SwingThis Kettlebell Training and Membership For Around a Red Bull a Day??

Posted on May 12, 2012 by jdaniels0462

Do you drink one or more Redbulls or energy drinks per day??

if so you can trade that price for a membership with training to SwingThis Kettlebell and Strength Studio, and learn to not rely on those drinks and get in the best shape of your life. For only 100$ per month, our most popular membership the BEAST comes with 4 hours of small group personalized training based on what YOU need. This is not a glorified boot camp. You can feel better and more energized without relying on redbulls to deplete your adrenal system. For near the same price of ONE Energy drink a day, you can be part of the Swing This Functional Training community. Send me a message here if youre interested or an email to danielsfitnesstraining@gmail.com

See memberships under Contracts. on THIS PAGE

Trust me its worth it.

Joe

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How Many Kettlebell Swings Should I Do? Part 2

Posted on May 9, 2012 by jdaniels0462

Welcome to Part 2 in a pretty endless topic  how many kettlebell swings should you do?
First off, no matter how many swings are prescribed, let’s focus on where you should STOP!

Whether you are doing 10 repetitions or 5 minutes per arm at a blistering pace, you should always be in tune to YOUR body. Even if you are working with the most renowned coach in the world, they will never experience your internal feedback even if it looks like you have world class form.

Be vocal with your coach whether that is one on one, in a group or online. You have to let them know how you feel so they can do their job optimally.

As far as the swing if you are feeling it predominantly in the lumbar area of the spinal erectors ( the long muscles that run vertically on both sides of your spine) this is incorrect.
If you are straining there and are getting very tight, put the bell down safely and reassess.

Here are a few quick fixes.

  • Those muscles (erectors) should be stabilizing your torso along with your abdominals on the opposite of your spine. They should not be doing all the lifting.
  • Do not round your back
  • Your Glutes (butt or ass as most people know this as……..lol) should be the main focus. Hinge at the hip to accelerate the kettlebell in a forward and upward swing ending for now in from of the abdominal or chest area.
  • Use torso muscles to BRACE your spine from all directions.
  • Think youre about to get sucker punched in the abdomen and squeeze your glutes to extend your body to a standing position. Knees should not be locked out in extension ,yet it is not a squatting motion. The kettlebell should never be inches from grazing the floor. Your hips should not be moving up and down more than a few inches depending on your body type and lever length (torso, arm, leg)
  • If you are STILL feeling tightness in the back , STOP , possibly FOAM ROLL, AND DO NOT RESUME UNTIL THE NEXT TRAINING SESSION. If you overdo it as a beginner you can get seriously strained muscles that will discourage you from learning one of the best exercise for the posterior chain there is. Don’t try to be a badass just yet, and play through the pain, pain is there for a reason as an internal feedback mechanism that something is wrong. I have worked with many post and pre back surgery clients to know that it’s better to take it slow than to force follow a program that may have worked for another person. To progress is the goal for everyone. But for the person with back pain, even the smallest progression instead of regression can make a wonderful change in their well being and mental/ physical outlook.

Until the next segment on How Many Kettlebell Swings Should YOU do, learn when to STOP before an injury occurs by listening to your internal feedback.

Joe Daniels

 

P.S.    SWING THIS!!!!!

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Top 5 Kettlebell Exercises For Increasing Your Barbell Squat and Deadlift

Posted on May 8, 2012 by jdaniels0462

Here you go!  Bodybuilders and Powerlifters,  try adding these heavy kettle bell exercises to  help bust plateaus on your deadlift or squat.

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children and veggies vol1

Posted on May 7, 2012 by jdaniels0462

If you happen to think your child will not like certain foods like mushrooms and eggplant because YOU think they are slimy and disgusting…. Chances are you are 50% wrong. # veggiecheck can make the world of a difference in the health and lifestyle of our children please give it a shot.

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Joe Daniels When Will You Step on the Bodybuilding Stage Again? (or) 30 Stack Pancake-REFEEDITIS.

