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KettlebellXP: Every corner of the kettlebell world in one app. Learn, train, track, coach - and earn KbXP points along the way.

The kettlebell world is a niche with many niches. All other apps just give you workouts.

KettlebellXP is the gateway to deep knowledge of every facet of kettlebell training (hardstyle, sport, juggling, flow, history, competition standards, ranking tables, & more)

Coach Kilo is the first AI designed with kettlebells in mind - get ranks just by asking, learn about training styles and certs, even give Coach Kilo your fitness goal and get a custom program that adapts to your performance each week - so you stay on track and train smart.

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P.S. bonus feature…

Want to keep your human coach up to date on your training? Just ask Coach Kilo to email you a full summary and analysis of your training. Coach Kilo will look at all of your posts - lifts, weights, RPE and draft a summary your coach will understand.

Coach Kilo integrates & simplifies every corner of the kettlebell world.

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Get concise explanations on the differences between hardstyle, sport, juggling, FKT, & different programming styles. Have Coach Kilo build you a program for a specific approach or one that blends them all.

👉 24/7 feedback and insights on your training logs!

😃 Easy to understand charts & graphs to see your progress.

🎓 Coach Kilo explains how the main certifications differ in approach & their tests. Post your attempts at the test in the app! Links to the certification orgs are in the app if you want to learn about formal certification.

🥇 Tell Coach Kilo your stats for a lift and he tells you your rank in seconds! (No more clunky PDFs or calculators!)

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The word “pood” (пуд) is a traditional Russian unit of mass, equivalent to approximately 16.38 kilograms or 36.11 pounds. While officially abolished in the Soviet Union in 1924 with the adoption of the metric system, the term has persisted in specific contexts, most notably in the world of fitness and agriculture.

Historically, the pood was a fundamental unit for measuring harvest yields and other commodities in Imperial Russia. It was standardized as 40 funt (Russian pounds). Its significance in daily life is reflected in old Russian proverbs, such as “You don’t know a man until you’ve eaten a pood of salt with him,” illustrating the time and shared experience required to truly understand someone.

In modern times, the pood has found a new lease on life in the realm of strength training, particularly with the rise of kettlebell workouts. Kettlebells are often weighed in increments of poods. For instance, a 16 kg kettlebell is commonly referred to as a “one-pood” kettlebell. This usage has been popularized through CrossFit and other functional fitness regimens, introducing the archaic term to a global audience.

Beyond its use as a unit of weight, “pood” has also taken on a more contemporary, informal meaning in some circles. It has been adopted by a specific group of nurses to signify a very close and supportive friend. This colloquial usage, however, is not widespread and is distinct from its historical and fitness-related definitions.

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I think this captured it pretty well. “Perceived monotony” & “limited exposure” are the reasons I didn’t try kettlebell sport until 6 years after I first touched a kettlebell.

There are a ton of gyms where I live & none have the right bells, are ok with chalk, or have other humans doing kettlebell sport in them.

Yet, many who try kettlebell sport become extremely addicted to the redundant task of sn**ching, jerking, and “long cycling” kettlebells for 10 minutes straight - all to get a few more reps.

What do you think? Would the average gym goer ever want to try this?

Moses Dungca (18+ yr kettlebell sport coach & kettlebell design innovator) is raising funds to get his kids-sized kettlebells into the hands of a full class of 2nd-grade kids!

This specific class is taught by Jamie Desso - who is using kettlebells to not only get kids excited about math (counting reps) but also orienting these young minds to lifelong fitness!

(Maybe I wouldn’t lose count of my reps so often if I had a teacher like Jamie and access to kettlebells like these when I was a kid…)

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‘Bell on!
-Ian