_I was watching the playoff games and something dawned on me.  It's obvious the players are in excellent shape. Why do these guys train the way they do?  The main purpose of their training is to be better athletes: run faster jump higher, play longer. Another huge reason is to be able to handle the rigors of the game; these guys hit each other HARD!  While no amount of training can prevent all accidental injuries, I know I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of those hits. But these guys do it over and over again for four 15 minute quarters. 

How does this apply to what we do?  Well, even though we're probably not going to be heading to the NFL, we have our own hits that we take: work, kids, obnoxious boss, finances, etc.  One of the reasons we train the way we do is to be able to handle the shots that come at us--to handle them and keep moving forward. 

_Today was a wicked fun Team Workout!  Everyone did an awesome job this morning. 

Today was a partner workout
20 Push up
10/10 Med ball passes
(M) 3200k from ground to overhead
(W) 1600k from ground to overhead
10/10 Med ball passes
20 Push ups

Only one person could work at a  time, each person had to do their push ups then for the med ball passes we were about 12 feet apart, the guys used a 16# med ball and the ladies used an 8# med ball.  We had to do a full squat and throw the med ball to our partner, if the ball dropped the rep didn't count.  For the ground to overhead, the guys all used 2 16k kettlebells and the ladies used 2 8k kettlebells, the object was to lift the bells until we got the respective amount done (32k x 100 reps = 3200k) then back to med ball passes and we finished with some more push ups.  It was a great challenge! 

We did this workout for time and here are the teams and their results:

Mike G and Hunter 11:01
Joe and Tyler 9:07
Lisa and Forrest 9:05
Beth and Cheryl 8:54
Dana and Dan 7:39

Granite State Kettlebells is mentioned in the Keene Sentinel!

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_My friend Sarah Canney wrote a great blog post about eating clean, as you go through the 30 day challenge, you'll probably see some similarities with yourself and what Sarah has written about.

Check out her blog The Runner-Mom Chronicles here:

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