Posted on April 27, 2012 by jdaniels0462

Not a week goes by without receiving this question from multiple platforms.     Youtube, facebook, etc.  I guess thats what happens when you  actually practice what you preach about health, fitness and wellness.  Ive been a proponent of eating healthy year round since I started my career in the gym. And Im also prepared to take heat for my views on certain subjects such as this one.  You know im cool with weeding out my facebook “friends……”

With  9 bodybuilding shows under my belt, Ive seen pretty much every diet and competition strategy there is in the past 7 years.  Macro counting, grams, ounces, carb up meals, keto, cheat days, clean cheats, you name it.   It takes a certain type of personality and drive to compete in a physique competition.   You have to admit its one of the most self absorbed , and selfish activities one can pursue.  You dont just step up on stage after

  1. dipping yourself in tanner
  2. riding there on a slip and slide of oil
  3.  flexing and groaning on stage with a fake pride smile  for the most excruciating 5-10 minutes of your year or life .

It takes months if not years of daily and hourly devotion to eating certain foods and saying no to societal  and familial  pressures and demands, all the while youre constantly talking  (and internally crying ) to  your already alienated subculture of a subculture of exercise enthusiasts about “Why dont they understand and make it easier for me?”      How was that for a run-on descriptive??    Heres where I laugh my ass off.  It has NOTHING to do with them!  you CHOOSE to do this to yourself, so dont ask for any special pity that you cant eat that 17th almond!!!!  As in everyday life you have to DEAL WITH the consequences of your decisions and actions.  Man and Woman up.   All this for a very subjective judging of fake tan shades, muscle density, seperation and striated glutes. Oh and I better add Fake Boobies.  Cuz im sorry but you know your just not gonna win  without em….. OOps i just went there.

ANYWAYzzzzz,  Im not saying theres anything WRONG with this Physique competition thing, its actually incredible to see bodies changes through all sorts of manipulated variables.   What I am saying  though is there IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR THIS.    I will NEVER do a Bodybuilding competition that stresses or strains the relationship i have with my daughter,  family or friends.

My goal is to teach my daughter the values of a healthy lifestyle not just physically by being active but mentally and emotionally as well.  I will not have her grow up eating with me as I prepare weighed and mathematically calculated meals to get me to 3.9% bodyfat by a certain day.    What sort of message does that send to her??  

   ME:    Sadie what is 16-15?                 

  SADIE:   One.

   ME:       Close, ONE TOO MANY. And now Im not gonna make my deadline and better do 3 more minutes of recumbant HIIT training…..                     

SADIE:  Dad , Youre F’d in the head.

You dont think theyre that intuitive and observant??   already she mimics EVERYTHING she sees at 14 months old at our gym with correct form that she  sees every one else do.  No ones ever taught her anything about a proper squat or  how to pick more than 25% of her bodyweight off the floor with one hand.  (So I better start watching my sometimes filthy mouth).  Its instinct.   She has NATURAL PROPER biomechanics.  The only reason that  Biomechanics need to be taught in school is for the fact were sedentary and have spent 10+ years in school desks getting tight and going home to play video games instead of kickball.  But i digress. thats for another timE!!!!

Children know better than us already.  Take away meals at certain designated times of the day and food marketing  on every billboard and commercial we hear,  and children I guarantee, will eat WHEN THEY NEED TO based on a physical need they can feel.  They havent been corrupted by the food system or magazines on whether its OK to be over 115 lbs for  women , or on the opposite side of the spectrum,  feel the need to join a 600lb plus group of “equal rights for Chubby people” group.

What does this have anything to do with when I will or will not compete in bodybuilding again??   THE ANSWER IS :      When Sadie is old enough to understand WHY I AM counting foods and preparing certain things and HARDLY ever eating fruits   even though im telling her that they are totally healthy and she should eat them!  I dont want to send her mixed signals.   She already wants almost everything i eat and one of her favorites is actually steamed asparagus. Go Figure.  She almost out eats me with it.    Here is a little list of what she eats and no this is NOT BY FORCE, it just so happens to be THATS WHAT IS IN OUR HOUSE AVAILABLE.

