The Kettlebell Guide: What is a pood?

If you have been getting your workouts from Crossfit, this is a common question.'Pood' is a unit of measurement for kettlebells in Russia.The unit is equal to 40 funt.A funt is a Russian pound.

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You will often see a workout call for 1 or 2 pood.The kettlebell weights closest to this would be a 16 kilo, 24 kilo and 32 kilo.

kettlebells have become more popular due to the fact that they are still used in reference to sporting weights in Russia.That is it!It's pretty simple!

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