I'm a mess

I talked to my good friend David Whitley yesterday and he told me about the Danish bird flu. From the sounds of it I have the same issues going on. I have been light headed, hungry, and whooped since I landed. I taught class this morning and it was like an out of body experience. I'm going to try to get things back in order slowly but surely. I think some swings will help me reset things later today.

Home

I just got home, holy crap the clock says 8:38 pm on Tuesday and my body thinks it's 5:37am on Wednesday. WOW what a trip!!! My team did great I'm glad that I was able to work with all of them. Denmark is one great place to be, I wish I could have stayed a bit longer.

The RKC is like nothing else on the planet. I have said it before and will say it again. The RKC is a life changing experience to all those that attend, instructors included. I thought I was going to be able to ramble on here but my mind won't work right now. I guess I will try again tomorrow.

Day 2

Team Nepodal is looking strong!!!! They have taken a 180 degree turn in the last two days. I guess it is because of their great instructor. I have been lucky with this group, they take direction very well and it shows.

Denmark is an incredible place I feel very lucky for being invited to teach this certification. I love spreading the RKC word, I'm lucky that I can do something that I love.

PS check out Rifs blog for some great video clips from the last couple of days.

Day one in Denmark

Day one in the books and all went great. I taught the clean and ran the second workout of the day. I have a great team and they are coming along nicely. We have two more days of pain coming, I hope they are up for it. I have to go to dinner so I will check in tomorrow and we will see how they fair.

Congratulations!!!!

Congrats to two of my good friends

Bob Dudley, who just became an RKC this weekend, welcome to the family!!!

Sara Cheatham, who was promoted to SR. RKC you go girl.

Getting ready &150 pounds of love

I have been getting things ready for Denmark for the last week. I training has just been that basics and nothing fancy. One things you need to do as an instructor is being able to demo the basics at any time. I don't stray from the basics during my regular training but I have been doing all 6 exercises each day. I normally focus on one main lift a day, but not this week.

The last two days have been wicked hot 100 degrees. So hanging out at the beach and swinging a bell will draw a good bit of attention. I have had several people come up and ask about the workout and where I teach them. So after Denmark I think I will have plenty of new blood. I also stopped by an MMA gym in the area and they seem very interested in having me train some of the fighters, COOL!!

Instinct?

I watched a show on National Geographic this weekend about the Dog Brothers fight club. It's a no holds barred fight club. They use sticks, whips and anything else you can think of it's there. The idea behind the this club is that males need to fight as part of their primal make up. They also claim that someday they will have to protect themselves and their families.

This got my wife and I talking. Was there something that to this idea? She pointed out how I love to watch UFC fights. Which got me to thinking. Why do I like watching UFC? I was a wrestler in my high school years and I loved it. So that is the reason I was first drawn to the UFC. At the same time I do enjoy seeing a good fight. That being said I don't want to go out and beat somebody down to fill my primal lusts. Later the day I was watching a motorcycle race, which is a life long passion of mine. I found myself just as pumped as I watched guys ride a bike at super human speeds with tremendous skills and guts. There is nothing better than braking hard for a corner and laying the bike over into the corner. As you come out of the corner grabbing a handful of throttle, blasting out of the corner and holding on for your life.

Is the primal need for aggression or is it the need for adrenaline? I think it is more about the rush than it is the fight, it makes you feel alive. I think it depends on the individual and their thing, some people climb Everest, some race motorcycles, some fight, some do 1500 swings or press the BEAST.

Humans as a whole are adrenaline junkies and I do think there is something instinctual about it. It is more than a look what I can do attitude, it's the feeling you get after the fact. At that moment you are the only person in the world that has ever done it! It doesn't matter if it's the first time you pressed a heavy kettlebell, win a fight or went 100 miles an hour it's the rush that follows.

Check this out!!

This video was sent to me by one of my clients. The snatches are the best, the form is unreal!!!

Here is the link to check it out! http://gallery.mac.com/schinny/100068

Finally

Well today was the day, Jen's nursing stuff showed up today. Thank God!

It's ON!

Last night Jen and I were walking the bulldogs like we always do, when things got a little tense. We pass a house and heard a lady yelling COME! COME! COME BACK! to me that means loose dog, I was right. I turned around to see a full grown male pitbull running down the side walk and straight at Maximus and I. Keep in mind that a full grown pitbull weigh about 70 pounds and Max is around 150. American Bulldogs were to bred work and protect farms and things like that. That however doesn't mean that they will run when challenged. Sure enough the pitbull kept coming, followed closely by his owner. I could tell the pit meant business. He came straight at Max and stopped and smelled him for a second, then he lunged. This was a bad idea, as Max laid the ass whoopin on him the pit decided that he should stop. His owner grabbed him and apologized repeatedly. I told her that I understood. Then an odd thing happened she thanked me for letting Max kick her dogs ass. She said he needed to be taught a lesson. How do you respond to that? She went her way we went ours and the rest of the walk peaceful. That is a hell of a way to get you heart rate up that's for sure.