  • asparagus,
  • pineapple
  • organic baby food fruit and veggie smoothies  Ella brand
  • Chunks of LaraBAr and Dales Raw Food fruit bars
  • bananas
  • butternut squash soup.
  • mushrooms of all kinds
  • chicken,
  • beef (she likes it but lacks molars at the time so it gets chewed for ten minutes then thrown onto the carpet somewhere…)
  • whitefish
  • oatmeal
  • korean food
  • indian food   SAAG especially     tis true adults,  looks like baby food….
  • not sushi yet,   but ive seen her eyeing mine……
  • scrambled eggs
  • carrots, raw and cooked,
  • avocado cubes (on a day shes feeling that she doesnt want to paint with them…)
  • greens juice from our juicer which was made with kiwi, apple, broccoli spinach and kale.  ( yeah i couldnt believe it either.)
  • yogurt,
  • a little bit of whole milk
  • venison chili
  •  and she weaning off organic formula now as well.
  • Shes not really a fan of straight fruit juices.
  • String cheese   and im sure other things i cant think of now.
  • Sometimes soft potato chunks especially in the form of korean Ban Chan.
  • beans
  • she has recently been eating chunks of gluten free rice breads dipped in olive oil and balsamic.

All of these foods she puts into her mouth with an emphatic ” mmmmm. ” and a smile.    That makes me feel great.

 

 

My type of Buffet!!

So as ive turned this into another ramblefest,  Whats wrong with the above foods as a Clean Foods diet?  thats what im doing.  Not counting anything, just eating by feel  to go along with keeping my strength going up and recuperating my body? I am getting leaner and more muscle.  I just dont have a deadline to stress myself and my family with.  Im living my life. Im reacting to things that come. So is She.   I just refuse to follow a NUTRITION plan that has me counting every morsel of food and not eating certain other healthy foods for the sake of being judged.   Been There Done That.  Lived it Loved It Learned It.   So When She grows up she wont think twice about Will that HEALTHY food make me fat?  Does this almond warrant 4 more minutes of LISS? If I eat three  pieces of veggie pizza once a month does that constitute a cheat meal?  or is it ok?   Why can i not walk past another fit persone without looking them up and down after ive secretly pinched my stomach and wondered if its over a 10mm?  

POUR IT OUT! POUR IT OUT!! THATS TOO MUCH TEA!!!!!!!!

I dont know many people who can live a sane life  after they’ve competed a few times , They’ll always have to be bigger, leaner  or god forbid get bigger boobs every two years.    Most people i know have a high level of eating disorder  even if they think its healthy. Bigorexia,  IHOP-refeeditis, binge eating, presquatday donutitis,  the list goes on. For You to get the the next level you have to get up and squat the day after your show  at 3 am right??   cardio 3 times a day??    keep training your brain to search for   and plan out a weekly cheat meal ( epic Binge) and see what happens.  it WILL become a habit. and When you stop competing due to an overuse injury,   your gonna look like the next bloated post superbowl NFL Commentator.   And your children will just absorb it all.

HEck ill even eat DAT MONKEY!!!!!

 

So PLease, Find Balance, in all you do , especially in your nutrition and to totally answer your question as to when i will compete again,  here goes…….

Iron Body Fitness, May 19th 2012 Kettlebell Sport Long Cycle and Sprint Snatch/Jerk Competition.   Along with many others from SwingThis Kettlebell and Strength.  See I can Still Compete, have fun , be healthy, and enjoy fueling myself  with good food in the presence of others. And My Daughter will be saved from my  OCD bodybuilding nutrition  behaviours at least until she can understand WHY.

Thank you for reading.

