Catharsis:
Pronunciation: \kə-ˈthär-səs\
Function: noun
2 a: purification or purgation of the emotions primarily through art.
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By Justin Matthews, on March 24th, 2010
It has been over a year now. I mark the weekend of St. Patricks Day as my official entry into the kettlebell world. I guess that I could say it was February of 2009 that I started but that was not as memorable.
So here is the chronicle of my rise to the kettlebell. My wife and I have been looking for something to supplement our weight machine and elliptical. She asked if I had heard of these “kettle thingies”. I didn’t realize it but I had. I remember saying “those are those Russian things that are supposed to be really good exercise.” I did some research after that and decided that I was right, kettlebells were a great workout.
In February, I went a bought a set of kettlebells at Big 5 sporting goods. The set had a 5#, 10#, 15#, and 20# and it was on sale. That is what sold
Continue reading How I Got Into Kettlebells
By Justin Matthews, on February 23rd, 2010
Hello All. I really need to get my prewriting done so that I can post at the same time every day. This has been another day of labs and running. I haven’t decided if it is a good thing or not that my 3 year old is so good for blood draws. with the help of some numbing cream she doesn’t flinch or even cry anymore. She is amazing. My wife works in an ER and she comes home with stories of football players and “manly men” that cry and blubber over the sight of a needle. And my 3 year old puts them to shame. I am so proud.
She is small but a great example to me of Inner Strength. The part I am focusing on here is just doing what needs to be done, no matter what. She put up with 9 major surgeries and 2 years worth of
Continue reading Functional Strength and Inner Strength
By Justin Matthews, on December 29th, 2009
I have been thinking for 2 days now about this post. I didn’t get to it yesterday and today I decided to do something else and now, I am going to combine them. If that made sense to anyone else, you may need professional help. So here goes.
I finally got my 55# kettlebell for Christmas. It was a gift from my parents and they thought I was strange for even asking for it. It was kind of funny how ticked off I was when, after they asked what I wanted and I told them a 24 kilo bell, my mother said the clerks in the sporting goods store didn’t think anyone should need a bell that heavy and only football players and weightlifters needed that size. My response was childish I suppose. I was mad that anyone would presume to know me and what
Continue reading Kettlebells and Winter Driving
By Justin Matthews, on December 18th, 2009
Just have to keep it up I say to myself. Just do it. How do you ever expect to make anything as a writer if you don’t write? That is where I am today. I did get some great Christmas shopping done and a few other things that I needed to do, but it took me quite the long time to get around to writing.
See I have this problem, I like to procratinate and talk alot. I am full of …..well knowledge among other things. I have spent way too much time reading or “researching” how to do things instead of just doing them.
I started kettlebell training last February. I read a bit then got some small kettlebells. Then I read. and Read. And Read. Trained a little, and read a lot. If knowledge of the kettlebell were worth anything tangible, I would be rich. As it is I am somewhat
Continue reading Writing for Writings Sake
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