I got my first kettlebell, a 20 kilo from Val, the Babe of My Existence on my birthday, back in August of 2007. I liked it so much, I bought others and so did Val.

Folks at the gym asked where they could get them and being the sales guy I am, I said, “Uh, from me!”

This soon turned into a project and a small business for Val, who has been catering to a local clientele.

Her prices are excellent and if you are looking for someone to get yours from, and I can’t think of anyone better, call her or drop an email. She hopes to put up a web page soon.

Hey, when did Daylight Savings start so early in the year? That was a nice surprise to hear that on the news. I won’t lose any sleep over it, though. My workout today demanded I get a good night’s sleep so I can hit again hard tomorrow.

After some warm-up lifts specific to the Crossfit “Diane” WOD I set the bars up to blast through it. I did sub out overhead presses for the handstand push-ups, though. The deadlift bar was set at 225# and the pressing bar at 90#.

3 rounds of 21-15-9 in 6:19 was done in much less time than my previous “Diane” in September of last year. That one clocked in at 7:54. Big improvement.

After a rest I added some kettlebell work with a 20 kg:

Goblet Squats, 10/10/10/.

Two Hand Anyhow, also using a 25# dumbbell overhead: 10/10/10.

Snatch: 10/10, 10/10, 10/10.

Nice volume, too at 16,815 lbs for the session.