CJD

 

 

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What is Beverly International Provosyn Powder? PLUS Lemon Coconut Cashew Muffin Recipe

Posted on April 24, 2012 by jdaniels0462

Its been a few years since Beverly International has has an egg and higher fat protein mix.  Egg Protein is one of my favorites as i believe my body does really well on it.   Well Last Thursday i was picking up a few types of proteins for clients of Swing This Kettlebell and Strength Studio. When i reached Beverly a good friend of mine, Steven Wade told me of a new protein mix they have just finished.  I decided to try two jars because i was interested that it was egg protein primarily.

 

 Beverly Provosyn is a mixture of WHOLE EGG PROTEIN, MILK PROTEIN AND BEEF PROTEIN. 

 

My immediate thoughts pre drink……

  • WHole Egg Protein?? YES!!!  i cant wait to cook with this
  • Beef protein??  this flavor will not be good as the other beef protein i tried a year or two ago was disgusting.
  • higher fat and higher Cholesterol.   This looks like an anabolic mixture!

My thoughts on drinking it.

  • 2 scoops  Provosyn was not enough in the 12 oz of water i tried. 3 was perfect and the taste was fantastic. surprised highly.  
  • i wanted to try it again.
  • Pre workout i tried it again. better . i couldnt taste anything associated with the beef protein and the whole egg was super filling without being too thick. it seemed to have a very good ” fullness factor” to me.

The Higher cholesterol should be good for getting hormone and testosterone production up from heavy weight training.

 

My Current training is for a Keettlebell sport competition which is 2x 52lb kettlebells cleaned and jerked overhead repeatedly for 10 minutes. so HIGH MUSCULAR STRENGTH endurance.  paired with JIM WENDLERS 5/3/1 approach for trap bar deads, shoulder press and squat.

 

Lets see what 2 weeks of this addition to my nutrition will do.

Here is my first attempt at baking with it.

 

 

Lemon Cashew Coconut Muffins

  • 1/3 cup cashews crushed
  • 1/2 cup raw coconut shavings UNSWEETENED
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1/4 cup brown rice flour
  • 3 scoops  Beverly Ultimate Muscle Protein
  • 4 scoops  Beverly Provosyn
  • 1/3 cup maca powder.     (  awesome for your endocrine system balancing)
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil
  • 2 tablespoon organic butter
  • 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 2/3 teaspoon vanilla creme stevia drops
  • 1/2 tsp lemon oil
  • 2 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 3/4 cups filtered water
  • 1/2 cup KEFIR plain

combine in bowl mix to batter then  pour into foil muffin cups in muffin tin.  about 45-55g batter per muffin.

bake 350 for 18-21 min depending on your  variables….  basically keep an eye on them they will rise but fall when cooling.  i dont add baking powder or anything to thicken them as i love the consistency they came out to be. i like things soft yet chewy.  too fluffy and i dislike muffins.      makes about 12

 

top with cinnamon dash and crumbled raw cashews.

 

CONSISTENCY?    DENSE > SOFT> MOIST.

macros??  figure out for yourself as i dont count macros. Im not a Macro CPA. notr is anyone paying me to do it!  i eat by feel .  i know they re higher protein and fat though.

 

 

THESE ARE AMAZING!!!!!  AND ALL MY CLIENTS  EVEN my DAUGHTER SADIEBEL AND  WIFE NICKI LOVE  them.     JOE DANIELS

www.swingthiskettlebells.com

These bad boys are only 106 lbs each. I need HIGH CALORIES for my Training.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concerned of a high protein diet?  do some research for yourself.  may studies show nonsignificant differences oter than gastrointestinal  events.

Effects of higher- versus lower-protein diets on health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

 

 

 

>>>

Great Beef, Milk, and Egg Protein to Trim Body Fat!

New  Beverly Provosyn is an ultra-premium protein technology based on a time-tested, results-proven protein combining strategy. Distinguishing features:

 

Provosyn Lean Muscle Size Protein System consisting of a 2:1 ratio of whole egg to milk protein, plus beef. This combination is based on “secret” recipes used by famed nutritionists of the 1950s and 60s to help clients build lean muscle without gaining fat.

