fingers?

[Semonides]

for me, the grip is not so much an issue because I use the so-called "false grip"--tucking my fingers behind the handle except for the bottom of the descent. For me, in sub-freezing weather, the cold steel stings/burns my palm after a few minutes. I wear the same outfit (sleeveless hoody, lacrosse shorts, Olympic lifting shoes) year round. The level of activity does seem to keep me imprevious to the cold, although I must admit that at the most my sets last ten minutes. Then I go back inside for my active recovery.

[helgatheviking]

Com Rambodoc, i have to wear sweat bands in the summer too... but i know it is not as hot/humid here. i can't imagine swining during monsoon season.

Com Semonides, yes the cold steel stings and burns something awful. it pretty much rendered my hands useless. my body was ok with the temperature tho. light sweatpants and a tshirt. this isn't a suprise to me .. as i mentioned, i used to lose feeling in my fingers even in the middle of games.