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One of the things I like the most about kettlebell training is the variety. The number of exercises and variations are limited only by your creativity. With a kettlebell or two and a handful of drills you can get a top-notch workout that will cover all of your strength, endurance and flexibility needs. It has been said that if you get bored training with kettlebells, you have no imagination.

Of course, the other side of the variety coin is the minimalist approach of taking one or two exercises that cover the entire body and doing them at the exclusion of everything else. This kind of training can be great for beginners or for the development of mental toughness.

A couple of good examples of this kind of bare bones thinking are the1000 rep snatch challenge, where you work up to completing 500 16kg kettlebell snatches per arm without stopping and the Department of Energy Man-Maker workout (developed by Bill Cullen, RKC) which alternates sets of high-rep swings or snatches with less intense periods of jogging. You can find detailed descriptions of both of these in the articles section at www.dragondoor.com.

In The Russian Kettlebell Challenge book, Pavel outlined what he called the program minimum, which consisted of the snatch and the bent press. The idea behind it was that you could build superior strength and fitness using only these two exercises.

Read the rest of the article about kettlebells and learn what those two exercises are at http://www.rypsportskettlebells.com.

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