I usually don’t post on the weekends but since I don’t want to clean the kitchen love you so much, I thought I’d share a fun workout Brent and I did this evening.  As the weather was perfect and the sun was just starting to set, we decided to workout in the backyard.  Who said kettlebells [...]

“Girls Training Like Amazonian Women” If someone finding my site through that search phrase doesn’t boost the ego, I don’t know what does.  ;-) In honor of weirdo search terms…. The Amazonian Workout 1/4 mile jog 20 snatches (10 right and left) Repeat 4x for a total of 1 mile and 80 snatches. Fun, fast [...]

(source) Last Thursday, I hit the track at a local park.  My kettlebells were at home snuggling so I decided to make do with bodyweight only.   It was a perfect morning for a workout grey and misty.  I felt like a racehorse up before dawn for a morning workout.  <=== Next to my junior [...]

If Marie Claire is concerned about the influence of bloggers then they might want to go on a witch hunt for Jillian Michaels as the influence of the blogosphere  is but a drop in the bucket when compared to “America’s Toughest Trainer”. Yesterday, twitter was abuzz with kettlebell enthusiasts tweeting and retweeting the  LA Times [...]

I love starting a roadtrip while it’s still dark.  There is nothing quite like watching the sunrise welcome a new day of adventure. Saturday morning, Brent and I, alone, took off for Vegas with a change of clothes, two cups of coffee, beef jerky, bananas, and some sparring gear. We decided to take the road [...]

I worry.  I fret.  I over-analyze.  I get things wrong.  Sometimes. I was wrong. And this is wrong…. …WTH?  Watch out, balloons! This past weekend we had another taekwondo tournament so that meant last week was spent worrying about MMA Mama showing up.  She did show up.  I spotted her within 10 minutes of arriving [...]

We are back from a long weekend out of town.  We drove up north to spend the weekend with good friends and attend a taekwondo tournament. Over the weekend we also visited a small local dairy farm, ate the most amazing Puerto Rican food, and watched Napoleon Dynamite.  (I love that movie.) It was a [...]

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. [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]