My story begins a little after Matt’s. As he stated, I found myself in a conversation with him one day at work and before I knew it was researching kettlebells on the internet.
My background was one of swimming (high school and college) and lifting weights specific to that. What my KB research showed me was that I was missing the boat. KB’s are probably more swim specific than most exercises. Of course, I’m 15 years removed from competition, but that was no reason to not join the Party.
So, it was off to the races. I purchased a 16kg and Enter the kettlebell book. I completed the 1st part and moved onto the ROP. During the end of 2008, I was able to complete the C&P ladders with the 16kg and for Christmas my shiny new 24kg arrived.
2009 started with a bang, and I was more determined than ever. I was progressing nicely until a few trips got in the way. Italy (work), Las Vegas (fun), home, and then the beach and before I knew it May was almost over. I looked back over my training schedule and realized I had hardly worked out from Mid-March to Mid-May. Something had to be done!
In May, Matt and I decided to set some goals and establish a solid program that we could both work on. We would report back to each other, creating some accountability, which has really helped.
He pointed out the goals in his post and our high level plan, so no need to re-hash them here. What I will say, is that the the time we invested in researching and developing our plan has paid off. I re-read Enter the kettlebell and researched all sorts of web-sites and its paid off, I now feel like an “expert” in the knowledge required to be successful in my goals.
Of course knowing and doing are two different things…
As we start down this path, I am excited and a little nervous as I know that to finish our goals I will be pushed well beyond what I think is possible!