Kettebell training during strength phase?

[Elvis K]

Does anyone incorporate kettle bell training during their strength phase?

I have a read a few posts/articles about the benefits for this type of training for climbers. Wanted to hear if anyone has experimented with this training.
I am going to incorporate a few during this cycle to see if it will help.

I am planning on doing the following:

-snatch
-turkish get up
-hip thrusts (don't know the official name)
-lumberjacks
-2 other core excercise(again, have no idea what they are called)

[Jon]

I do KB swings and snatches as part of my power phase. I will sometimes do turkish get ups during strength. I personally prefer dumbells and barbells for my strength training focus, but no others who prefer KB's. I like KB's for power (personal preference).

[erick]

I do kb swings and clean/press. I think I am going to add the turkish get up this time around since I have heard/read several climbing and mtb coaches mention how they are the best total core exercise you can do. I think the benefit and weakness of KB exercises is that they are such complex movements that link so many different muscle groups, it takes a while to learn how to do them right and actually use them to gain strength. I think Steve Bechtel mentioned in a training beta podcast about how our brains can only learn a few complex movements at any one time and if we are trying to climb a lot and learn complex strength movements (turkish get up) one of those two will suffer. So I would not try to add new kb exercises while working on 'climbing' skill development.

Here is a interesting podcast where they talk about kb and climbing training, itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-4-kettlebells-for/id1071100620?i=365259855&mt=2 They are defiantly trying to sell you their training plan but the conversation is still good.

[amalec]

KB turkish getup (TGU) is one of the best pre/re-hab exercises for climbing -- I've healed both elbow and shoulder injuries with TGUs. Also, as noted, heavy TGUs build full body strength.
Swings build good hip power -- critical for dynamic movements.
Presses, as mentioned, are useful.
Various carries (suitcase carry, farmer's walks, waiter's walks) also build full body strength.

A good minimal program is 5 TGUs each side, alternating with 5 sets of 10 1-arm swings (5 each side). That sounds confusing, but it's really simple in practice: 1 TGU L, 1 TGU R, 5 1-arm swings L, 5 1-arm swings R.

[Elvis K]

I can do a front lever for about 10-12 seconds for 3 sets. I was under the presumption that my core was fairly strong, until I started doing KB exercises. I can't remember my obliques ever being this sore.

I performed 3-4 sets of TGU, snatch and windmill. I was shaking.

I love the exercises and am really curious to see if this has a positive impact on my climbing.