Are kettlebells a meme?

Im a fitness noob, but this all sounds very short-sighted of you, OP. A well-equipped gym has a vast variety of equipment that allows training beyond that of kettlebells. If you get gains from kettles, great, but they have a limited range of motion compared to barbells. I've read SS and do not recall it suggesting kettles.

>>42140900
Kettlebell swings are a great tool, snatches are cool/fun too, and goblet squats are good for beginners or a warmup, but they're not the end all, be all of strength training.

>>42140900
Great for conditioning, warming up and good for cardio if it's low weight. They train the whole body so from all the meme alternative equipment sold out there it's the best thing there is.

>>42140900
Theyre fine as long as you use progressive overload

Whenever you see a fitness gimmick think if you can easily and consistently increase the resistance, if you can it will work