A Beauty or a Beast? My RKC Experience.

Sep 2, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Kettlebells, Motivation, Musings

I already knew the kettlebell was one of the best fitness tools out there.  I knew it had made working out fun again. I knew it was responsible for making my core the strongest it has ever been. I didn’t know it would become a tool God would use to further shape and challenge me. [...]

The Ogre and the The Girevik

Aug 26, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Musings

First things first. What the heck is a girevik you ask?  It’s a kettlebell lifter. Now the real reason I write this post. THANK YOU. Truly.  We all have busy lives and there are millions of blogs so I don’t take it for granted that you spend a few minutes to read my ramblings  Thank [...]

Oooops I ripped my

Aug 24, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Kettlebells, Motivation, Musings

hand. Does anyone else find that SpongeBob episode hilarious?  Anyone?  Anyone?  I bet this girl does. Unlike Sponge Bob things aren’t so funny right now in my life. I have two days until the Russian Kettlebell Challenge and the scale has been erratic.  Up and down.  Up and down.  My body is bi-polar.  (Oh wait, [...]

5 Reasons I Don’t Play in Candyland.

Aug 18, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Sugar Addiction

Yesterday, I was walking while my kids were in taekwondo when I stopped in my tracks. Scattered over the sidewalk in front of me were little pieces of my past. PEZ! When I was a kid I would buy the Pez multi-packs and not even bother putting them in the dispenser.  Scandalous. Oh how I [...]

This Way or That Whey

Aug 11, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Health and Food, Recipes, Side Dish, Snacks

How to Make Whey, Cream Cheese, and Lacto-Fermented Beets. It’s not everyday you wake up and decide it would be a good day to start increasing your gut flora. A few days ago it was such a day and on that day I made whey. Move over Miss Muffet we got a new poet in [...]

Friday, I was attempting my 5 minute snatch test again.  On rep 74 I felt my left shoulder weaken.  One more.  No it wasn’t just a bad rep, my shoulder was getting tired.  One more.  Yeah, it’s really tired.  My form was deteriorating and wanting to stay safe I put the kettlebell down.  Then I [...]

Summer Salad Series: Chimichurri Lentils

Aug 3, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Recipes, Side Dish, Uncategorized, Vegetables

I love Trader Joe’s.  LOVE it.  I love it so much that I have been seen waiting outside 15 minutes before they open their doors with the other crazies.  I’ve also said many times that I couldn’t live in a town where there wasn’t a Trader Joe’s.  That’s not spoiled, that’s being realistic.  However, believe [...]

Lazy Crazy Cat Lady

Aug 2, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Musings

This weekend I spent my first weekend alone in my house EVER.  We won’t talk about how old I am and how SCARED I was.  Nor will we talk about how I refused to let anyone on Facebook know I was home alone for fear that I might be friends with a closet creeper.  Ya, [...]

MMA Mama vs. (Scaredy Cat) Me

Jul 28, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Fitness, Taekwondo

Years ago I made a “family bucket list”, things I wanted to do as a family before my Thing 1 and 2, leave home.  One of the things I wrote down was family martial arts.  A little over a year and a half ago I cancelled my gym membership and we started studying taekwondo as [...]

Hiking Does a Body (and a soul) Good

Jul 27, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Musings, Photos

On top of my kettlebell workouts we also hiked a lot.  I averaged 15,000 steps a day.  It felt amazing.  The more I walk the more I am CONVINCED it is actually exercise.  I never thought I would say that but my body has never felt better.  Truly.  Combine walking with a quality kettlebell program [...]

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