Part 4 – Kettlebell, Soccer Field, Audition, and Retreat Prayer
Life was bearing down. Ever have those weeks when it is all happening at once? Maybe that is most weeks for you. For me, the last week of January is my week that I lose the most sleep during the year. It is the week before our high school winter retreat. This is the event that I start praying about 6 months out, jotting notes 4 months out, and kick off the new year locked in on making it as awesome as possible. This year another opportunity clouded the schedule. I had an audition for a commercial that required memorizing a couple of pages of dialogue. Uh-oh…time is ticking…stresses escalating…pressures mounting…time to workout and pray!
This 2 minute video sums up my experience, and out of this came a bootcamp template that I used for 4 weeks and my clients loved it. Check it out…
Here are more details about the kettlebell workout that you can do on your own or with friends. You only need a bell or two (if you need different weights for the exercises) and 100-ish yards of space. Obviously, you could do it with less space and run back and forth, but it helps mentally if you have more space to run.
1) Start 50 yards away from your bell or weights and do 15 squats.
2) Run to the bell and perform 5 snatches on each side
3) Run 50 yards away from the bell and do 10 push-ups.
4) Run back to the bell and do 5 one-arm rows on each side (this is why you might need different weights depending on your snatch and row strength)
5) Run back to “start”. That’s 1! Do 10 total rounds = 150 squats, 100 push-ups, 50 snatches (each side), 50 one-arm rows (each side), and 2000 yards of running.
I combined my squats with prayer and continued praying through the run to the kettlebell. After snatches, I read a line or two from my script and repeated it over and over as I ran to the push-up area. I repeated the lines back to the kettlebell. After the one-arm rows, I prayed back to the “start” area and repeated the process for 10 total rounds.
Update – I didn’t get the commercial, but the retreat was amazing! Prayers were answered and there will be other auditions in the future…no big deal!
Live with Strength!
Jason
