The Kyübell

Generally Kyubells will feel significantly heavier than dumbbells. This is becuase the loading on the muscle can be changed from 25% less to 50% more than a traditional handheld weight.  This is a wide range for loading but is skewed to the heavier side.  The rule of thumb is to use lighter kyubells than you think is needed.

The Kyubell was developed in partnership with the inventor of the Triads with Duffin’s variations after 3 years of use.  These include improving texture and sizes of the grips to allow the current versatility of positions well beyond the original positions.  This was also done providing the same exact center of mass and balance regardless of the size of the grip you hold.

Basic hand positions include

• Rack position (medial) like a kettlebell racked hold weight is behind and below the wrist if hold overhead
• Center Mass (proximal) where the weight is centered around the wrist.  Note One of the handles can rest on the forearm if you have a wrist or hand injury
• Extended (distal) where the weight is furthest from the body like a bottoms up kettlebell or out in front on a curl.
• 90 deg down/Hanging - like hanging below hand on a curl, Fly, or side lateral raise.  This increases stability and seems to reduce/eliminate stiffness and unpleasant feelings
• 90deg upright - Weld held directly above wrist when at the top positon of a curl or side lateral with it being 90degrees away from the body at the bottom positon of these movements.  This loading significantly increases the loading on the bottom end range of the movement.  This balances the loading of the muscle in both extended and contracted phases and increases the total average load during the lift.  Definitely a lift for the kyubell sadist.

Basic hand positions include

• Rack position (medial) like a kettlebell racked hold weight is behind and below the wrist if hold overhead
• Center Mass (proximal) where the weight is centered around the wrist.  Note One of the handles can rest on the forearm if you have a wrist or hand injury
• Extended (distal) where the weight is furthest from the body like a bottoms up kettlebell or out in front on a curl.
• 90 deg down/Hanging - like hanging below hand on a curl, Fly, or side lateral raise.  This increases stability and seems to reduce/eliminate stiffness and unpleasant feelings
• 90deg upright - Weld held directly above wrist when at the top positon of a curl or side lateral with it being 90degrees away from the body at the bottom positon of these movements.  This loading significantly increases the loading on the bottom end range of the movement.  This balances the loading of the muscle in both extended and contracted phases and increases the total average load during the lift.  Definitely a lift for the kyubell sadist.

While we can’t guarantee this outcome, yes people often see a reduction of stiffness and ‘unpleasant’ feelings in movements like flys, delt raises, and other problematic uses.  This is done in the 90deg hanging position where the center of mass is placed below the joint like many of our other products.  We make the assumption that you can differentiate the  ‘unpleasant’ feelings we are referencing and doesn’t mean that its ‘easy’.  Kyubells are challenging and put massive strain and load on the tissue are challenging and extremely hard in all the right ways versus the ‘unpleasant’ in all the wrong ways.

Yes, all kettlebell exercises can be done with the kybells.  But if you are doing a lot of conditioning high repetition work like kettlebell swings for time it is best fit for professional kettlebells.  The grip texture in that amount of time may be problematic.

Kybuells are engineered to specifically accommodate this style of training maximizing metabolic pathways at the same time as strength and hypertrophy providing efficient, engaging, and highly effective workouts.