Even those who have not been involved in sports professionally have seen real weights for exercise at least once in their lives. Large, spherical and with a handle. Have you ever thought about why all weights in the domestic open spaces have a strictly defined mass of 16, 24 and 32 kilograms? Is there any point in all this, or even a catch?
Why do sports kettlebells in the former USSR weigh 16, 24 and 32 kilograms? In fact, everything is extremely simple. Weights correspond to the old Russian weight designation. All weights are based on a unit called "pood". One pood is sixteen kilograms. Accordingly, 24 kg is one and a half pounds. Well, 32 kg is already two pounds. It is believed that this system gained the greatest popularity in the Peter the Great era.
At the dawn of tsarist times, starting with the reign of Ivan the Terrible, Russia was famous primarily for its artillery. Cannonballs also had a strictly defined mass. There were, for example, pound charges, one and a half pounds, two pounds, and so on. During the time of Peter I, artillery in Russia began to develop with renewed vigor. According to the popular "legend", it was then, when training gunners, an ear was welded to the training cores, so that it was easier for beginners to exercise and get used to the mass of the charge.
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Over time, from all this, the interest of our ancestors in kettlebell lifting, strength exercises, which could clearly demonstrate the daring and strength of men, grew. Thus, the mass of modern weights follows from the exclusively utilitarian considerations of ancestors and the then system of measures and weights.
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