Thank you! I will certainly think about that! You're right, I probably won't be able to be as far forward but my belly isn't too big yet so I will work with what I have for now. IT SURE IS! I lived in Portland for about 5 years (2013-2018) and essentially lived at Industrial Strength. I loved that place so much. That is actually where I first learned about kettlebells and I have been addicted ever since. Tony and Mira are awesome.

This was awesome! The L.A.B. has been a good "teacher" this week. I really liked your explanation on the different gears and how that fits into bodyweight training. I think I used to go into many of the movements thinking I *needed* to be at 90-100% where you highlight why that really isn't going to be the best bet. I definitely remember the feeling of having way too much tension to be able to move fluidly at all. I have heard the 'breathing behind the shield' cue many times before so that also helped me clue in to how to fit all of this is with my current skill set or mental framework. THANK YOU and I will try to make sure I am on the call next week!

@Zachary Henderson I somehow automatically heard some sort of movie reference with the mere mention of Brett Jones. 😆 Yeah 'turning down the volume' was an absolute game changer for me for my KB cleans!

Hello! My name is Sammantha and I am here from rural Comstock, Minnesota. I am the mom to a wild toddler, 3 large dogs, and am about 14 weeks pregnant with baby #2. I work as an Infectious Disease specialist by day and love working on my kettlebell skills and bodyweight strength by night (and during lunch breaks). My biggest goal for the next several weeks is to overall be less intimidated by the OAPU and pistol squat and learn to tools to harness full body tension to put towards those two movements. My toddler dictates a lot of my reading and right now (The Gruffalo is on heavy rotation), BUT non-children book reading lately includes 'The Calamity Club' by Kathryn Stockett, which I just started Friday.