Eating homemade pizzas. One pesto with pine nuts. The other is zuchini, mozz, and garlic grape tomatoes. Delicious.

At the gym, one of my fellow kettlebellers asked me if I'd seen the video of the guy doing a TGU with the barbell with 135 on it. I hadn't, so I came home and youtubed it. Holy shit.

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I'd be impressed with myself if I could do that with half the weight. Jesus.

Wow. I wish. Heh, I'd love to do 3 in that time at this point.

I can do it with a 32 kg kettlebell, but the balancing of the bar is what amazes me. Speaking of... I got loaded and started kettlebell swinging my kids tonight... I think I might have a sore back in the morning.

Never tired the kettles. Do they offer a more thorough workout than dumb/barbells? And do I need to grow a handlebar mustache to workout with them?

And you're quite the clever guy swinging the kids like that. Now, the wife has to rub you down, and stuff. Well played!

The advantages of kb as far as I'm concerned:

1) It gives you an absolutely amazing cardio.
2) It teaches you how to focus and link your muscles in the tradition of all great athletes.
3) It trains muscle groups working together vs. just focusing on a specific muscle. This translates into true functional strength vs. just having big muscles.
4) It gives you a badass core workout while also working other areas.

Hmm. The older I get, the more I'd like to start focusing on core and cardio workouts. I'm going to have to research this some more.

Ever done the P90X workout? That's my normal workout these days. I know Silock isn't a big fan, but it has been exactly what I needed as a workout, and it's really jumpstarted my interest in fitness. It has some decent core workouts, plus Yoga, which I suck at, but push through.

P90X is fine for beginners. I have no problem with that aspect of it. It's just not a good substitute for a real exercise program once you get beyond that initial phase.

I haven't done it, but it seems (a lot of it at least) to be similar to the programs I usually run... concentrating on actual fitness and strength vs. just "pumping iron." I do agree with Silock that you can customize a program for yourself that will probably be just as good. That being said... if P90X is motivating you and keeping you going... that is the most important thing. I'm a firm believer in jumping on different fitness bandwagons and programs to keep things fresh and keep you motivated. As most on here will attest... that's how I am with kettlebell. I'm completely bonkers on it right now... It was crossfit a couple of months ago. It will be something else in a few more months. The cool thing is that from each "fad" I get into, I keep some things that I really like and add them into whatever fad I'm doing.

It's all good... as long as you're doing it.

It's basically circuit training with light weights/body weight stuff. There's also yoga and plyometrics and stuff, but . . . meh.