 

Easily digested 100% whole egg, Grade A milk protein isolate and 100% natural beef yielding an overall intermediate absorption speed that supports maximum muscle size and development.

More than 9,000 mg of EAAs including over 4,000 mg of BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine and valine) per serving.

 

Ideal for:

  • 40-plus individuals seeking to lean down and harden up, reduce age-associated loss of muscle size and strength, or maximize muscular gains from workouts.
  • High school, collegiate and professional athletes seeking to add muscular weight.
  • Dieters and physique competitors of all kinds seeking to trim body fat without losing muscle.

For maximum results:

Combine Beverly Provosyn with Multiple Enzyme Complex and Ultra 40 100% Argentine Beef Liver tablets.

 

To make a delicious shake:

  • Pour 8 oz of cold water into a blender or the container of your choice.
  • Add 2 scoops of  Beverly Provosyn and blend or mix until the texture is smooth or as you desire it.
  • Drink and enjoy!

For a thicker, sweeter shake, reduce the amount of water slightly. Adding 3-4 small ice cubes when blending will also increase thickness. For a thinner shake, add more water.

For something different and delicious, combine 1-2 scoops of Provosyn with 1 scoop of Ultimate Muscle Protein (UMP) and 12-16 oz of water!

Heavy-training athletes seeking additional calories can combine Provosyn with Mass Maker.

 

 

The best times to use Provosyn are:

  • within 1 hour before and/or after lifting weights (resistance exercise)
  • first thing in the morning
  • before bed
  • any other time of day to increase your daily protein intake

Supplement Facts:

 

Serving Size: 2 scoops (41 g)

Servings Per Container: 15

 

Amount per Serving

Calories 210

Calories from Fat 100

Total Fat 11 g

Saturated Fat 3 g

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 370 mg

Total Carbohydrates 4 g

Sugars 3 g

Protein 21 g

Vitamin A 219 IU

Calcium 296 mg

Iron 1.8 mg

Sodium 180 mg

Potassium 170 mg

 

Provosyn Lean Muscle Size Protein System 33 g

(100% Whole Egg, Grade A Milk Protein Isolate, Sodium Caseinate, 100% Natural Beef Protein)

 

Other ingredients: Natural and artificial flavors, sunflower oil, xanthan gum, mono- and diglycerides, potassium phosphate, sodium silicoaluminate, silicon dioxide, soy lecithin, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, tocopherols (added to protect flavor).

 

Allergen information: This product contains milk, egg and soy (from lecithin).

Note: Manufacturers continually change product specifications. While we try our best to keep product descriptions up to date, they do not necessarily reflect the latest information available from the manufacturer. We are not responsible for incorrect or outdated product descriptions and/or images.

 

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Watch Out: 90 Day Experts and Unfit Nutritional Advisors

Posted on April 20, 2012 by jdaniels0462

As you all know health and wellness is my passion. Its not just about losing 5 lbs.   Facebook and other social networks have been amazing for accountability and learning about fitness for many people including myself.   Especially it is great for word of mouth marketing  which is perhaps the strongest driver of whether a person will purchase or try something out.

Everyday I see posts in my network about , “try this new drink”  ”do this new workout”   etc.   Especially these multilevel marketing companies.   Someone finishes a “challenge” then all of a sudden they’re  ”experts” and “coaches”   while I’m not going to get into the whole thing as it makes my blood boil…   but here is the recent post i just saw that just blew my damn mind.

Ill omit the name of the company but you’ll get the picture.

”   Check this out ladies… from my girl (name)    ….”Woke up today..and somehow lost 6pounds in the last week…best of it is..ive had 3 big macs this week? Who needs a real diet..unless you do ——–♥.”

