Keep Moving When You’re Moving By Marisol Swords
Moving is an event that should take place a handful of times for the average person, unless of course it’s your job to move around the planet. Of all the positions I’ve held in life, mother and wife have always been primary and those roles have required I move. A lot. When presented with the opportunity to move to the Pacific Northwest, somewhere our family had never been, we jumped. Part of this move required us to drive a vehicle from one coast to the other while one of us flew. Can you guess who drew the short straw? (Actually, it was my husband, but I like driving and I’m better at it, so we decided I should do it instead.) I had the best of intentions. Powerlifting, yoga, meditation, and martial arts all fall under my movement umbrella. All I needed was enough space to not break anything or knock anyone out and I’d be good; I had this.
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Planning vs. Execution Honestly speaking, every home gym athlete only needs body weight and imagination for absolutely any space to become a gym. But as a strength athlete looking to keep those squat booty gains, there had to be weights in my programming. My bare necessities came down to: • Two pairs of kettlebells: medium and heavy-ish • One Adex™ adjustable mace with 15 lbs. of weights (very compact) • One pair of five-pound steel Persian clubs. • One yoga mat These items took up minimal space and provided maximum impact. To prepare me for the challenge of minimalistic training (and living for that matter), our employer was kind enough to remove all my training gear (as well as everything else we owned)
