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Can Kettlebells Build Muscle?

building muscle kettlebells marcus martinez Dec 04, 2019

The question “can kettlebells build muscle” comes up almost weekly.

My answer?

Yes. End of article.

Ok, you might need a little more information than that.

Any modality can build muscle as long as there’s progressive intensity and volume combined with a caloric surplus and enough rest to facilitate growth. That goes for bodyweight training, dumbbells, barbells, sandbags, etc. As long as the muscle fibers are stimulated with enough weight for a long enough time you’re golden.

So why don’t we see huge kettlebellers?

There’s a few reasons here…

Too much ballistic work with not enough weight
Too many circuits that burn too many calories
That’s not the goal for most

When I owned and operated a kettlebell-centric gym do you know how many people came in saying “I want to get huuuuuuuuge!”

I can’t even remember one.

The goals were always I want to...

Can Kettlebells Build Muscle?

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