{"id":19705,"date":"2013-10-16T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T11:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=19705"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:01:00","slug":"beginner-kettlebell-training-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/beginner-kettlebell-training-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Kettlebell Training: How to Choose the Right Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19445\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19445\" alt=\"Kettlebells\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10053544\/Kettlebells_JS_2.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10053544\/Kettlebells_JS_2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn-life.dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10053544\/Kettlebells_JS_2-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jordan Shakeshaft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a weighty matter on our hands \u2014 kettlebell weights, that is! Though the increasingly popular training tool may look intimidating at first, it\u2019s important to note that going too light can keep lifters from getting the most out of each movement (and working the targeted muscle groups). On the other hand, going too heavy, especially for those just starting out with kettlebell training, can compromise form and cause injury. So where\u2019s the optimal place to start? In the video tutorial below, DailyBurn trainer and kettlebell expert Cody Storey breaks down how to choose the proper weight for your next <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/kettlebell-exercises-workout-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">explosive kettlebell workout<\/a>. Just be sure to avoid these most common <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/beginner-kettlebell-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\">kettlebell mistakes<\/a>. Better training equals better results!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1MNnlQVNW2w\" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>For quick and effective kettlebell workouts, head to <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyburn.com\" target=\"_blank\"><i>DailyBurn.com<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set yourself up for kettlebell success by starting with the optimal weight. Trainer Cody Storey shows you how in this kettlebell workout video tutorial. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":19446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,6,14],"tags":[63,83,281,341,343,99],"class_list":["post-19705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise","category-fitness","category-strength-training","tag-kettlebell-training","tag-resistance-training","tag-strength-training","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2exercise","tag-weightlifting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}