It's my 30th birthday tomorrow and last week I had a big party, which was very cool as I never have parties. It was loads of fun, but the best bit of all was my birthday cake!Now, I know as a Trainer you wouldn't expect me to spend too much time eating cake, which is very true, and in fact I ate far too much of this one, but that is not my reason for mentioning it...
I had a sneaking suspicion I might be getting a cake, as my boyfriend had been acting shifty all day, popping in and out of the house. As it wasn't my actual birthday I knew it couldn't have been a present...
And the manager at the restaurant really ruined the suprise when he announced in his French accent 'Where is your boyfriend? I met him this morning!'
But my there was still a surprise in store for me....
The cake had a kettlebell on it!!
Not a real one, of course, that would have squashed it somewhat.
But he'd taken one in to the cake store and they made one, in the exact shade of blue, in fondant icing!
I literally cried!
And all my clients who were there laughed as they know how much I love my Kettlebells! Some of my friends and family were a bit more confused though, as they had not seen a kettlebell first hand before!
Luckily I directed them all to the recent video taken for our local paper: KETTLEBELLS IN SOUTHAMPTON COMMON so they could finally see what all the fuss is about!
The one on my cake was a bit heavy for me though....
I've saved it and its sitting on my mantelpiece - I wonder how long it will last before going mouldy?
I had to be at the resturant at 6.30pm for drinks (managed to stick to champagne all night, yay!) and at 5.00pm I was actually throwing my kettlebells around, getting a pre-dinner metabolism boosting workout in!
It did mean getting ready was a bit more of a rush than I'd have liked, but is one of the many great things about kettlebells - you really can squeeze a workout in anywhere and any time. Everyone has 10 minutes, its just a question of making time...
Time is something that we can't just 'find' - we have to actually 'make' it!
I did one of the 10 minute blaster workouts from my KettleBelleBody programme - a full body routine of swings, single arm rows and bottoms up kettlebell press ups, as well as 100 hindu squats that I've started doing, on Matt Furey's recommendation (great pre-surf warm up, more about that in a future post though!)
Don't forget, my KettleBelleBody programme is at a special pre-30th birthday pre-launch price of $49.99 until tomorrow! So if you want to get your hands on it at this mega discount then you'd better act fast!
If you want to read some reviews about it then check out the amazing health and fitness blog Skwigg Blog, where the self-confessed nutrition and exercise nut, Skwigg, tells it like it is! Once you read her blog you will be checking in regularly to find out all about her mad adventures - it's brilliant!
You can also check out Women's Diet and Fitness - Angie Schumacher who actually inspired one of the exercises in my manual (OK, so she pretty much invented it!) interviewed recently about the programme and kettlebells in general....
Have a great weekend! I'm going to be celebrating my birthday in style - making every effort to stay away from the lap top, but I'm definitely not staying away from the kettlebells! Looking forward to another pre-dinner out metabolism boosting workout, although this time I'll be able to fit in a longer session (to justify even more cake?!)
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