Craig Guthrie - this one's for you!

It started out with what I thought was an innocent idea on behalf of moi that we get a team of 5 together for the Core Essentials Meltdown (Core Essentials is a great new training studio in D'mouth that offers PT, boot camps, etc. www.coreessentials.ca). The Meltdown consisted of 3- 15min circuits on water rowers, real ryder bikes and of course kettlebells. It was actually a lot of fun! There was a DJ, beer, wine (for after of course) and some munchies. We were also introduced to a few people to had lost a considerable amount of weight doing kettlebells on a weekly basis - it was incredible and very inspiring.

So inspiring that we (Catherine and I) decided to sign up for Kettlebell bootcamp - twice a week at Core Essentials with Mr. Craig Guthrie - Kettlebell Guru. I can count on one hand how many times I have been in the same room with this guy but I have figured out a few things about him that keeps me coming back for more.... He's so passionate about creating a relationship with his clients to make sure they succeed, he's frigging insane, he definitely knows what he's talking about and he's a pretty nice guy.

The first class was great - Craig wasn't there. Laurissa (owner of CE) had filled in for Craig. It was a good class where we learned the core essentials (pardon the pun) about KB.

The second class - Craig was there and both Catherine and I we're a bit anxious, we had heard a lot about the guru's style and we're a bit afraid of the unknown. But it was another great class full of stretching, working on form and a few intense tabatas - until the next evening when it was extremely difficult to sit down to pee! Yes, I said it...it hurt so bad to sit on the toilet! But the pain subsided and I again went back for more.

And I'll now jump ahead to Class #4 which was last night.

I had walked in those doors feeling confident from the previous class. We started out with some nice and easy stretching but there was a different vibe in the room last night. I could tell that Craig was itching to get moving and that this class was going to be a workout...to say the least. Then Craig affirmed my intuition by saying (or possibly yelling) yup, I believe it was yelling something like "Ladies...this is it! Now we're really starting to workout!" He was right and after our second 10min set - 50 burpies later - I barfed! But...I'll be going back for more on Thursday.

When you want to accomplish something like this...you can't be innocent - you've gotta take the bull by the f*^@ing horns!

Looking out for #1

I apologize for being MIA for the last few weeks. It's been a crazy few weeks with life in general, work and training but I'm back!

I think the title of this blog really says it all but I wanted to reiterate how important it was to look out for yourself first. We all have families, husbands, wives, children - people who are very important to us and whom we love very much but one thing we need to really understand is that we only have one body - we need to take care of it. Be smart when making those choices that affect who you are. Whether it is what you decide to fuel your body with, what activity you decide to do or not to do or who you surround yourself with - these are all important decisions that will affect you! The most important person on this planet. You deserve the best!

You might see this as being very selfish but if you don't take proper care of yourself you will be unwilling to give 100% to those who surround you. I truly believe that you need to love yourself first before you are able to love anyone else. We all get caught up in the day to day commotion of life but it's important to know when to take a step back - reevaluate and breathe!

Go about your life in a conscious state and listen to your body!