I’ve heard the phrase a few times, in different contexts, but anyway you look at it, it makes sense.

If you surround your self with people who are smarter than you, you will become smarter if you learn from them.

If you surround your self with people who are more successful than you, you will gain a working knowledge of what contributes to their success and be able to implement similar practices toward your own success.

If you surround your self with people who are conscience about nutrition and exercise, you will be encouraged to exercise and make healthy food choices.

The statement holds true to a great many things, including the bad, but I’ll stick to the positive spin here.

It may be hard to evaluate some relationships to see if they are helping you or harming you, but after you have and after you make some changes, you’ll see a difference in the things you’re looking to stop doing and an increase in the things you’re trying to start.

Try it out… Pick something bold and positive that you’d like to use to influence your life for the better.  Start spending time with people who possess that quality and who have mastered it.  See if you pick up and implement anything they do.

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As it turns out kettlebell training isn’t supposed to hurt.  (Hopefully you can hear my sarcasm.) The reality is that if kettlebell training hurts you aren’t doing something right, much like other exercises.

All that wrist banging, bruises, and contusions…yep, they shouldn’t exist.  So what’s up?

First, just with anything else you do, both in and out of the exercise world; there’s the wrong way to do an exercise, there are a variety of acceptable ways to do exercises, and then there’s the right way or the preferred way to do an exercise.

This is where you have to take the time to learn.  Take the time to learn how to do kettlebell exercises the right way with someone who actually knows what they are doing, and who has used them for a significant period of time.

It all unfolds from here…if you learn the right way to do kettlebell exercises then it isn’t going to hurt you, even snatches.

Here’s the stipulation.  Most of us have only done exercises that require the implement; either dumbbell, medicine ball, or barbell, among others all sit within our grip and the weight is distributed throughout our hands.

In some kettlebell training exercises such as snatches, cleans, presses, windmills, and Turkish get-ups, the majority of the weight rests on the outer part of your forearm.  Since our forearms are not used to this pressure from our other forms of exercise it takes some conditioning to get used to having weight rest on your forearm.

As you learn kettlebell training you will soon see that with proper instruction and technique that you will not bang your wrists, you won’t have bruises, and you won’t be in pain (except for maybe your glutes and hamstrings).

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