It’s been a while since I shared some of my favorite posts from around the web, so I’ve accumulated quite a few. I’ve retweeted a few of them, so if you follow me on tweeter, you may have seen a few already. I love getting inspiration from others, and I hope you do too!
First, a stop at my neighbor to the south, Sandy Sommer of CharmCityKettlebells. Sandy wrote an amazing and fair critique of Jillian Michaels new kettlebell workout program in Why Jillian Michaels is Bad for Kettlebells. If you, like me, are a fan of Jillian’s, you owe it to yourself to read this. Unfortunately, as great as Jillian is, she’s gotten into kettlebells without proper training. So please learn from experienced and certified kettlebell trainers like Sandy – he’ll show you what Jillian does wrong so that you can avoid it at home.
Next, I’ve been loving this all month long, but I Love My Legs! is an inspired post from Rachel Cosgrove’s online journal. (Rachel is an accomplished trainer and fitness competitor who runs a gym with her husband, author Alwyn Cosgrove, and is an author in her own right as well.) Rachel hits the nail on the head for women who are overly-critical of themselves and helps to teach us all a lesson about appreciating our bodies.
On the nutrition front, I have a few great selections for you. At the Precision Nutrition blog, a recent post on Research, Big Food, and Science: Cooking up a Conspiracy caught my eye. Anything that helps you take food claims with a huge amount of skepticism is well worth your time to read, and this certainly fits the bill!
And I’ve found a new blog that I absolutely adore. The blog is It’s Not About Nutrition, and is a great resource for parents struggling with helping their kids eat healthy. As someone who gets stressed about what my kids are eating, I find the common sense and educated posts of Dina Rose, PhD to be a breath of fresh air. My selection to share is The Potato Chip Challenge: How we decide what snacks to give our kids. In this piece, Dina shoots holes in the idea that crackers, granola bars, and (sweetened) yogurt are substantially healthier snacks than potato chips. It’s a good lesson for snackers of any age!
Finally, on a personal note, I’m very proud of two “friends” that I’ve met through the on-line fitness community who recently were certified to train kettlebells. Sarah, of StrongSarah was among the first to become Hardstyle Kettlebell Certified. You can read about her experiences in Happy to be Hardstyle Kettlebell Certified, parts I and II. And Anna, of Path to Fat Loss shared her RKC Experience after accomplishing the extremely difficult task of achieving the the status of a Russian Kettlebell Certified trainer! So please read about what these women did and what it means to them and join me in being inspired!
If you’ve written a post you think my readers would enjoy, please email me and let me know! I’d love to post more round-ups and feature more great blogs and authors!
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Hey Liz, thanks for the shout out. I’m loving the changes to your blog. Looks like you’re taking it a a whole new level here.
Anna