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Late to the party! I just started competing. My first time I saw a competition was the WKC comp in Chicago in 2013. Before I even knew what it was. I was doing hardstyle and had no idea there was a different type of kettlebell lifting. I checked the comp out, and became hooked and learned on my own through Mike Stefano's…

I've tried..but none of the brands I've ever tired have dissolved very well.

At first when I saw the title..I was wary of clicking but so nice to see this. I don't wear makeup but I admit, I love wearing cute matching outfits, and I've seen my fair share of eye rolling at my choice of matching attire and cute brazil shorts and tank tops. Doesn't mean I don't know how to train. I do. I just like…

http://www.evolutionchicago.com/ one of the BEST gyms in Chicago. I live all the way in Hyde Park and go there for my kettlebell classes on Sat. If it were closer to me It would be my ONLY gym. But if you live on the northside..WORTH IT!

I would eat the CRAP out of that. Like now..hmm..maybe for lunch.

Never said my bacon was better than your salad. Please, please bold any statement that I said about eating bacon being better. Heck there are times I eat kale salad and love the crap out of it.. and times I need some bacon. And forget the avi, love your stock photo. ;)

Diffference is..i am not preaching my way of eating to distance runners. And neither do I preach about my sport being better than your sport. but if I am going ot have some clean eating person tell me I am unhealthy..you better be ready to prove you can outdo me in my sports..and show your avi. I got tons of me competing.…

YUP!! SHOW YOUR AVIS!!!!!

Actually yes. I am better than the clean eaters who look down their noses at my bacon eating doughnut self. If you can't outlift me in a compeittion. Heck, even if you can..I love eating my nonclean food and will continue to do so. But the clean eater should be better than me in my competition lifts before they preach.

Well what is important for me is to lift heavy things in front of crowds. That;s HEALTHY for me. And for clean eaters to tell me I am going to keel over and be holier than thou? And that I'm somehow threatened because of someone's eating habits? Uh, no. Now if you tell me you are Master of Sport in snatching and…

SO cool! I am not trying to lose weigh though...or else I'd join and be a time lord!

THIS x 10. I think my body speaks for itself too and my performance. I never go out of my way to tell people they eat too clean or dirty or whatever the hip word is. If it tastes good and i hit my macros..I'll eat it. Case in point..I went to a place in Chicago called Glazed and Infused and got a bacon doughnut. Eating it…

Here's a "different" before/after. my before pic, I had lost my baby weight and decided to do a bikini competition. A few months later... http://www.picisto.com/photos/picisto-20140719202002-388665.jpg sure, the 2nd pic isn't all that big but..compared to the first one.. I was bummed. I know now what made me gain.…

Hi Guys! I don't do Chris Powell's book (although I did buy it so I could read it and see if could recommend it to my personal training clients.) I really do believe that low carb works..but the way it's been done, for some people it can lead to bingeing. I know, because it happened to me when I did it super strict a few…

I carb cycle. I started doing it after my powerlifting comp. I thought I was ok with my small weight gain since I was so strong, until I looked at myself in my singlet...ugh. Granted, singlets make everyone look pretty awful. but it just made me realize that aesthetics were still important to me. but i refused to cut…

I carb cycle. I started doing it after my powerlifting comp. I thought I was ok with my small weight gain since I was so strong, until I looked at myself in my singlet...ugh. Granted, singlets make everyone look pretty awful. but it just made me realize that aesthetics were still important to me. but i refused to cut…

Do Whatever you enjoy!! That's what is best. Kb conditioning works best for me because I love it. I now do them without the thought of " how many clean and jerks do I have to do to get rid of last night's dinner?" Nope. now the thought is, "I can clean and jerk with my 16 kg but I want to eventually do the 20 kg.. I train…

I also am shorter than you , as other ladies posted...and I start losing around 1700. I'm 5'3. I lift VERY heavy, I got pretty strong in the short time I was training for powerlifting when I started and now kb sport..but the muscle building is much longer. Rome wasn't built in a day! Lift HEAVY.

Will have to make this!!!

Hey Op, I know what you meant too..ignore the snarky comments. I gained weight running a marathon because I ATE alot of unhealthy stuff but I also ate ALOT of healthy stuff. I just ate too darn much because "I earned it." Which..I did not. After the marathon my appetite had not yet caught up(or shall i say dropped down to…

http://kbgym.com/whiteboard.html He usually puts up a different workout every day. Of course you should already be comfortable with your swings, clean and jerks, snatches.. don't attempt if you aren't comfortable with those moves. But if you are, the workout of the day can be fun!

YUM!!! I think brussel sprouts are about to be sold out where i live now, once this recipe gets popular! Move over Broccoli!!

I'm a personal trainer and while not overweight,, I had extreme pressure to drop it after my baby. Unlike my first child when I wasn't a personal trainer and thus, enjoyed my time with baby and let the weight fall off in a year..I didn't enjoy my 2nd child's first year at all. And I kick myself for it. all the celebrities…

I no longer run AT all. But when I ran a marathon in 2010.. I gained 20 lbs. I found that when I ran a half marathon I didn't gain. I also thought I could eat whatever I wanted when I ran a marathon, wrong. I did and well, I think the reason I didn't gain with the half marathon is because I wasn't so darn hungry after my…

Congrats! Happy 1st Fitversary!

Work on POSTURE. If you have bad posture your belly will seem to stick out, Some crazy diet and or extra exercise won't fix a tummy sticking out if it's bad posture. Also sodium intake. Watch that.Could be bloat.

I don't take it for weight loss but for the other benefits- antinflammation. I also notice I feel less DEPRESSED. I don't think alone it would do the trick..but in conjuction with my antidepressant..it seems to make my antidepressant meds more effective. I don't think alot of studies have been done about it...but from my…

This is a much better 30 day squat challenge- http://www.musclehack.com/30-day-squat-challenge-debunked/#comment-84908

Ditto on Simple and Sinister. I did Simple and SInister last winter to go along with my Powerlifting training. I appreciate the basics..maybe because I also powerlift and like the basics of my barbell moves.Simple and Sinister doesn't break me. I REALLY love it. I don't need 12 different moves. 2 moves and I am all good. I…

I skip breakfast occasionally and I have not starved to death. I usually don't eat my "breakfast" until about 11-12 anyways. (I guess some people call that lunch) . I eat again around 3-4 and my last meal is around 6-7. So it's not like I am skipping anything or starving. I just don't feel like eating at the crack of dawn.…