 

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME.   YOU ARE SUPPOSEDLY PROMOTING A HEALTH PRODUCT  AND TEACHING PEOPLE TO EAT BETTER YET YOU LIST THAT AS LONG AS YOU DRINK THESE SHAKES THE WEIGHT WILL FALL OFF EVEN IF YOU EAT BIG MACS AND IN A LATER POST CAKES AND CANDY.  ?????   EXCUSE ME BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE WARNED THAT THIS IS A TERRIBLY UNHEALTHY WAY TO LIVE.    AS LONG AS IT MAKES YOU MONEY THOUGH  I GUESS YOU DONT CARE.

It still blows my mind that the comments are coming through that people are surprised that they are eating like crap yet as long as they drink these shakes they keep losing 5 lbs or whatever.  ITS NOT ALL ABOUT WEIGHT PEOPLE .  Learn something about proper nutrition before you go adding  shakes and thinking thats the end of your problems.

The sad thing is that most of these people are pretty young and SHOULDNT learning  that this is a proper lifestyle.  Drink this and continue eating crap,  and that its all based on losing weight.    Theres a difference of being 150 lbs with 18% body fat and being 150 lbs at 40% body fat!!!!!!!!

  •  WE NEED TO LEARN WHAT WE PUT IN OUR BODY .
  • ITS OUR BODY AND ITS MADE OF WHAT WE PUT IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Most people spend more money on their  fucking car than they do taking care of themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • ITS YOUR BODY!!!!
  • Healthy food is too expensive????   stop buying 200 dollar jeans and 150$ shoes  every now and then   ITS YOUR DAMN BODY!!!!!!!
  • people never want health until THEY CANT HAVE IT!!!!!
  • ITS YOUR BODY TAKE CARE OF IT!!!!
  • WHAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
  • THERE IS NO MAGIC PILL or MAGIC SHAKE!!!!  exercise, nutrition, sleep, stress relief, love and caring. that is what will make you as healthy as you can be.

Get active and eat better foods.  sure these can help to get you on the right path to a better lifestyle but if you are being told that its fine to eat junk food and fast food all the time can’t you see that  you’re just being hooked???  If you want to keep losing weight and  never changing your eating habits? you’ll be drinking these things forever!! Seems pretty expensive to me….   But also seems like an INCREDIBLY lucrative marketing plan…..

Ive spent hundreds of free hours teaching people and clients better eating habits with whole real foods.  Hell I’ve spent a a couple hundred hours teaching kettle bells for free to people from all over because i believe in HEALTH and wellness.    I don’t expect everyone to train with me forever.  But if i didn’t teach them the correct way and the healthiest ways then i would just be lying to myself  and you all know mew better than that.   So to almost every single one of you 90 day fitness experts, I’ve been doing this  10 times longer than 95% of you out there.  Stop trying to get me on your team and sell things to my healthy community  network.  There is nothing you can teach me that i don’t already know .   If I want your help ill ask for it.  and finally yes I DO  know  how much money i could make selling your services.   IM NOT INTERESTED. I HAVE MY OWN COMPANY.  I WORK FOR MYSELF.   IM HERE TO HELP OTHERS LIVE THEIR LIVES BETTER. NOt by telling them Big Macs are fine as long as they have their 2 a day shake………

 

Its gonna take a lot longer than 90 days to become an expert or even really good at something . All that means is you’ve done something for 90 days.  Hell after reading that post it made me feel like i smoked crack for 90 days……. I still can’t believe it.

 

So to all people out there who are looking for anything like I’m talking about, there are a FEW people who are using these products correctly and teaching a healthy philosophy along with it. if you are interested , nO I WILL NOT BE USING THIS, but I can give you the names of people that I actually do trust.

And No they won’t be pushing big macs along with it!

