Kettlebells 4 U is now open!
We are good to go! The inspector came by this morning and everything is good to go. I am tentatively planning on a Grand Opening bash December 5th. Kettlebells 4 U lives at 17 S Valley Road Paoli, PA 19301 (610)645-4956 KB4U Class Schedule

What's been going on and coming up
I needed to table my blog for the last three weeks. The only writing I've been doing is a business plan for a new studio I am opening next week. When the dust settles in the new gym I will resume regular posting. High Level Fitness closed last week after nearly six years. I am going to miss that place and all of the people I had the privilege to work along side in the last three years. High Level Fitness gave me a place to start and grow professionally and I will forever be grateful for that. High Level Fitness' closing left me with only one real option, to open my own gym. I will never find a place to work that would tol

First RKC Experience Part III
I just finished assisting at the first East Coast RKC Certification in Downingtown this weekend. That plus the chaos from preparing for my new gym and new baby has kept me from finishing my description of my original RKC in September 2006. One snatch at a time The second day, I got on the first bus again hoping that I'd get a chance to retake my snatch test. I carried my 24kg out to a flat spot of gra

First RKC Experience Part II
Master for a reason After tweaking my knee I was brought to Brett by one of my assistant instructors, Jonathan Lewis. Brett had me show him what I was doing when I got hurt and sorted it out in about a minute. Brett told me to stop thinking about my knees on the clean and just focus on pushing my heels into the ground while extending my hips. If my heels are pushing into the ground and my hips are fully extended, my knees lock out without me thinking about them. If I think lock out my knees, my knees snap back and I get hurt. Chicken is a vegetable

First RKC Experience
Next week I will attending the first East Coast RKC Kettlebell Instructor Certification. I will be assisting under Team Leader Mark Toomey. Two weeks ago marked my three year anniversary since my first RKC. I've been in touch with some people who are preparing for this months certification so naturally I'm getting a little sentimental. You're going to do what? At the time I was managing a six store video rental chain based out of Philadelphia. I had been training with kettlebells for three years and teaching some friends but nothing professionally. Earlier that year I signed up and started training for the certification course. At the time there were only three or f