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Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but my suggestion is to work on the negative portion. Start in a push up position, up on your toes (not knees). Lower yourself to the ground slowly, put your knees down at that point and push yourself back up with your arms. Repeat x 10 (or whatever). Might sound silly, but it…

I train with kettlebells daily, and have done so for the past year and a half. I also train with barbells/dumbbells/body weight. I have lost a lot of weight, but I wouldn't put that down to kettlebells. The weight loss is really down to how I eat and the fact that I'm not sitting on my *kitten* 24/7. I don't do…

Doesn't Pat Flynn have forums on his site set up for this very thing? Not saying you shouldn't ask here--I'm merely suggesting that using his forums would probably net you better results if you're looking for others doing Pat Flynn's courses.

I completed the 10k swings yesterday--20 workouts with a 20kg (44 lb.) bell. I used presses, chin ups, push ups, and squats (alternated between goblet and double 16kg front squats) as the exercises between sets. As always, I trained alone. I definitely improved my grip strength and my conditioning--as Dan John suggested, I…

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Also, do not use that Angie Miller dvd that someone else recommended.

Hi Kelly, joe_d has given you the best advice--if you're brand new to kettlebells it's really best to get some hands-on training from someone who knows what they're doing. I'd add that in addition to RKC certified trainers, SFG (StrongFirst) is another excellent certification to look out for when you're searching for…

I'm starting this one today, and I'll be rotating in the suggested exercises during the rest periods. Today I think I'll press.

Wow, congratulations! You've always been a great motivator for so many of us here at MFP, and it's great to see you continue to challenge yourself. That part where someone fell through the ceiling? How totally bizarre...hope said person is ok.

I'm so pleased to learn that I can purchase a proper lady's kettlebell that won't hurt my nails!

I haven't quite figured out what to do with the empties, but I've held on to a few in case an idea comes to me. Hopefully someone will reply to the thread with the perfect way to reuse these things.

Lose fat, that's what it all comes down to. Unfortunately, there's no way to spot reduce.

By simply eating as I want to. No need for a "cleanse" or "detox". Our bodies are perfectly capable of detoxing and cleansing without any weird diet, supplements, etc. Just eat as you're going to eat and get on with it.

If you can avoid pre-packaged, processed foods it shouldn't be a problem at all. Fruits, veggies, meats, eggs, etc. Calories are the same everywhere.

I walk an hour to an hour and a half and lift some sort of weights for about the same amount of time 5x per week. The other two days I just walk for an hour or two.

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I'd either just marry as you are (don't frantically try to lose a ton of weight in 5 short weeks), or put the wedding off for a bit. If I'm reading your ticker correctly, you want to lose 74kg? That's a fair bit of weight, and is going to take a while to shift. You can do it, just give yourself a lot of time and do it…

I home schooled my son for about a year and a half. It had absolutely nothing to do with religious issues, or school curricula. In a nutshell, it was down to his extra curricular life taking over everything. He was/is a young ballet dancer and was at a stage in his training where it was becoming necessary to have male…

It looks like a BodyPump class with a 8kg kettlebell. I don't do it, and am not a fan of what I saw in the promo video. I'm guessing people track that as cardio, or perhaps circuit training.

I agree that you should see a doctor, and not maybe in a little while. ASAP...you want to get this figured out. Hormonal issues are really such a pain to deal with.

Congratulations, YO! Looking fabulous up there--what a winner! :drinker:

I've responded privately, but in case anyone reading is interested, I'll give a very brief run down here. I'm training for an upcoming event, so I'm doing a lot of kettlebell work right now in preparation for that. The training schedule is five days per week, which is why I recently upped my training sessions. I experience…

You might want to see about having your thyroid checked, and especially if you're experiencing other symptoms of thyroid dysfunction. As for your diet, you may need more starchy carbs (by that I mean potatoes, sweet potatoes, root veggies) than what you're getting, in addition to what others have suggested with the…

See a doctor if you suspect you've got an intolerance.

What really helped me was to stop thinking of foods as belonging to certain meals. This might sound really obvious to you, or perhaps not, but dinner leftovers at breakfast are quick and easy....also rather tasty. Sometimes I like a salad with meat at breakfast as well, or even a lettuce wrapped burger.

I'm not really interested in a fight about the pros and cons of different ways of eating. I think we're all similar but different, if that makes sense. I know my health issues require me to restrict carbs, and I've done so to varying degrees throughout the past year or so. It's helped me immensely. There isn't really…

Earlier in the thread, someone said restricting carbs isn't necessary. That's true for a lot of people, but carb restriction is important and necessary for some of us. I'm one of those people. Staying very low carb to moderately low carb hasn't meant lack of energy or poor performance for me, but changing my diet has made…

I always thought the idea behind "slow and steady" was that if you were taking things at a reasonable pace, surely you must be learning some good habits along the way that will aid in maintaining the fitter/healthier body you become.

Thank you for articulating what I was awkwardly trying to say, Casey! :flowerforyou:

Eating this way was key for me to get control of my health, as I am one of those unlucky people who has medical issues that demand some dietary modifications. I agree that the Paleo evangelicals/zealots/nutters/whatever you want to call them are extremely annoying. The caveman bit never appealed to me, and I didn't find it…