MUD RUN...FUN?

"If you attack this course, it will destroy your soul." That was how the designer of the course welcomed us. He was not kidding. If you are a high level tri-athelete....you did well. If you were looking for anything that challenged your upper body, this was not your challenge. The first 1.1 mile was designed to thin the crowd. Right out of the gate you hit knee deep water and mud for about 60-70 feet. Then waist deep for about 40 feet. Now you have a one mile run, wet and muddy over and thru sand hills and dirt paths until you hit the slope. One of Trollhaugens ski slopes. Simple. Just run up it. I'm guessing it was a quarter to one third of a mile. Up a slope. I was walking at this time. The 'fun' only gets worse for the next 5 miles. This was a great experience and I will be pushing it next year. Now we know the in's and outs. I will push it as an event. Not as a race. More on this tonight.
We have some new people starting and things are now back to what I consider normal. Train hard. Steady progress. this will be a great winter for training.
See you tonight.

NEKB in it's 'Hi-Def" form.

Thayne Delivers !!!

I would be lying if I told you I hate saying "I told you so." I said it was a big show and it was. Fact is, this was sweet to watch. Thayne brought his service to NEKB and the response was outstanding. Many, many thanks to my brother for all the love he shared on Wednesday. Ya'll worked your butts off......H.I.T. style. I got a text from him a few minutes ago. He is flying thru his certification and Andrea DuCane is his team leader. Mrs. Strict Form, herself! He will learn a lot from her.

Have a Great 4th ?????

My family has a family cabin and the theme this year for the 'cabin fest' was The Great Race. The teams had 12 countries to visit and complete obstacles at each country. Not to mention each country was about 300 yards apart. I took about two hours to complete. Some teams didn't finish. I was asked to be Russia with my kettlebells. The adults had to bear crawl 60 ft with the appropriate bell size. The children had to farmers walk the same distance. It was a ball. My event was the shortest. Took the least amount of time. I thought I was doing them a favor. I wasn't even strict on the hips staying low. The majority thought the station was the worst. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't make it more benign. My cousins that have trained with me in the past smoked the whole race. Winning by not being sore the next day. I thought we were going to hospital for some of them.Oh well, there's always next year.

Great strength...little credit to the Yell King.

I don't know, maybe it's just me. When everyone is on the field and in uniform all eyes are on the ladies. They fly thru the air. Flip. Kick. Lots of eye candy. The guys are just 'support.' Support indeed. Here is a nice couple on spring break showing their stuff. She looks good. Relaxed. perfect position and form. Very symmetrical. HE LOOKS OUTSTANDING ! Thick as a tree trunk and relaxed. We never get this impression when they are in uniform because the guys are covered up.The ladies are much more exposed. From now on I will spend more time watching the guys. The amount of lifts they do during practice must be impressive. More research is needed.....must....watch...more....cheerleading.....

This is crazy...

I don't know if he is an RKC or not. He has some stuff that is pretty good. Of his 70+ videos (really, over 70? some people are just a tad self consumed) many can be deleted just because of the poor form. Like this one.

KB University

Robert Budd RKC-TL is not only a great guy but a very devoted trainer. I have had the pleasure of going thru two certifications with him. He is not short on patience or knowledge when it comes to his clients or his own training. I love what he has done with his business and website. Once again, why recreate the wheel. His videos are not only fundamentally correct but he does it very well. Click on this link to see some videos of the movement patterns which can be performed with the KB.