I started training with kettlebells about 10 years ago, when a friend introduced me to my first kettlebells instructor, Eric. At the time, I was training in martial arts and doing triathlons. But every few months, I would have severe back spasms that would lay me up for days. I was very skeptical about lifting cast iron weights with one hand. After one session with Eric, I was hooked. Training with kettlebells made perfect sense to me! Eric also told me that he had rehabbed his own severe back injury with the help of kettlebells. That added to my faith in him and the kettlebells.

Two years ago, I decided to get certified in the RKC kettlebells system. I had friends and colleagues with various orthopedic issues: hips, back, shoulders. I felt that I could help them improve their function. I have been training several of them for the past two years and have been absolutely heartened by the results I have seen. Training with me, they have been able to not just demonstrate their ability to move kettlebells in space, but also walk up steep stairs from their basement carrying a laundry basket, lift their grandkids above their shoulders, delay their back surgery (hopefully forever), or wake up in the morning and not take their usual dose of 2 Ibuprofen to get rid of the morning back pain. This gives me joy and drives me to help others.

My number one principle of training is injury prevention. Thus, I am a stickler for great form and technique. I take my time in learning the correct technique and in teaching it. I don’t subscribe to  the "no pain, no gain" philosophy. I believe in regressions and progressions. As Eric used to say to me: "You should be able to go dancing after you work out with me". Using this approach, the results I have seen in my own quality of life and in my clients’, are unmistakable.