And the bell went flying...

Despite the weather being a balmy 100 degrees and our gym being packed, we had a good turn out and great performances at the USAKL Bolt Kettlebell Sport competition on Saturday!

KOR had a strong team showing of 17 athletes (our team is growing fast!). I'm proud to say my students demonstrated good technical proficiency with the lighter bells (12-16kg), which is something I impress upon them is NECESSARY before moving up to the heavier weights.

Dan - 24kg Half Snatch - 95 repetitions

Kristen - 18kg Snatch - 153 repetitions

Brittany - 18kg TALC / 24kg Snatch - 60 / 141 repetitions

Lauren - 16kg Snatch / 16kg OALC - 167 / 111 repetitions

Elsa - 14kg Snatch / 16kg OALC - 186 / 101 repetitions

Dustin - 16kg TALC - 79 repetitions

Melissa - 12kg TALC / 16kg OALC - 79 / 105 repetitions

Bobby - 16kg TALC - 109 repetitions

Kaleb - 16kg Snatch - 207 repetitions

Gary - 16kg TALC / 16kg Snatch - 93 / 209 repetitions

Emily - 12kg TALC / 24kg OALC - 87 / 80 repetitions

Justin - 16kg TALC - 45 repetitions

Alan - 20kg TALC - 66 repetitions

Dave - 16kg TALC / 16kg Snatch - 83 /186 repetitions

Travis - 12kg TALC - 112 repetitions

Ram - 16kg TALC / 16kg Snatch - 100 / 189 repetitions

Stephen - 12kg OALC - 105 repetitions

As the title of this post suggests, the 24kg green monster bell went flying during my set, around 40-something repetitions on my right hand! I pushed my grip too far, which would have been a disaster at a single hand switch competition... lucky for me, this was Bolt so I picked the bell back up and kept going.

(Skip to minute 3 for the exciting part...)

All in all, I'm pleased with my own sets and super impressed by my athletes' performances. Coaching Kettlebell Sport has been more rewarding than I could have imagined!

Shoutout to Erik, Dan, Kristen, Eric, Mike, and everyone who contributed to putting together this event.

Thanks to everyone who came out - look forward to another meet at KOR Strength and Conditioning in the not too distant future!