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!

Want to improve your Kettlebell Sport numbers? I'm available to book workshops starting January 2016. Email info@kbfitbritt.com.