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Rachel Cosgrove recently received the coveted I.D.E.A. Personal Trainer of the year award (2012) and has helped so many people make healthy lifestyle changes.  We had the chance to talk a little on the final day of the San Diego RKC Workshop, where she passed and became an RKC.   She shared some of the recent great success that her team at Results Fitness has had after attending an HKC.   At Results Fitness, they use the FMS as well, so it will be really cool to see how their use of kettlebell training continues to evolve with their facility.   Check out the full interview with Rachel Cosgrove on DragonDoor.com.

Some of the head honchos over at Savage Race train with us, and one brought along some special gifts today. Now... these are the guys who create some of the wickedest, most mean looking mud runs around... this is NOT a race for sissies. Some of the obstacles are downright sadistic. There... I said it. Anyway if you are up for an extreme challenge, go check out their site and register for a race in your area, and train HARD in the mean time. So... a sloshpipe is a long piece of thick pvc pipe that has been sealed at both ends with a quantity of water inside. The water sloshes around inside the pipe... hence the name. So, assuming you have a 9 or 10 foot pipe that's 3", 4", 5", or 6" in diameter, you have something very very wicked to walk around with (be careful, this gets intense FAST). The sloshpipes he made were 3" and 4" and weighed only 25lbs and 40lbs approx. Not much until you consider the off balance sloshy action. We kept it basic as the use of sloshpipes were new to all of us, myself included. But what a FUN addition!

I'm technically "between programs" right now as I figure out the next strategy other than the usual general physical maintanence, get stronger, etc.  That plus having too much fun with the Convict Conditioning progressions (got past my mental barrier with the walking down the wall bridges, and of course am now totally addicted to doing them), and being introduced to MovNat a couple weeks ago had me thinking that it was time to "take it outside."   And while other parts of the country/world are experiencing a dismal gray slush or oppressive rain, here the weather was gorgeous and absolutely perfect for a day in the park.   This past week a friend of mine mentioned that she wanted to find a fit trail and "climb on things" and tha