Happy Memorial Day!
A little late here on posting (oops!) but Happy Memorial Day to all of you. I hope that this holiday weekend makes you all think, and be grateful for the men and women that serve and protect us, year-round. We so take that for granted and it certainly should NOT only be on Memorial day that we SUPPORT OUR TROOPS. I don't care what your stance is on war, support the troops that protect us. Period.
I've been at a cookout most of this afternoon and evening -- but--- I did a killer sweatfest workout before heading out, BOOYA! I actually did the first DVD of the RKS Kettlebell system and was quite pleased. VERY SWEATY and very excited to progress with these workouts. Again- just like the GSP RushFit DVDs (I previewed one of them), these DVDs have a LOT of instruction and demos so you can see the right form and how to modify....I think this is key, especially when you get into the really tough workouts like these.
I don't know how people do Kettlebell workouts without gloves on- my hands get so sweaty, if I didn't wear gloves I'd have Kettlebells flying through the windows and the walls. Actually, if I could CURVE BALL a kettlebell to land flat in my neighbor's condo and eliminate them, I'd be all over that.
DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD? Shame on you Kelly. SHAME.
So I did the 5 minute warm-up, followed by the 20 minute kettlebell workout-- which on the first DVD is swings ONLY- 30 seconds of swings followed by 45 seconds of rest. At first I was like WTH!! But then it got progressively harder and I had to go down from 25lb Kettlebells to 20lb kettlebells. Then, I figured, let's kick our glutes a bit harder. Let's do Steve Pfiester's little glutes-on-fire blast. Oh Lord. I called him some naughty names again during this 10 minute sweatfest. Overall burn of 365 calories in 35 minutes. Not bad.
If you dig that lower body blast, check out Steve's videos on YouTube, and also HELLO sign up (FREE) at FitStudio.com as a member. Steve and his wife Bonnie have made several customized boot camp workouts there and more to come! Seriously??? Killer workouts and FREE. Can't beat it. Like this:
What's up with him and that devilish "I'm gonna kill you with THIS move" look?
Anyway, tonight at the cookout I did not pig out. I did have a Corona which I love. They had pulled pork sandwiches that everyone was ga-ga for but I don't do pork- I don't even like bacon (shocking!), so I just ate some side dishes- potato salad and cole slaw, about maybe 1/2 cup each if that. I wasn't TRYING to measure that and be like "I'm eat like a bird Kelly"-- not at all. I just put that amount on my plate, and calmy ate what I wanted. Then I had 2 pieces of this fruit pizza- delicioso!!! Have you ever tried it? YUM. When I got home, I didn't feel that I'd had enough "solid food" in my tummy so I made myself a Lean Cuisine french bread pizza- totally hit the spot. So-- I feel good. I didn't pig out, I enjoyed some good food and I had a good time. These books by Geneen Roth are really HELPING ME slow down and get a more normal DAY TO DAY- year-round mindset about food.
Remember this scene in Gone With The Wind? WELL FIDDLE DEE DEE!!
Now, here is today's (actually this was from last night when I got home) Ramble-On-A-Thon. Enjoy at your discretion.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FRUIT?
Kettlebells, RKS Kettlebells, Steve Pfiester
Reader Comments (5)
You r so fun! Glad you liked (hated) Steve's workouts! And the bodylastics bands rock don't they?!! I use them when I train at home. They are no joke and completely blow away their competitors for sure!! Now that you have a set the challenge is ON! you'll have to do kickboxing or Steve's BCx boot camp (plyomerric class) on Friday with steve online at www.live exercise.com. :)) I hear cuss words in your future!! :)
HEHEHE oh indeed--- and Bonnie yes, those bands are like the Nordstrom Bands of fitness- wow!! Can't wait to workout with them!
Just checking if I can comment, haven't been able to for a while, that's why I always comment on you tube, lol.
I love your today’s (May 31, 2011) “Sears FitStudio Vlog from Kelly Olexa”.
“Start giving yourself positive messages, give yourself a hug, because [...] it will make a difference in your attitude and your attitude will make a HUGE difference in your progress. [...] Do the [...] thing for yourself and [...] everything [...] is gonna change for you.”
Unquestionably true!
Kerri- I think-- Squarespace may have loosened up the validation- did you have to type in a validation letter or anything? LMK
Martin! ;-) Thanks doll!