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I am currently in the mountains celebrating my 6th wedding anniversary to my amazing wife.  Tomorrow when we get back to Charlotte, I will hit just a light “KB Chaos” workout.  This means, I will drag out my 16, 24, and 32 kg. kettlebells (KB) to the middle of my garage floor, set the timer for 1 minute and go!  What comes next?  Well, I’m not sure, but I will be doing various swings, high pulls, push-ups floating across the KBs, squats holding one or two of them, and of course snatches and Turkish Get-ups.  As it pops in my head, I do it.  This is the chaos part I’ll do at least five 1 minute bouts, but if I’m feeling good, I may go for 7 or 8.  A cool, fun, challenging, and quick workout.

But here’s the really cool part…I’m dedicating that one to my wife and our relationship.  This means when that when the training session gets hard and I want to stop, I’ll think of all the ways we have persevered as a couple.  When my hands start to hurt, I’ll think of all the times I held her hand on long walks or while just relaxing on the couch.  When my heart’s about to jump out of my chest from the cardio effect of the training session, I’ll think about the times I have missed her the most and then when I finally got to see her and my heart would “jump”.

Do you get it?  Make your training sessions more than just about you and your personal asthetic or strength goals.  Think about who or what is most important to you and dedicate a workout to them.  It may give you that extra push to not just be good, but to be great.

On my next post, I’ll let you know how the session went and I’ll talk more about dedicating your workouts.  I can still remember a session from 5 years ago that I have to share with you.  For now, live with strength…

This blog/website name really has a double meaning.  I am a Christian who is training daily to strengthen my faith and live the way God has called me to live.  Some days I am very ”healthy” and other days kind of “fat and lazy”, but it is a journey, and one that I would love to share with you.

The other meaning is I’m a Christian who is also a personal trainer and fitness entrepreneur.  I work with clients from age 9 to 90 and feel very blessed to know some great people who have invited me into their lives to help them achieve goals, overcome obstacles, and live better.

This site and my ramblings are about 2 important parts of what make us healthy people…the physical “you” and the “spiritual” you.  I contend that those parts are very much linked and you are only as strong as your weakest link.  The physical supports the spiritual and vice versa.

If you logged on hoping to find someone lifting a lot of weight and quoting scripture, you may be disappointed.  In fact, I may go several posts and not mention God, Jesus, or the Bible.  However, I do have some creative programs that I will share with you about how to train the physical and spiritual “you” in some “out of the box” ways and some other inspiring posts that hopefully get you thinking about the relationship of those different parts of your life. 

Thanks for checking in and I hope that today you “live with strength!”

Jason Rhymer