I’ll take positive reinforcement wherever I can get it. Today, I had two things to celebrate.
I didn’t feel like working out at all today. The kids were napping at about the time we were supposed to pack up to go. I had little energy and was feeling a bit moody… and the little voice in my head kept saying, “Take a rest day, you need rest!”
Fortunately, my trainer’s voice rang in my ears, “Fat doesn’t take a day off!”
I got my butt in the car and took the 9- and 2-year olds with me to the FitPro Hawaii studio. Yay, me!
After a series of turkish get ups with the 8kg and my favorite obliques-killing exercise, the twist press, Bill announced it was time to practice our snatches.
To review, a “snatch” is sorta like a one-handed swing that ends with the kettlebell resting on the back of your wrist. If done properly, the kettlebell floats its way up and over your hand, lightly resting on the back of your wrist.
I’ve had a mental block with snatches, ever since my failure to complete 100 snatches on my own. Since I couldn’t master the “pull” part of the swing, the kettlebell would land pretty hard, bruising the back of my wrists.
Today would be a different day. With my nephew standing by and my son playing the alphabet song, Liz and I completed a series of snatches with the 8kg kettlebell:
10 on our left, 10 on our right (times 3)
5 on our left, 5 on our right (times 4)
Holy cannoli! That was 100 snatches- 50 per arm! Woo hoo!
