Bowflex 840 Adjustable Kettlebell [In Stock]

Every time I see this come up, I get excited thinking it is adjustable up to 84lb.

(but it's not )

OOS for me...

edit... errr... found some.

bjl

I think they've regularly been in stock.. in general

N8Magic wrote: ↑ Every time I see this come up, I get excited thinking it is adjustable up to 84lb.

(but it's not )

I own this, its great for everything except cleans and snatches. It has to do with the shape of the kettlebell in relation to the handle. When you do a clean/snatch, you can't comfortably keep your wrist locked and straight when gripping the handle. If you try keep it straight, the top edge of the kettlebell near where the turn knob is will dig into the back of your wrist. I've tried lots of times and there's no way to get the kettlebell to come down comfortably with good form.

Windyt wrote: ↑ I own this, its great for everything except cleans and snatches. It has to do with the shape of the kettlebell in relation to the handle. When you do a clean/snatch, you can't comfortably keep your wrist locked and straight when gripping the handle. If you try keep it straight, the top edge of the kettlebell near where the turn knob is will dig into the back of your wrist. I've tried lots of times and there's no way to get the kettlebell to come down comfortably with good form.

That sucks because clean snatches are important.

N8Magic wrote: ↑Every time I see this come up, I get excited thinking it is adjustable up to 84lb.

(but it's not )

Dealsniffer wrote: ↑ Every time I see something like this come up, I get excited thinking you will get excited thinking it may be adjustable up to around 84 lbs

are you guys married or were you housemates or something??

actng wrote: ↑ are you guys married or were you housemates or something??

I do not know that person.

Windyt wrote: ↑ I own this, its great for everything except cleans and snatches. It has to do with the shape of the kettlebell in relation to the handle. When you do a clean/snatch, you can't comfortably keep your wrist locked and straight when gripping the handle. If you try keep it straight, the top edge of the kettlebell near where the turn knob is will dig into the back of your wrist. I've tried lots of times and there's no way to get the kettlebell to come down comfortably with good form.

So would you buy it again, or do you find cleans and snatches (I just realized what @ryan0462 did there..lol) are too critical?

I purchased this at sportchek a while back. It seems it keeps coming in and out of stock there. I used gift cards I got from rexall for 15% off (periodic recurring promo often mentioned in rfd). I think I saw another thread on 15% cash back in CT $.

I am super happy with the purchase and have not experienced any issue doing cleans and snatches or any movement for that matter. I am no expert though... so maybe my form isn't perfect.

I also started using an app called kettlebell which I highly recommend. Free version is awesome. Paid version is cheap and unlocks another exercise series and ability to add custom workouts.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... kettlebell