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Cincinnati and Northern KY LOCAL Kettlebell and Personal Training

Posted on April 9, 2012 by jdaniels0462

So you support your local farmer and eatery, eh??   How about supporting your local Strength Studio?  At Swing This Kettlebell   we have

  • free range weights and Local Steel forged Kettlebells .
  •  Our Ropes have been selected from the finest of cottons. 10,065 thread count to be exact for your supple hands.  We dont want you ripping open!!! Only the best for our guests!
  • We dont use air conditioning, just the breeze of jump ropes to keep you cool and the world green.
  • Our astro turf isnt plastic and wont leach out harmful chemicals into the air. It is actual real grass that you train on that we fertilize with manure from the cows that eat the grass to keep it at a manageable level of play. This helps us keep a sustainable training center.
  •  Even our lights are based on the rise and fall of the sun. Its nothing new ,were not pushing any envelopes just training like we have for thousands of years.  Who needs bosu balls when you can train your  proprioception  in the pitch black??   Thats real life . We dont train just train for athletics we train for power outages and armageddon.
  • Breathing problems/?  our air is filtered 400 times per hour using only a modest amount of spider plants and rare ferns,  which you can also eat if your blood sugar gets a little too low.  Were Beyond paleo.     We only eat Stardust  (and ferns) .
  • Stay later for Stephen Hawking lectures/ discussion and telekinetic yoga.
  • On Saturday we move weight with our mind. Did you know that we have some advanced trainees that can move 4 microns of dust at a time?????  In only 2 years , this could be you!

 

  •  So what are you waiting for ?  Train insanely Local.  Train so close to home you turn back time. Train at Swing This Kettlebells. We’ll even tuck you in at night.

 

  • Thats how much we care.

Local and Sustainable, Because We Care. A lot.

DISCLAIMER:

(this is slightly embellished.  We are close to you and were not a corporate gym. Ive never eaten stardust, although fern shoots are delicious. Our astroturf is exactly what you would think it is made out of. )

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Tunnel Vision, Mountain Biking and Bi Bim Bab!

Posted on April 9, 2012 by jdaniels0462

I believe that if you take time off of an activity you love, you will come back to it with renewed interest. Take my day for example. 4/7/12

 RIDING DIRTY AFTER NORTHERN KY AND CINCINNATI KETTLEBELL CLASSES !!!

Started off working with a few clients at the gym then proceeded to do a Kettlebell Sport training session involving snatches. after about 30 min my forearms were so pumped it wasn’t even comfortable to type. My afternoon plan of mountain biking while my mom watched Sadie was starting to sound a little grim. Yeah, hold TIGHT to handles for dear life as you roll through tight, twisty, tree-lined trails. The dangerous quadruple T’s. I actually was so tight that I ended up postponing the first bike ride I’ve done in a year by playing an hour of Skyrim on xbox until my forearm pump went away….

 

Car freshly washed and Rocky mountain Element 30 latched on top, I took off to Devou Park Backcountry Mountain bike trails . Basically in my backyard. Its so sweet that great trails are SO CLOSE. Did I mention mountain biking is one of my most enjoyed activities in the world??

You know “just a quick ride ” was planned. I took my Garmin HEart Rate and GPS with me to really map and compare how this activity is to my workouts  ( see below Garmin app )at the various training facilities I go to. I couldn’t get there fast enough.

As I pulled up listening to a blistering drum attack from Gojira, I threw my gear out of my car and got down the bike. As the dust storm settled onto the blinding white of my car, i thought, ” wax can wait, ill wash it again next week..” Doing a couple half assed mobility exercises i downward dogged my self into the dusty ground. Eh thats good enough. As always as soon as i get ready to go my heart rate jumps and i think “Better go pee” Thats one of the worst when you get halfway up the hill and realize you REALLY should have went…..

Switchbacks to the top of that hill....

getting ready

Devou starts balls to the wall switchbacks. I mean No mercy. you’re at 180 bpm within 2-3 min even in great shape. Legs burning, i thought, “why do I love this so much?? ” I kept reminding myself I get to go downhill to finish. As I neared the top i just focused on it being another training session, cardio wise for the kettle bell comp in a few weeks. As I rounded the next bend i see money on the trail. 5 or 6 bucks. no one around it must be my lucky day. BUt my legs really needed one hundred….. oh well.

top of the hill view

As soon as I reach the top of the hill where the loop starts, There stands my buddy Chris Stephens. What started as a “Up the Hill Down the Hill”, becomes a” Hey I Guess Were Gonna Thrassh for the Next Two Hours.”

