06/05/2021
MUSCULAR HYPERTROPHY - AKA building muscles
Specifically relating to kettlebell, club and mace training. Conventional wisdom of the internet is that this type of training is inherently inferior for hypertrophy than other methods such as barbells, machines etc. This is true but also maybe not, at least not in my case. Shoulders and upper back have definitely developed a bit as well as the glutes.
I think a novel stimulus goes a long way in intermediate lifters (doing different movements in this case) also with the movements I am performing multiple areas are trained with high frequency, particularly the musculature around the hips, upper back, shoulders and trunk. Kettlebells, mace and clubs don't induce as much fatigue so I can perform the same or similar movements most days, this is especially true when you are new and are acquiring the skill so weights are relatively lighter. Also much of what you see on social media in the western world regarding kettlebells is more geared toword cardio rather than strength. Which I think is why kettlebells are often ignored by the general public in regards to training ones physique despite the amazing strength benefits.
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