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A Weekly Fitness Bucket List

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Current Goals Over the next couple months, I will be following this general program for the snatch and the jerk. I will be training along with a few other friends and will be tracking my progress. If you would like to train with me (in-person or virtually), please reach out. I'm currently training for the A gatsu Level 2 Kettllebell Certification in June (link to fitness standards ) and planning to compete in the April Agatsu Kettlebell Comp as a milestone ... and to catch up again with kettlefriends :) Managing Goals and Expectations I also have a lot of interests, including kickboxing, CrossFit, BJJ, yoga, running, calisthenics, and experimenting with new stuff (e.g. mace). This can make it very hard to focus or make any significant progress. Knowing this, I'm managing my expectations and thinking long term. The time-specific goals help me train hard and focus. The long-term mindset helps me avoid shortcuts that can compromise my long-term success. Examples i

Agatsu Level 2 Prep

Preamble Shortly after I completed the Agatsu Kettlebell Level 2 Certification (June 2017), a few people reached out on how I prepared. I was excited to share my journey, but when I started to write, I didn't know where to start. And I still feel like I don't have a complete answer. However, seeing how the certification is coming up this June, I figured I should put something out there. This is also about the time last year when I started to seriously prepare. And while I "passed" Level 2, I'm still working on the Level 2 fitness standards, and hope to get closer to 100% by June. Enough of the preamble. Here is a primer on how I prepped for Level 2. Questions and comments are most certainly welcomed. What is Agatsu Level 2? Agatsu is well known for its kettlebell certification program in Canada and worldwide. More notably, it is known for producing well-rounded generalists with high fitness standards. The Agatsu Level 2 Kettlebell Instructor Ce