First SFF an K.O. Kettlebell Seminar was a hit!!

Today I held the first kettlebell seminar and demo @ Sports Fitness and Fun tonight. I had 20 people sign up and 14 people show up. Which was a good turnout for it coming out so quick. I made a flyer and I talked to a few members to bring up the interest. In the seminar I discussed the history of the kettlebell, the benefits of using, the basic six exercises and who uses them. The group responded well to the seminar and I was able to get the members to try the different kettlebell exercises. They all did great and I was very happy. I believe that more people will now be interested in kettlebell training not only because its great but because it works.

Workouts on the on other hand have been going good. I am usually getting a series of presses with the 24kg and 32kg. Swings and snatches with 24kg and 32kg for multiple sets of 10 and 5 reps. I am still working on pistol squats and bottom up presses and TGUs.

Another sport that I am getting into is Sambo. I am helping out a friend who is getting ready for a huge tournament in Russia. I am helping him out with his boxing and he is really improving. Punches are faster and crisper. Since it is combat sambo rule are a bit like MMA. I teach boxing he teaches me grappling. It a great sport and just looking up things online I find that kettlebells and sambo go great together.

Quick One for September!!

I haven't blogged in a while because I have been a bit busy. But things are still going well. I am learning some Sambo and training in boxing. I have also been busy with coaching high school divers. Boy is my time limited for my training. I am still getting it in whether its grooving pistols and pullups through out the day or go for a quick 10 min row with 10 mins of swings and 24kg or 32kg bell. I also have a small Kettlebell seminar coming up @ Sports, Fitness and Fun during Columbus weekend. So things are starting to roll. I am hoping to get a kettlebell class started soon!!! really hoping.
Training in sambo and helping some fighters out is always fun. The local sambo school is travelling to Russia to compete in a World Combat sambo tournament. I am mostly helping them improve their stand up game because most combat sambo practioners start out with mostly kickboxing and boxing.
I am finding out that the more and more people find out about kettlebells the more they become hooked to the insane and fun workouts you can have with them.

Thats all for now. I will try to post up some of my workouts.. more new and interesting stuff to come!!!

Back from the Cruise and ready to go!!!

Sorry I haven't updated the blog in a while. I have been back from my cruise for a week ,which was great, and I have been reorganizing everything and getting things set up for the up coming season. Many things are going on and I'll let you know whats new.
So about the cruise!!! It was great! If you ever have a chance to go on one you def should. The locations were great and the weather was even better. The week I left is the week a big storm was coming in. But thanks to "The world's smallest captain, on the world's largest boat" we routed ourselves away from the storm and had a great vacation. The food on the cruise was amazing I must say. The food was very rich and the good thing about that was that I could not eat as much. So the weight was not varied as much. I stayed within the weight gain that I usually have so not much change occurred. But what was nice the ship did have a full gym and a spa. Any and everything you needed you could get on that boat!!
So now that I am back I have gotten in a few workouts. Nothing to great but working on it. I finally got a pair of the funky but functional Vibram Five Finger shoes. This should make kettlebell training a bit more proprioceptive. I am still on my quest to get through the beast challenge. I am also looking into doing both the IKFF CKT and the RKC level 2 cert.
Another opportunity that i should mention is that I will be coaching and instructing a few local fighters get ready for an upcoming competition. I will be coaching them in Boxing and then helping transitioning to their ground game. Most MMA fighters are good in one aspect. Those that are good in both and are smart about it become champions. I may also be helping them with some conditioning. You can find the school at Ultimatesambo.com. As a bonus I'll be able to train with them and learn some sambo myself. I will be going back to the boxing gym that I started at to expand myself a bit more.
This should be good...more to come!!!