Protect Your Hands: 5 Essential Kettlebell Training Tips to Prevent Tears!

Nikolai pav here with Pro kettle bell with some Pro tips on how to prevent tearing your calluses and to deal with those calluses or torn calluses if they do occur so my number one tip is to learn how to transition the kettle bell cleanly from this false grip to the hook grip with as little friction as possible so in a clean or a snatch that means transition from this hook grip and then letting go and then opening your hand up and spearing that hand through the window without rubbing those calluses it's friction that's going to cause the raising of those calluses and it's friction that's going to tear them off and cause them to bleed which you don't want the second tip is going to be to relax your grip you don't need to use this Crush grip all the time this Crush grip when you've got the Bell moving in your hand it's going to burn up the hands it's going to cause a lot and then eventually tear off all right so we want to avoid that as much as possible number three if you've got one of these kettle bells or one like it make sure you take that clear coat off the handle while that clear coat is good for preventing the rust when it's in transit like coming from overseas to wherever you live it's not really good for kettlebell workouts it's very sticky this varnish is very sticky on the hands it doesn't hold chalk and it's just not the best surface to be doing your kettle bell work with it tends to grab those calluses and wants to tear them off and it gets really hot it has a very it's almost like slick tires on a racetrack it really wants to grab those hands and pull that skin away so take off the varnish uh Citrus strip is a great product that takes it off