A New Session

   Tomorrow is the start of a new session. We will be at the St. Anthony Community Center (33rd and Silver Lake Road, St. Anthony. MN.) in the multi-purpose room. There is some road construction so find the best path for the day. This is a better spot for us than the gym. The surface is much more forgiving. If the weather is good, we are outside. Look for the trailer!

   I feel like today (Monday) is the first day I don't feel the effects of Fridays training. This session we will move away from the hi-rep movements and focus on the basics (grinds) that we have grown to love.  We can't over review the basic. It just isn't possible. I was looking through Pavel's "Enter the Kettlebell" last night and was reminded of what we should be doing. I will slowly reintroduce some of these things once again. What was old becomes new.

   I don't know of anyone in the class that is preparing for an event. Not that this is bad. It just shows where most of us are. We train  because we love to train. Period. Still, it is important to see some sort of progress. A bench mark. If your using the same size bells day in and day out, what is keeping you motivated? Each of us should pick a bench mark. A reasonable goal. For some it may be to complete the daily training. That doesn't seem unrealistic with the proper bell choice. Others may want to snatch a higher weight. Or, snatch the same weight with both arms. Balance is important. Maybe get a body weight pistol! I know, we hate those things. Well, you wouldn't hate them if you could do them. My bet is  if you could do them, you would spend most of your time in a bar doing pistols for free rounds as you  humiliate the muscleheads that night.  

   We have six weeks ahead of us this session. Let's make one little change this session. One improvement. Step outside your comfort zone a couple times a week to work on this goal.