Sistas of Strength Fitness and Nutrition Blog

Putting Yourself First

Baby, Family, Motherhood, Women's Health, Working Moms 13 Comments

How do you start your day? Grumpy? Frustrated? Tired? Or...excited? I know someone who wakes up really happy (maybe not all the time, but certainly 95% of the time). He's usually all smiles when I walk into his room in the morning. All four limbs … [Read more...]

You Know You’re a Mom When

Baby, Family, Motherhood 36 Comments

This past weekend I kept doing things that helped me realize just how different my life is now that I am a mom. I thought it would be fun to hear from some of you about things that are different in your life now that you're a mom (besides the obvious … [Read more...]

Weekend Warrior

Fitness, kettlebells, RKC Preparation 9 Comments

I've mentioned in recent posts that my training schedule right now is completely different than what I normally do as I prepare for my RKC in 2.5 weeks. (Seriously...how did it get here so fast?) I have been doing my three longer/harder training … [Read more...]

Three Things Thursday

Baby, Fitness, Working Moms 6 Comments

I am not going to lie. I'm pretty worn out. As in when I hit the pillow at night it takes me about .2 seconds to fall asleep. And that is at 9pm...I can barely keep my eyes open any later than that. All exhaustion aside, things are going well. CJ is … [Read more...]

What The Heck Are You Waiting For?

Faith, Family, Women's Health 26 Comments

Confession: More often than not I get so wrapped up in waiting for the perfect time to do something that nothing gets accomplished. I wait and wait... saying "yes, let's do that, but later." I try to plan everything out and spend lots of time … [Read more...]

RKC Preparation Video 2

Fitness, kettlebells, RKC Preparation, strength training, Workouts 5 Comments

Did you see the first video of my training for RKC that I posted on Monday? I have one more video to share from this past weekend and then we'll move onto something else for next week. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2Zfgbt-Gs A few … [Read more...]

RKC Practice Video

kettlebells, RKC Preparation, strength training, Workouts 8 Comments

Last week I posted a workout that I'm doing as part of my preparation for RKC...coming up in just over 4 weeks. Here is a video of these exercises. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_y-TZyPxHY A few things: My husband was working out with … [Read more...]

The Final Countdown…to RKC

Fitness, kettlebells, RKC Preparation, Skill of Strength, strength training, Workouts 12 Comments

I have been sick as a dog the last few days so this post took me way longer to write than normal...hopefully I'll get back in action today and be ready to train this weekend! I got an email from my kettlebell buddy the other day. We met at … [Read more...]

Nine Months

Baby, Family, Motherhood 24 Comments

Someone turned 9 months old yesterday. That means 2 things: 1. In 3 months he will be 1 year old. I have heard it a billion times and I'm sure you have too, but kids seriously grow WAY too fast. I can't even wrap my head around the fact that … [Read more...]

Snow Day!

Baby, Family 16 Comments

I don't usually post on Fridays, but these pictures were so cute that I had to share them. I was working from home yesterday so on one of hubby's breaks from clients we took CJ out in the snow. So fun...he loved it. I think we warmed him up with the … [Read more...]

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