Noelle recalls her first Core-6 workshop being a
success, saying “I instantly really dug the vibe. People were cheering others
on, and the energy was amazing.”
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| “Showing up is half the battle,” Nikolas said. “If you consciously make the effort to make it part of your routine, it pulls you in.” |
Nikolas, who notes that he had worked with kettlebells before
joining, enjoyed that the Core-6 workshop offered more fitness theory and
detailed instruction versus “just throwing weights around.”
Noelle was a competitive swimmer most of her life, but
after college admits to falling off the fitness wagon for a few years.
“No joke, Seattle Kettlebell Club is the first gym
that I’ve actually stuck to,” Noelle said.
Similarly, Nikolas played tennis in college, but in the
past few years he’s found himself flip-flopping between workout routines. Now,
both he and Noelle look forward to coming to class and plan their weeks around SKC’s
schedule.
Nikolas usually works out in the morning before heading to
his job as programmer at Amazon, and Noelle, who works from home on the
operations side for an ad technology company, usually prefers to get out of the
house in the late afternoon to get her sweat on at SKC.
In their spare time, the couple enjoys walking their
dog, cooking, and hiking. Although
they’ve only been in Seattle since August, they agree they prefer the city's
lifestyle over LA’s; however, they do miss one thing about LA: Mexican food.
“It’s always hard to get yourself in, but it’s always
so rewarding after the class. I don’t even mind the callouses. I feel like an
athlete,” Noelle said.
Nikolas agrees, calling the feeling after class a “kettlebell
high” and adding that he appreciates the variety of kettlebell weights, so he
can alter his workout depending on how he’s feeling that day.
Along with loving the classes, Noelle and Nikolas also
appreciate the tight-knit community that SKC offers.
“Other gyms feel like drones of people coming in and
drones of people leaving,” Nikolas said.
Noelle and Nikolas also discuss the misconceptions they
often hear when they tell others about their training.
“I talk about it a lot at work, and people think
they’re not strong enough to do it,” Nikolas said. “People overestimate how heavy
the bells they are swinging are. You don’t come in and swing 50 lbs. right
away.”
Both have taken the 21 Day Challenge in the past and
agree on being surprised by their results and the amount of reps they were able
to increase in merely 3 weeks. In fact, they plan on taking the next challenge, which
starts June 3rd.
“I feel like now after the experience of coming here
and improving, I could literally say ‘never say never.’ I never thought I’d
complete the 21 Day Challenge or enjoy coming to class. I tried KettleSport for
the first time, and I said I’d never do that, and I did,” Noelle said.
