300...

300....

YEAH IT WAS A DECENT MOVIE. GERRARD BUTLER GOT SHREDDED FOR IT ALONG WITH ALL OF HIS CO-STARS. THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN WORKOUTS NAMED AFTER. THESE WORKOUTS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A SPARTAN!

WELL I KNOW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THOSE WORKOUTS AND WATCHED THE MOVIE MULTIPLE TIMES AND GUESS WHAT? YEAH, THAT DON'T QUITE LOOK LIKE THOSE SPARTANS...

SO WHAT THE HECK DOES 300 MEAN THEN YOU ASK?

IT IS THE AMOUNT OF DAILY KETTLEBELL SWINGS I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS! THE SWINGS DO NOT HAVE TO BE DONE ALL AT ONE TIME, NOPE BREAK THEM UP! DO A SET HERE AND A SET THERE. JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL 300 SWINGS IN!

 IF YOU WANT TO SEE A CHANGE IN YOUR BODY, IF YOU WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR ENDURANCE AND CARDIO, IT YOU WANT TO SEE A INCREASE IN YOUR OVERALL STRENGTH, THEN ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE!

NOW PLEASE DO NOT GET THIS TWISTED, I DID NOT INVENT THE 300 SWING CHALLENGE. A MAN BY THE NAME OF PAT FLYNN DID, I HAVE ONLY PARTICIPATED IN THE CHALLENGE THE LAST 2 YEARS.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS IT FITS INTO EVERYTHING ELSE YOU ARE ALREADY DOING! ALREADY HAVE WORKOUT PROGRAM YOU ARE FOLLOWING, AWESOME! ADD YOU SWINGS IN AT THE BEGINNING FOR WARM UP AND THE END FOR A FINISHER. YOU WILL BE AMAZED!

NOT EVEN WORKING OUT RIGHT NOW, AWESOME! NOW IS THE TIME TO GET MOVING AND THERE IS NO BETTER FAT BURNER, TOTAL BODY MOVEMENT IN MY OPINION THEN THE KETTLEBELL SWING! YOU SEE RESULTS BY JUST DOING THEM...

DON'T HAVE A KETTLEBELL, NOW WORRIES. MAYBE YOU HAVE A DUMBBELL, THEY WILL WORK TOO. MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE EITHER OF THOSE BECAUSE YOU DON'T EXERCISE RIGHT NOW, NO PROBLEM AGAIN. THE KETTLEBELL SWING CAN DONE WITH A CAN OF VEGGIES, A GALLON OF WATER, WITH JUST A SHOE, IT REALLY IS THAT SCALABLE TO EVERYONE'S FITNESS LEVEL!

IT IS THE MOVEMENT AND KEEP THAT BODY FIRING CONSTANTLY ALL DAY LONG DOING THE SWINGS THAT WILL INCREASE YOUR FAT LOSS AND START TO TRANSFORM YOUR MUSCLES LIKE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN!

DON'T BELIEVE ME? FINE, TAKE THE CHALLENGE AND PROVE ME WRONG...

VISIT PAT ON FACEBOOK  OR VISIT HIS WEBSITE CHRONICLES OF STRENGTH FOR MORE INFORMATION...

BE IT...

THE PAST FEW ENTRIES I HAVE DISCUSSED FINDING YOUR GROOVE. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO EACH OF US AND I EVEN SHARED WHAT IT MEANT TO ME...

WE HAVE DISCUSSED WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY FIND YOUR GROOVE AND HOW HARD IT IS TO EXPLAIN IN WORDS BUT THE FEELING IS UNDENIABLE!

WHAT I WANT TO SHARE TODAY IS A TERM I USE ALL THE TIME,  "BE IT"...

SIMPLE RIGHT, JUST 2 WORDS THAT TOTALS FOUR LETTERS.

YET THE MEANING BEHIND IT IS SO MUCH BIGGER AND DEEPER THEN MOST KNOW. AND FOR MOST OF US TO "BE IT" DOES NOT COME EASY...

I HEAR ALL THE TIME "IF I HAD THIS THEN I COULD DO IT", "IF I WOULD HAVE STUDIED HARDER I WOULD HAVE PASSED IT", "IF THEY WERE NOT IN MY WAY THEN I COULD ACCOMPLISH IT" ETC.....

IF YOU USE THOSE PHRASES, YOU WILL NOT "BE IT"! YOU WILL BE MAKING EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE OF WHY YOU ARE NOT IT...

BUT TO "BE IT" DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE PUT EVERYTHING ASIDE AND CONCENTRATE 100% ON WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. TO REACH THAT "BE IT" STATUS TAKES TIME, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT. 

IT WILL NOT HAPPEN TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY, BUT IF YOU START STRINGING LOTS OF TOMORROWS AND NEXT DAYS TOGETHER THEN EVENTUALLY YOU WILL FINALLY "BE IT"..

BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IT IS NOT AS IMPORTANT TO "BE IT" AS IT IS TO NEVER STOP TRYING TO "BE IT". THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND YOUR SUCCESS, IN THE PROCESS. IT IS ABOUT THE JOURNEY!

SO NEXT TIME YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF TO EAT THAT OR NOT, TO TRAIN OR NOT, TO STUDY OR NOT, TO SPEND TIME WITH THE FAMILY OR NOT...ASK YOURSELF THIS SIMPLE QUESTION "WILL THIS HELP ME BE IT?"...IT IS THAT EASY

SO FOR TODAY'S WORKOUT I DECIDED TO GET OUTSIDE. A LITTLE VITAMIN D, SOME KETTLEBELLS AND MUSIC IS ALL I NEEDED TO HAVE A GREAT WORKOUT AND GET ME CLOSER ON MY "BE IT" JOURNEY...

OH SURE I COULD HAVE JUST SAT THERE AND ENJOYED THE WEATHER OR I COULD HAVE PUT MY FEET UP AND WATCHED A MOVIE AT THAT MOMENT, BUT THEN I ASKED MYSELF THAT SIMPLE QUESTION FROM ABOVE...

SO HERE IT IS

20 MIN AMRAP

5 ONE HAND KB SWINGS

5 CLEAN AND PRESS

5 SNATCH

5 REVERSE LUNGE

FINISH ALL REPS ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN WITH MINIMAL OR NO REST MOVE TO THE RIGHT SIDE..

THEN 3 ROUNDS

5 KB WINDMILLS LEFT SIDE

5 KB WINDMILLS RIGHT SIDE

WHETHER YOU DO THESE WORKOUTS OR NOT DOESN'T MATTER, JUST GO BE IT TODAY!!!