How heavy your kettlebell should be (heavier than you think)

According to Supreme Girya Master Girevik Pavel Tsatsouline, if you're a man, you really should be swinging at least a 16kg kettlebell and ordering up a 24kg kettlebell and a 32kg kettlebell from Kettlebells USA for not later but for sooner—for soon!

Guess what I own? An 8kg, 12kg, 16kg, and 20kg kettlebell. I did buy two cast iron Russian-style 24kg kettlebells--but they were more aspirational than anything. How could my body ever be ready to move around those two white dwarfs, those two lumps that feel like depleted uranium? 

I didn't give myself enough credit. I can two-hand swing my 24kg kettlebell now! I can't clean and press or Turkish get-up the 24kg 1.5 pood cast iron lump yet, but I can see that I am at the very least an average strength man. 

I am sure you are at least an average strength man or woman. Why don't you buy yourself an 8kg, 12kg, and 16kg kettlebell if you're a woman and a 16kg and a 24kg kettlebell if you're a man--and start saving up for your respective "will need soon" 24kg and 32kg kettlebells, respectively. 

You can do it, Comrade Girevik!  Here's the poop directly from Pavel himself: the recommended kettlebell weights for men and women, according to Kettlebell Simple & Sinister: