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Clubbells are very good too, and work a whole lot on your coordination and control.
Clubbell site
I'm saving up for some of those, too. You can swing kettlebells around too, but with clubbells you can do complicated swings in different patterns, even like a dance if you want to, and get tremendous benefits in flexibility and coordination.
Both tools are really great and worth considering. And both cost a lot less than an elliptical, are much much better for you, and are more flexible by far, too.
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Blarg, Given that you're interested in martial arts and kettlebells and clubbells, have you ever looked at the Okinawan exercises with "Chishi" or " nigiri-game". I love the fact that clubs have gotten popular lataly, but the Okinawans were using chisi for years. What comes around goes around. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Anyway, here's one link, but I'm sure if you're interested a search would yield more details on the exercises, routines, etc.
Chishi