Doubles

Last night hit the beach for some double training. I joined my class for a little fun. Groups of three I go you go style session. Here is the workout, simple and fast. Doubles of the following 5 swings, 5 cleans, 5 front squats and 5 presses=one set, rest while the other 2 people work that = one round. We went for 5 rounds and some get ups and called it a night.

New site

It's about time I finally have a website. Thank you to Adam and Laura who busted their butts to get it done. Being the technical wizard that I am, I offered up ideas like "that looks good" and the ever informative "sounds good to me". This resulted in a really cool site so please check it out.

Classic Iron

Last two day training

Monday

Military press 2 sets of 2 R/L 48kg on the second set followed the press with 5 cleans R/L

48kg 2 hand swings 20 reps

48kg H2H swings 10 reps

48kg Get up one R/L

Tuesday

24kg snatches 100 reps in 5 minutes

Playing with my new friend

I picked up a beast in San Diego ( which in German means whale's vagina). I picked up an Beast hell yeah. Yesterday I took it to my beach class to show them what a really big bell looks and feels like. Several people did a few swings but that is all. I did 2 sets of 1 R/L military press with the goal being sets of 3 R/L. I will be greasing the groove to get there.

GREAT THOR's HAMMER have a good day!

Lesson learned

Yesterday I learned a good lesson. I had the bright idea to wash some dishes and do swings between each dish washed. 32kg bell, 5 dishes, 20 swings = 100 swings and dishes done. Well that was all fine and good for the first 3 dishes. After dish 4 magically I had two blisters on the hand I did the scrubbing with. Imagine that have your hand soaking wet while cleaning dishes would make it want to bubble up when swinging 70 pounds from it. Well I learned my lesson no more dishes!!!

102 REALLY?

Laura and I have been home from last weekends La Jolla RKC for the less than 12 hours and our bodies are still buzzing. This was the hottest RKC EVER! The first 2 days reached temps of 102 degrees. Holy s@#! that sucked. Heat, moisture and new bells created the perfect storm. No flesh was safe from the Iron.

Team Kilt rocked the whole weekend! It was asking so much just to be outside on days like that let alone getting your ass handed to you for 23 hours over three days. I was like a proud Dad watching all of them finish with heart. What a great job I have.

Laura also went through the RKC last weekend. I told her that it would be the hardest thing she has ever done and that would have been without the 102 temps. I was incredibly proud of her as she marched across the field covered in dirt, sweat and blood. She finished like the true warrior that she is, that's my baby.

Again I leave the RKC weekend wondering how I could ever want to do anything other then the job that I have. It inspires me so much to help people do thing they think they can't and I know they can. Power to all the new RKCs it's well deserved.

New stuff

I have been waiting to get some new shirts made and they are finally done. They are really sweet you can check them out and pick them up here. I hope you like them and check back there often, Laura and I have some really good ideas coming soon.

Leaving on a jet plane

I'm heading out tomorrow to Santa Fe to do a workshop at Dynamic Kettlebell Fitness with Keira Newton RKC. Then on Sunday I will be working with Zar Horton RKC TL teaching a workshop on working with special populations. Sounds like it is going to be a good weekend with great freinds.

New kilt

I received a new RKC kilt in the mail Saturday from my good friend and RKC Team leader Mark Toomey. It rocks and I will wear it proudly at the San Diego RKC in just 3 short weeks. I can't wait.

No excuse

I have been lazy on the blog front. Classes have been great tons of people that are starting to get it. I had a newbie and a puker this morning. They just so happened to be the same person. This also caused him to lose a $20 bet he had with his buddy. SO it was an entertaining morning to say the least.

Mom has been in town since Monday and so Laura and I have been showing her the sights of Southern California.

My training has been steady but I need to set some goals to really push me farther into this thing.