 

As Life Should Be.

Adrenaline kicking rolling quickly through the woods breathing Chris’ dust, I quickly remembered why mountain biking is so enjoyable to me.

It turns my brain off. Try speeding 15 MPH between trees that are less than 3 feet apart on a winding, bump and gulley filled track and see if you keep worrying about those TPS reports for the Bobs on monday.

  • Trust me this aint a case of the MOndays.
  • This is real
  • this is fun
  • This is Hard
  • This is Worth It.
  • This makes you better
  • this is power
  • this is control
  • this is excitement
  • this is dangerous
  • this is you. MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY.
This is better than a stupid monster drink.
This is better than any drug.
This will transform you.
This is life.
This resets you from the normal everyday.
THIS IS HEALING.
Back to the Ride……….. Chris mentioned his ccardio wasn’t up there even as he had done SPINNING all winter. My thoughts on that. Spinning is stationary. yes you can dial up intensity and crank it out standing up but THERE ARE NO REAL DANGERS . On a mountain bike YOUR ADRENALINE IS BEING PUMPED and changing your body as fast as it can be produced!!
  • increased heart rate for more blood pumping oxygen to tissues,
  • cat like reflexes to dodge trees, rocks and flying squirrels
  • laser eyes to cut through the tunnel vision you’ve produced to react to a depth perception change you normally never feel.!!! Whens the last time your computer was hurtling at you snapping branches at your face ???


  • thought so
Such Adrenaline producing exercise burns calories and blood sugar FAST. Luckily I had 4 clementines in my backpack.

Possibly the Best Exercise for any type of cycling or anything else for that matter.

Flying down these trails makes me realize that kettlebell training has made an incredible difference in my biking strength and endurance. Even last week I overheard Jason Reser of Reser Bikes in Newport tell another person training at swing that he just never really got anything out of other gyms. I love hearing things like that.

At the bottom of the trail Chris mentioned that he felt the energy from the clementine for about 5 minutes or so. Its really cool when you eat clean you can feel what your body needs and how food fuels you. Makes sense as fructose goes quickly to the liver to be released into blood sugar for us to use when our blood sugar drops .            Mountain Biking is a high intensity exercise burning around 10 calories a minute. Well there you go.

5x 10 = bye bye clementine. We were seriously running out of steam. I had 2 more pieces of fruit ….

At the bottom of the main trail we decided to toss our bikes on the rack of my car and go to a close trail I’ve never been on yet. Even fatigued our rationalization was its easy to go up hill first and fly down at the end……. So thats what we did
At the bottom of it we were suiting up our bikes and I enthusiastically explain hey I found a bag of raw cashews.
We split them. As I poured out a handful to Chris a couple fell on the parking lot. He said ” I’m so hungry I could eat that off the dirty parking lot!”

Too late as I already scooped them up to my mouth. Hey, a raw cashew doesn’t grow on trees in covington ky.

Doesn't look too dirty to me!

People are way too uptight about germs nowadays. I mean really we probably rode bikes through all sort of deer crap and who knows what in mud puddles. I rarely get colds compared to the people who live in sanitized bubbles!
We made it to the top and enjoyed flying down the hill again. At the bottom we looked like death and really needed to eat. So both of us not eating junk and Chris being on a strict cutting nutrition plan ( diet is a horrible word and something people will always fall off of…). We decided to go to Riverside Korean in Covington. It would be the finish of a great riding day. But it was the beginning of another important conversation…..

And here’s where my next blog will begin. ASIAN WEIGHT LOSS SECRETS. The follow up to Japanese Weight GAIN Secrets. Thanks for being patient everyone.

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H.I.R.T.S. Punching Fun

Posted on April 4, 2012 by jdaniels0462

Enjoy killing core and cardio with resistance to your punches.  H.I.R.T.S by Suples

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