The BWE WTH?!? effect

I'm sure most have heard about the kettlebell WTH effect, meaning that kettlebells enable you to do do things you haven't even trained for (for example, sprinting faster without training for it).

Well, there's certainly lots of truth to it BUT, in my opinion, the "BWE effect" is even stronger. A couple of months ago, Ido Portal wrote a very nice post at the Gymnastic Bodies forum http://gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2989

One of his conclusions was, that the carryover from bodyweight work to external resitstance training is greater than vice versa. Today I was able to see this for myself.

As many of you know, I train mainly BWEs at the moment, kettlebells only play a minor role. I haven't really done a kb press workout for months, but did/do loads of handstands, HSPUs and planche work.

Yesterday I got my new 40kg bell so of course I wanted to try it out. At the end of my regular workout, I did some swings, cleans and jerks with it, all felt very strong.
So I cleaned it and easily pressed it with both sides. I was really surprised because I was never able to press it with both sides and the one side were I could do it was with, lets say, not the best form.

I don't mean to say that BWEs are the magic cure for everything and, of course, to get to a higher level in any exercise, one must practice this certain excercise, but they certainly ROCK and will always be a staple in my training ;)