Naked Warrior

I did a fast NW style workout today.

Pistol 5/5
One arm push up 5/5
Pistol 5/5
One arm push up 3/3
Pistol 5/5
One arm one leg push up 1/1
Pistol 5/5
One arm one leg push up 1/1
Pistol 5/5

then about three Pantera songs of some H2H stuff.

I haven't messed with one arm one leg push up for about a year. I really need to work them a bit more.

Sara, we're diggin it!

Sara asked the other day if we're diggin it in Ca. Well I think we are going to stay. Jen and I hit west beach in Santa Barbara today. 70 and sunny with a nice breeze off the ocean. Jen worked swings along with the clean and press. I did some swings, clean and press and 37/37 snatch test. What a blast being semi-retired!!!! That is all going to change soon, my first real class is Monday. I also did a phone interview with the local Santa Barbara news paper so we will see what that brings in. All is good on this side of the US.

ouch!

Have you ever walked past a wall and caught the corner of the wall with your toe? I have and did three days ago, the picture above shows what my wife a nurse calls a broken toe. I didn't train today we ran around all day and walked the dogs as usual.

Here we go

I'm teaching class for one of the owners tonight. This will be the gyms first exposure to me an my kind of KB class. We will see how many can hang. I did a short session today

32kg swings 5x20 of various styles
32kg MP 3x3/3
then played around with some H2H stuff with my wives 12kg bell.

Great session

I hit Hardcore 360 for my first session there. I was feeling good so it turned into a good strength day.

I have a pair of kettlebells that I had shipped from Russia. They came as 16kg but were hollow so I filled them with shot and made them about 80 pounds each NICE!

Double Military Press 80# 5x5
Bear crawl with 80# 3x15/15
Tornado Ball lateral chops against the wall 3 x 15/15
Pull up ladders 2 x 1,2,3,4,5

Worked on a couple peoples doing some swings in the gym.

Playin' Around

I took all of my toys to the gym today. Meet up with Rusty, one of the owners, and we bounced ideas off each other for a couple of hours. I love talking shop with like minded people. I will be starting kettlebell classes on Monday March 3rd at 6:00pm.

Done deal

Hammered out the details on my new training home. I will be offering private, small group and class training for Hardcore 360. This will be THE PLACE for kettlebell training in the Santa Barbara area. I'm really looking forward to the future in California.

Thanks to Big Will for the invite to the Fit Expo.

Just what the doctor ordered!

I had a great day today. I think I found a new place to call home. Hardcore 360.
I meet with the two owners today and all is good. They have both been there done that and wanted a place where people could train, sweat, use chalk and GRUNT. I think there is only three or four pieces of cardio that are tucked in the corner some place. The rest is stuff like reverse hypers, med balls, lifting platform, kettlebells, pull up bars and soon an RKC.

PS Hardcore 360 is only two blocks from the beach.

Training
24kg swings 7x 30
24kg hot potato 3x20

That's more like it.

I've been stiff as hell the last two days. I don't really know the reason though. I think it might be from sleeping in a bed that isn't mine. Whatever the cause I'm stiff. So, today I attacked it with some heavy stuff.

First I did some Z and joint mobility.

Then cranked out some military presses
5/5x5 32kg
10/10x3 32kg

I was feeling great after the grinds.

I have a meeting with a gym owner in the morning, a place called Hardcore 360! Nice! This is the kinda gym I've been looking for, it should be a good fit.

Long walks and Get ups

The order of the day was two huge walks with the dogs today. I was feeling pretty tight today from the demos at the Fit expo and then the 2 hour drive each way. This really had me tight in the hams and mid back. Jen and I started the day with a 4 mile walk with the dogs. Then we did an hour of Z and joint mobility work. In the afternoon we did 3x20 swing and 5/5x5 get up sit ups I used the 32kg, then hit the trail with the dogs again for about 4 more miles. The whole Nepodal family is worked. Time to eat some flesh and hit it hard tomorrow.

Dinner for tonight
Huge salad with local fruits and veggies (SO GOOD)
2 pounds of skirt steak
grilled asparagus