Active Evolution Training

Murder Squad on a boat! Missing a handful of amazing peeps in this photo but captured a few unforgettables. So grateful for this crew and our daily text thread alongside daily choking🤣

I can’t with this photo🤣🥰…
This little gem just fell out from being a bookmark… like a secret little time capsule. I do enjoy my sun basking☀️

Beastie Bells returned to win the Spring PRT Team Championship! They came in with super tight technique and noticeable improvements from the Fall event. This title is well deserved! Also hate off to their coach, the one and only !

REPOST from Nikki:

Oh. Hi. 😎 Just out here hangin’ with the FIRST PLACE TEAM at this weekend’s Kettlebell PRT competition!🥇

Sarah, Sylvia and Eleni (aka my OG Kettlebell girls) showed up and kicked ass, yet again! These women are absolute SAVAGES on the competition floor—setting lifetime PRs in *every single event* 🤩🥹

and showcasing some of the tightest technique in the room 😤

I’m honored to say these clients have become strong weight-yielding ROLE MODELS for both myself and the women around them….

It was a privilege to switch roles this weekend and, instead of competing alongside them, I got to coach, judge and cheer them on throughout the day. 📋🧢

🏋🏻‍♀️Thank you to and for organizing and leading such an incredible event, year after year.

🏠 Thank you to for hosting us in the coolest gym in Ravenswood!

Thank you to EVERYONE that supports the Kettlebell community and this great event as volunteers, spectators and colleagues alike! 💜

Beastie Bells returned to win the Spring PRT Team champions! With noticeable improvement and super tight technique, their title is well deserved! … hats off to their coach, the one and only !

REPOST from Nikki:

Oh. Hi. 😎 Just out here hangin’ with the FIRST PLACE TEAM at this weekend’s Kettlebell PRT competition!🥇

Sarah, Sylvia and Eleni (aka my OG Kettlebell girls) showed up and kicked ass, yet again! These women are absolute SAVAGES on the competition floor—setting lifetime PRs in *every single event* 🤩🥹

and showcasing some of the tightest technique in the room 😤

I’m honored to say these clients have become strong weight-yielding ROLE MODELS for both myself and the women around them….

It was a privilege to switch roles this weekend and, instead of competing alongside them, I got to coach, judge and cheer them on throughout the day. 📋🧢

🏋🏻‍♀️Thank you to and for organizing and leading such an incredible event, year after year.

🏠 Thank you to for hosting us in the coolest gym in Ravenswood!

Thank you to EVERYONE that supports the Kettlebell community and this great event as volunteers, spectators and colleagues alike! 💜

Impromptu ho**ah lounging🪔

Retraining my eye… my sensitivity…my ability to FOCUS and remain both tender and steadfast with myself. Equal parts frustrating and rewarding (for me)!
I haven’t painted in years and never with acrylic. Learning SO much and we’ve only just begun 💜

Someone labeled my meditation space✨

This was such a great class! My Tuesday dance card just got filled!😁

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Murder friends came to play! More BJJ with Coach Justin, same time tomorrow (Wed. 7:30 pm)—drop on in!

Posted • All the kewl kids at Valko rock rashgaurds!!!!
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Posted • All the kewl kids at Valko rock rashgaurds!!!!
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The golden rule is sweet but also feels deeply flawed:

The saying goes…
“Treat others the way you WANT to be treated”…
Not,
“they way you treat yourself”
Because Somewhere inside
Most of us aren’t treating ourselves that well… somewhere.
So how can I treat someone better than I’m treating myself?
I can’t. Not long-term at least.
And also… what about how the OTHER person wants to be treated?
What nuances do they care about, not to be filtered through my own lens?
What if we added some dimension to that golden rule?
Treat others,
The way THEY want to be treated.
Treat yourself,
The way you want people to treat you.
What if a way through this WHOLE mess we get ourselves in…is about discovering the answer and actions to,
“How do I want to treat myself…?”

Beauty unraveling unto itself. Thank you for inviting me into sanctuary, safety, resurrection….love you to the moon and back✨

Something about tonight’s glow…
❤️

Plant intelligence isn’t separate of the human species.
It isn’t less than.
They are master teachers
That just might save us,
From ourselves.
It’s time…

Calling all trainers, aspiring coaches, and movement aficionado… last chance to sign up for the Chicago HKC certification!

The kettlebell system will amplify your strength, knowledge and movement skill in ALL training modalities
GUARANTEED 💪

• Just wanted to give a warm welcome to . Katie is one of the best trainers I’ve ever worked with. She was my mentor & RKC coach when I got my RKC Level 1 qualification many years ago, and was my conditioning coach for my last few MMA fights. She’s an elite athlete with an amazing mindset. Can’t wait to see her progression in . Such a great addition to the female lionesses at the gym!

I showed up only to cheer for friends at the 2022 Pull-up Park Jam… found myself on a pull up bar… ended up on a podium✨

2nd OVERALL
3rd in the pull ups
2nd place in squats, push ups, dips (through a horrendous double tie breaker!!)
I am genuinely proud of myself. Earlier this year, I had a tough surgery that took away training, stretching, and a lot of Normal daily function for 12 weeks. I couldn’t even shower myself for 2 weeks.

To say this challenged my mind, heart and body is an understatement. Resilience doesn’t come easy, it is well-earned. I am continuously fascinated by the brilliance of the human body.

I didn’t train for this… I train hard *for nothing*…
It’s a love of the game.

I always feel so inspired by these incredible athletes; it was immensely fun to compete along side them … especially these two queens .as.a.findley and .

Every event is 2:00 with the strictest possible form-judgement:

Pull up rig has a wall set up only inches in front of you demanding absolute 0 forward movement…

Push ups are on blocks with string you have to hit @ *below ground* depth…

Squats place a string 8” below knees… my quads are practically immobilized today. 😝

Dips demand straight lines with a wall your feet can’t touch behind you.

I learned new territory in my body and upped my own movement integrity with the level of strictness required. I’m grateful for the lessons. Thank you to for holding us accountable✨

Pull up: 14
Squats: 106
Dips: 27… tied
*60sec tie = 19, 30sec win =13*
Push ups (below ground): 24

20 years and counting…
Some friendships are just meant to last a lifetime💕💕💕

Some things only the trees understand…
It isn’t always what I want to do,
It’s is what is required…
I keep learning how to listen
As long as I’m alive, there will be something “to do”…
THIS is productive…
This is where your health lives.
…and creativity, trust, passion, connectivity.
Circumventing the grid
Require deep-layer grit.
I promise, there’s high returns.

Lay your body into the earth
Trust in a greater nervous system
Let the trees feel you,
Belong to all of it.
💚🌳💚

Can’t breathe…Chalk outline.
Timed myself on a ladder today and laid down immediately after…for a whiiiile😆

1 to 10
Ladder up by 1’s (1,2, 3…..10)

A) 1A KB sn**ch
B) Alternating reverse lunge, 1 or 2 bells (I used 1 today)
C) BO rows

19min 15sec… I was going for 17:00 but those were some heavy rows today!
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