CrossFitting Mama: Strong IS beautiful!

AJ gets a lesson in squatting from the master

Before my hubby was the love of my life he was my personal trainer, specifically he taught me the art of kettlebell-ing. Now I have had one or two or twelve personal trainers in my day and I have been a trainer for the past ten (plus) years so I know a thing or two about a thing or two, James Sjostrom is hands down the best piece of a... wait, I mean the best personal trainer I have ever run across. He just gets it! He delivers instruction with authority, experience, humor and something like a sixth sense that instills in you the confidence to wield a ball of heavy iron in a manner that makes you look and feel bad-ass. Now before I go off on a total tangent about my manimal (totally unbias I assure you!) let me get to the point. My girls got to experience a lil taste of Mr. Sjostrom's tough love and expertise this week and their KB swings are the better for it! BUT not just the swing, any movement where we incorporate the hip-pop has improved this week because of our fifteen minutes with James. I'm loving my boot campers poppiness and their tooshes are lovin it too!

This week we also got our first taste of the barbell! Hello deadlift! Hello clean! For me these empowering movements (which work better with a good butt squeezing hip pop) not only get me stronger, they build my self-confidence and have completely changed my attitude from "that's too manly for me" to "get out of the way muscle heads, this bitch is gettin her iron on!" and my body is NOTHING like a mans. And unless I devote an ungodly amount of time and drugs to my routine, it never will be. So get over your fear of iron and come join us in conquering your insecurities and sculpting a bod to be proud of.