What Would Kettle Do?

The LA Comp

This week was a fun week of training. A few of us were getting ready for another IKFF meet so our training was a little altered. Juliet Kyrsten and I Road tripped it down to LA on Friday to lift on Saturday and it was Super Fun! I want to thank Luke Sniewski and the crew at LEAF Fitness for putting on a great meet. The vibe was excellent and the people there were max fun. We got to see some of our friends and make some new ones. It was the first time I ever just did a snatch set during a comp but lifting was kind if a list minute decision and I want to stay on my training program so I tried to look at it as just another training day but in the end I still felt the good jitters before the set and I ended up eating it. I only got 95 reps total which is lower than any 5 min set I have done over the past few months. I really did earn the lousy result though. I have not been as locked in as I should be. I have been having a little trouble transitioning out of stage 5 but this weekend helped…A LOT! I saw the results of my friend John Lesko hitting his CMS this weekend (Congrats John!!) and that combined with my own poor result has helped me clear my mind of all distractions. I am ready to get back in the gym tomorrow and push myself away from the dinner table so to speak.

That being said…it was really great to get to lift and support some of the team and feel the energy of some up and coming lifters. Watching the sport grow is a real thrill! I am proud to be a part of it and I am happy that during one of the sets Juliets Camera was destroyed and the footage of my set was lost forever…so so sad…so very very sad…

We did however manage to salvage the video of Juliet hitting CMS in Long cycle. She really did walk into this set. She does not train long cycle and only had about 2 and a half weeks to prepare for this meet. She got 91 reps with the 20kg. I know it looks like a 24 but all the bells at Leaf Fitness are green. That aside they were nice bells. They have good handles and felt pretty balanced. I am sure people set PR’s with them and I think they are excellent for a gym if anyone needs to stock up (Contact Luke Sniewski at www.leaflifestyle.com if you are looking for quality bells in bulk at a good price).

Here is Juliet making a smash on the Kettle:

I know that some of the other sets were recorded by different people and I was thinking about waiting for them to post the sets before I wrote the blog but since it is called “The Sunday Blog” I figured I should get out what I could no matter what. I do have a few videos from the week of training. None of my stuff is here because I thought I would have my comp video and I didn’t bother recording my lifting but I do have a little treat. I kept the video rolling a little after the set and I think I got some cool stuff. I don’t know how long I can get away with this before the guys catch on and start hamming it up… but I think these are pretty real.

So, here is a set by Nazo from this week. I like the end around 8:40

Here is a vid of one of Juliet’s new students Rebecca with her first 10 min Jerk set with the 12. I caught some of her thoughts at the end of her set too. She has no idea LOL!!

And I got some footage of Sarah lifting after taking a little time off. She is kicking the rust off. My mom would say she talkes like a truck driver!

Also, my friend Mike Noritake wrote a super cool blog about the meet and OKC. You can see it here http://kettlebellsandsinglefins.tumblr.com/day/2012/01/22

I can’t wait to get some rest and kill it tomorrow at Juno!

Kettle,

one last thing… sometimes there is a lady named “Elle” who comments on my blog. My father really likes to read her comments, but I am a little worried. Juliet swears she is real but I don’t think she actually exists. I mean, she was supposed to be in LA and I brought her an OKC shirt and everything but she didn’t make it. Hmmmm…. something doesn’t add up. Stay tuned, I will get to the bottom of this!

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