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The Secret To Setting Goals

We all know that the new year brings a host of new goals set by people wanting to lose weight, get a raise, stop smoking, etc., etc. etc. Problem is, most of those folks never reach their goal. Oh, they give it a good shot.  Maybe buy a gym membership, go a few weeks.  Or…

Making New Kettlebell Friends…

“Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.” ~ Pearl Bailey ETK Training Log Update Monday – Joint mobility work followed by 10 minute warm-up.  Keeping up with the goblet squats. 12 minutes of 35-rep sets of hand-2-hand swings/5 rounds.  (40 reps on…

Kettlebells – #1 Rust Inhibitor

If you rest, you rust. ~ Helen Hayes Regular Exercise Beats Back Depression According to the National Institute of Mental Illness, more people suffer from depression than AIDS, cancer, and coronary heart disease. And this time of the year doesn’t help matters much.  Days and days of grey skies and snow and rain, less daylight,…

Enter The Kettlebell-Raising The Intensity

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.~Winston Churchill We’re in week 3 of the Program Minimum phase of Enter The Kettlebell.  If you’ve been following along, you know that we’ve been using the Art of Strength, Enter The Kettlebell workbook.  You probably also know that we’ve…

Don’t Think About It, Just Do It…

Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.~Steven Kaggwa TGU’s on Saturday afternoon.  It wasn’t our usual workout time, but our Friday evening was full and fitting practice time in was out of the question then. Our usual time to exercise has always been the late afternoon and early evening, so 2:00 o’clock on a…

5 Ways Kettlebells Do It All

I discovered that attempting to get ahead of yourself and ignoring your limitations (lack of good sleep, diet) can be a definite detriment to progress.

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