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Kisses and Kettlebells

I was planning on finishing up Part 4 of my Climbing the Ladder Series:  (Tools to Keep Your Weekend Interesting) but while I love lists (that was one of my first and all time favorite posts btw) I’m just not “feeling” my scheduled post today.  Instead, I want to talk about the 10KChallenge I just completed and how much I love my husband.  Yes, they go hand in hand.

Like marriage the 10K swing challenge took work, persistence, and commitment.  Also, like marriage, there was pain, joy, frustration, and elation.  When I set out the to do the 10K Swing Challenge on April 1 (What a fool I was.  Stupid pun intended) I had it planned out.  Twenty five out of thirty days I would do 400 swings. Simple dimple.  Or so I thought.  Funny, thing is my life likes to throw curves balls at my plans.  Again like marriage.  While I’m happy as can be married to my soul mate, our life isn’t the exact picture of “happily ever after” I imagined.   Like I learned the day we got engaged “shit happens”.  It just does.  As it did in my 10K swing challenge.  There were some days I was just too tired (marriage anyone 😉 ), too busy, too sad, too lazy or too forgetful to get my swings in.  Then there were days I felt like a super hero and would easily  knock out 800 or more.

I really recommend setting “big smalls goals”. That makes not sense but you know what I mean.  Or not.  In other words, a goal that is a big enough it feels really great to accomplish but it’s not so large that it seems insurmotable.  It doesn’t have to be swings either. If you do decided to do the swing challenge I definitely recommend you read this article by Lisa Shaffer who started the 10,000 swing challenge and here are a few tips from my experience.

– Go lighter than normal-
It’s a lot of swinging
– Switch grips a lot-
(I would sometimes hook the bell handle with my finger and other times hook it in my palm.
– Set small goals-
I did this sequence A LOT:
50 two handed swings, 10 right handed, 10 left handed, 30 alternating.
(Makes the time go by faster and it’s easier on the hands)
– This goes without saying but take a few rest days-


In the end my persistance paid off and I’m thrilled to say on Friday hubby and I had some time alone and what did we do?
Swings!!
I dragged him to the park to finish up the challenge with me.  What a fun (and cheap) date I am.  After Brent did a short workout he was bored he decided to document the rest of the event.

This is the coolest park.  There is a full size dirt track circling it with exercise stations along the way.

900 swings later.

After I nearly killed myself we were done, for fun we did a mini photo session.

Um…how old are we?

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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Tags: 10kswings, goals, Kettlebells, Marriage

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17 Responses to “Kisses and Kettlebells”

  1. On May 3, 2010 at 10:02 am Lisa responded with... #

    hahah! I read this and thought “omg shes ballsy for coming out and admitting that her and her hubby are swingers.” I shouldve known!

    I love the last pic of you two :)

    Reply
  2. On May 3, 2010 at 10:26 am michelle responded with... #

    LOL I read that title and thought of all of the hits you will get from people Googling, happily married swingers!!!!!

    Gorgeous pics of you and your hubby! Always love them.

    Reply
  3. On May 3, 2010 at 6:25 pm Whole Body Love responded with... #

    Best Post Title Ever

    Reply
  4. On May 3, 2010 at 7:57 pm Katie responded with... #

    Who cares how old you are – you two are adorable!

    Reply
  5. On May 3, 2010 at 8:34 pm charlotte responded with... #

    You guys are such a cute couple!! And CONGRATS on finishing the 10K challenge – that’s huge. We did 50 swings today for CrossFit and that got my heart rate WAY up. I’m so impressed with your stamina, girl!!

    BTW, that pic of you two with the sun shining in between looks like framable art!!

    Reply
  6. On May 3, 2010 at 9:02 pm Joni Mercer responded with... #

    LOVE IT!!! how cute!!! you ARE going to get PLENTY of hits with that title LOL!!

    CONGRATS and GREAT PICS!!! you and your hubby are SO adorable!

    Reply
  7. On May 3, 2010 at 11:01 pm Melissa responded with... #

    you guys are too cute! love the photos and of course, what you wrote.
    xo, mel

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  8. On May 3, 2010 at 11:37 pm Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) responded with... #

    omg you guys are sooo in love and the pics are just too awesome!!! it’s so great to see “old married couples” like you guys still have the hots for each other. celebrating my 9th anniv (11 yrs together) in 2 weeks.

    Reply
  9. On May 4, 2010 at 5:04 am Beth responded with... #

    This is definitely one of my favorite posts. Totally. Brent (maybe it’s the name) and I celebrated our 20th anniversary in November and it feels like we just started dating. He still makes my heart flutter.

    So many times I read your blog and it’s like I’m reading about myself. The struggles with health (emotional/mental and physical), the amazing husband, the awesome kids (homeschooled too!), the pugs. It’s pretty cool.

    I love the pictures. You can feel the chemistry between you two. That last picture, especially, is very sweet.

    Reply
  10. On May 4, 2010 at 7:03 am Gina Fit by 41 Maybe 42 responded with... #

    Great pics, great love, great post!

    Reply
  11. On May 4, 2010 at 9:27 am roni responded with... #

    Love this!! u guys are so cute!!!! Love the pic of u on the ground after 800, cuzi know that feeling!!! Ur awesome :)

    Reply
  12. On May 4, 2010 at 1:13 pm Andrea@WellnessNotes responded with... #

    Love this post! Great photos! You guys are soo cute! :) And you are one strong woman! :)

    Reply
  13. On May 4, 2010 at 1:51 pm Kelsey @ CleanTeenKelsey responded with... #

    Hey Jenn!

    I just read your comment on my blog; thanks so much for what you said! I really appreciate that.

    I read your About Me and you seem so cool. I really admire you and how you’re working through your struggles.

    I’ll definitely be keeping up with your blog!

    Thanks! :)

    Kelsey

    Reply
  14. On May 6, 2010 at 10:04 pm Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo) responded with... #

    I love all of the marriage analogies- such a wise sage you are. And the faux-leroids are so rad!!!! Charlotte’s right- the one with the sunlight between you needs a frame and a wall. You two have a marriage that I think is incredibly rare- it’s lovely, and couldn’t have happened to a nicer person. (or make that people 😉 )

    Reply
  15. On May 8, 2010 at 7:44 pm Tiffany @ Simply Shaka responded with... #

    Love this title and post! And you are a machine—900 swings? Those are one of the hardest for me but I always look forward to it and it gets my heart abeating! And those pictures are just so cute :)

    Reply

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