Transformation Tuesday: Carey Evenson

Born in Alaska, Carey Evenson grew up hiking and skiing. She’s been in Seattle for 20 years now, and before becoming pregnant with her son, Evenson took Boot Camp classes for four years.  After her son was born, it took her two years to get back into the fitness game. 

 

“I didn’t feel strong, and I wanted to feel strong,” Evenson said. 

Evenson discovered Seattle Kettlebell Club when she kept seeing its ads on Facebook, so she decided to give the Core-6 intro workshop a try, and before she knew it, she was hooked. 

Although she had been a recreational runner, before joining SKC Evenson had never been into strength training, so she enjoys that SKC’s classes offer strength and cardio elements. 

“Its been an amazing addition to my life, and I feel really lucky to be a part of this community,” Evenson said. 

Living in Columbia City with her husband and son, Evenson is head of the creative team at a marketing and PR firm.  

“We focus on clients and campaigns that make the world a better place,” Evenson said. 

Evenson is a fan of all things outdoors. Along with being an advocate for tackling environmental issues, she enjoys gardening and growing her own food as well as taking advantage of all the hiking and camping that the PNW has to offer. She also enjoys camping at her family's property in the San Juan Islands and traveling in general. Her favorite vacation has been when she and her husband spent two weeks in Croatia, and she looks forward to taking her 3-year-old son on his first international vacation.

When Evenson first started training at SKC she could barely snatch a 4-kg kettlebell, but she’s been with the club for over a year now, currently snatches 12 kg and will be competing in the 2017 Seattle
Kettlebell Pro-Am Competition on Dec. 9^th.  She says that training to compete is beneficial because it helps her set goals.  

“As I think back, if you would have told me that I would be competing in kettlebell lifting, I would have laughed in your face,” Evenson said. 

The community, support, and constant challenges are some of the many factors that keep Evenson coming back to SKC, and she notes that the club’s wide time range of classes (starting at 5:15am) make it possible for people with a variety of schedules to attend. 

If she were to offer advice to those new to kettlebell sport and fitness in general, Evenson notes that just attending class is a huge part of seeing results. 

“I just kept showing up. I didn’t do anything special,” Evenson said. “Keep showing up.  It will stay hard, but it will also keep getting easier.”