By JohnWild on
1/28/2009 12:28 PM
I have never been a great athlete. I was not a starter in high school. I never was the first one picked, even if my best friend was the captain. I never held the trophy above my head. I was a loafer, a quitter, I was soft. There was always some reason not to try my best. I always had a good excuse not to practice or train or play. I don’t know why I was like that.
Kettlebells have been a bit of a break for me. I don’t know if I like them, or if they like me. I do know that I like what they do to me. They changed me. They changed me as a man like a bad accident changes a man or maybe an epic love. They are like my mirror. When I get tired and I want to quit I can only see my hands clinched together over my heart. We are alone and there is nobody to judge, nobody to laugh, nobody to cheer. Just me and the steel. I feel my heart beat and my arm ...
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By JohnWild on
1/27/2009 8:39 PM
Patience and the ability suffer with dignity are two traits that you need to get through the long and short of a ten minute set. I have a little of the second and very little of the first. I am beginning to feel my body changing beneath the load of the bells. Hip flexors are getting longer, my shoulders are getting lower, and my legs are getting stronger. My mind is coming along, slowly. I am getting used to the pain. I have been training my lungs and my will, soon I will be into the long part of the long cycle and we’ll see what’s what.
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By JohnWild on
1/14/2009 8:03 PM
The Asian Anyhow
and the Cotter Press
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By JohnWild on
12/11/2008 9:16 AM
The OKC will be going to Dallas to represent at the IKFF Certification on Jan 10,11! Steve Cotter, Ken Blackburn, Lisa Shaffer, and (rumor has it) Mike Mahler will be there! It should be a great weekend and if any of you are of thinking doing a Kettlebell Cert you should do this one! It is shaping up to be a all-star team! You can sign up here--> I Shot JR!!
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By JohnWild on
12/7/2008 8:16 PM
Nazo was in town and the OKC had a level 1 workshop at Crunch and it was super fun! Everyone was talented and hard working and as you can see ultra-goodlooking! It was a very fun workshop.
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By JohnWild on
11/27/2008 7:58 AM
I Guess I won't be needing these giant chopsticks for a few days
Ok, so I commited to going 30 days without sugar. Apparently the rules are no processed sugar meaning I can eatfruit and stuff where sugar is naturally from. I don't know what I was thinking but I think this will be a "fun" experiment and I think it will help my training. Anybody wanna play???? Liz??? Will??? Nazo???? Mom??? I'm calling you guys out! Let's do this!!!
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By JohnWild on
11/21/2008 6:53 PM
MIKE, NAZO, and JOHN WILD,,,err,,,me
Over the weekend Nazo and I went to assist Mike Mahler in his last general population Kettlebell workshop in NYC. It was a great workshop and Nazo and I had a great opportunity to get to know Mike and learn from him. We both learned a lot. I don't know if anyone has noticed the changes in the website but they were inspired by Mike and his advice. I hope that you all find it to be a valuable resource. Thank you very much Mike. You have helped me much more than you know.
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By JohnWild on
11/11/2008 2:08 PM
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By JohnWild on
10/26/2008 12:19 PM
Congratulations to all the new IKFF CKT’s for South Africa!
We all had a lot of fun today and everyone achieved his or her goals of becoming a CKT. Today we went over the rest of the standard lifts and then we got the chance to play around with some feats of strength. This is such a great group and I have had a wonderful time here.
So far this trip has been all Kettlebell. We were invited to teach a kettlebell class at 5:30am tomorrow and we have accepted! It will be an early day, which ...
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