Don't get mentally irregular!!

Despite doing all the correct things building up to an important competition, it is very easy to submarine yourself in the days leading up to your big day... It is normal to be nervous, in fact being nervous means you are ready! Not being nervous means that you don't care how you do... 

The week before you compete, make sure to reduce your workloads and enjoy your sets! Remember why that you started lifting Kettlebells in the first place... because you love it... Operating from this position will help remove a lot of the crazy pressure we can put on ourselves to hit certain numbers! I am not saying forget your goals, just stay relaxed, relaxed is loose, loose is fast and speed is strength!!! 

Trust your training, trust your plan, trust yourself! I have had some of the best results when the week before I was completely useless, feeling weak,  breathing off, hand position was off, rubber legs for no reason, catch is off during my snatch.... all sorts of silly stuff has happened to me... do not allow last minute sessions that suck define you as a lifter... they do not mean anything! Gotta rise above this nonsense and know that on game day you will be on! Stay relaxed and most importantly...have fun! 

World Kettlebell Club World Championships next week!

Next Saturday is a big deal for Kettlebell lifting in the United States! The WKC has the toughest rules and highest standards of any Kettlebell organization in the World! Doing well at this event is a big deal!! Good luck to all competitors!! I will be competing in the 28kg divison, the WKC is the only organization to have competitions with this size bell! 

I have enormous respect for any person that shows up to this event... Not many people are willing to put themselves out there to get chin checked publicly!! 

The Russian cup on kettlebell lifting 2011 Long cycle WK 63 kg .MP4

Ya know who I really like?

Once in while I train at my friend gym in my old hometown. Usually, I can only get there on a saturday. There is a core group of lifters that has been training together for at least 25 years! These guys squat every saturday! They have been doing this for a very long time... I was there a couple of weeks ago and it made me think.
I love people that stick to stuff! I do not care what it is either... Some people play tennis, some people go fly fishing, some people do crosswords, it does not matter what the "thing" is. For whatever reason, I find myself really liking the fact that not everyone is out looking for the next cool thing... Some people actually stick to things... These are my people!

10/17 +18 training

Monday...
feeling stiff from saturday!!
28kg snatch 6 min 15 rpms
concept 2 rower 10 minutes cool down...

Tues
rowed 2500 meters warm up like 12 minutes
2x20 jerk 3 min 12,12,12
2 min rest
2x24 jerks 3 min 12,12,12
2 min rest
2x26 jerk 3 min 11,10,11
2 min ret
2x28 jerk 3 min 9,9,9   toast!

16kg swings 30/30
20 kg swings 30/30
24kg swings 30/30
26kg swings 30/30
no rest... good time!

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World championship 2011 Ksenia Dedyukhina snatch 24 kg KB 143 reps.MP4