Kettlebell weight for beginners female

Most of the kettlebell weight training guidance that I have seen on the internet recommends "what kettlebell size for beginners" to be at least a 16kg (35lb) kettlebell for men and an 8kg (18lb) or even 12kg (26lb) kettlebell for women, but I feel that is entirely too heavy.

There is definitely a time and a place to lift heavy.

Like powerlifting for example. When I coached and competed in powerlifting we would calculate workload based on percentages of our “one-rep max” and build gradually until we could peek and actually perform that one-rep max (usually in competition only).

The benefit of this progressive type of training is that it strengthens your bones, your tendons - and of course your muscles - to exert an extreme amount of force in a very short period of time.

But the closer you get to your max potential, the more likely you are to suffer injury.

That is what happened to me and many others I've known who have competed in powerlifting. Trying to recover from an injury that I sustained training heavy squats and deadlift is what got me into kettlebells over a decade a

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