Sarah Lurie - Kettlebells For Dummies

Kettlebells For Dummies

by Sarah Lurie, RKC, CSCS

Kettlebells For Dummies

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About the Author

In October 2004, Sarah Lurie founded Iron Core, the first kettlebell training studio in the country to exclusively offer Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) certified kettlebell instruction. Lurie is a former fitness competitor and did traditional weight training for more than ten years before discovering kettlebells. After experiencing a debilitating injury during a workout, Lurie discovered that kettlebell training helped her overcome her injury and get back into a comprehensive fitness routine.

Lurie is a nationally recognized kettlebell expert and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fitness Magazine, Oxygen Magazine, Womens Health, Readers Digest, and Newsweek. She has appeared on E! News, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, Better Homes and Gardens TV, Home Shopping Network (HSN), and numerous local television fitness programs. Her at-home workout DVDs are sold at retailers nationwide.

Lurie earned a BA in Economics from the University of Arizona and a Masters in Public Administration from San Diego State University. She lives with her husband and two daughters in San Diego.

Dedication

For my husband Jesse, daughters Emma and Grace, and P.A.L. Thanks for teaching me love, patience, persistence, courage, commitment, and dedication (among many other things!). And, of course, Emma, your 3 a.m. wake-up calls made this book possible.

For my dad, who believed in me from the day we drew the logo on the napkin together.

For my mom and Garth for all your encouragement over the years.

Authors Acknowledgments

It all started with the RKC in Minneapolis in June 2004. I will always be grateful to visionaries John DuCane and Pavel Tsatsouline for bringing the training modality and equipment to the United States. Thank you to Brett Jones for being my mentor for the first two-and-a-half (formative) years of my career. Your willingness to share your knowledge and your precise training helped shape my career.

This book would not have been possible without the help of Mark Reichenthal. Thanks for believing in me enough to recommend that I author this book.

The team at Wiley has been an absolute pleasure to work with. Thank you to Tracy Boggier, my acquisitions editor, for all your positive encouragement through the trial writing process. My project editor, Georgette Beatty, is top notch and always provided the support, encouragement, and attention to detail that I needed to get this project done thank you. Thank you to my copy editor, Amanda Langferman, and my technical reviewer, Andrea U-Shi Chang, for your hard work your attention to detail was invaluable to this project.

Over the years, Ive been lucky enough to work with some incredibly talented and caring RKCs, most of whom began as clients. I want to thank all the Iron Core RKCs for continually being dedicated to your trade and to our clients. Thank you to Osvaldo Aponte, Cody Bramlett, Charlie Fields, Jessie Shea, Farrah Lin, Elizabeth Sansone, and Denise Holsapple Iron Core would not continue to exist without all of you. I have to give a special thank-you to Osvaldo Aponte. Os is not only one of the most dedicated and talented instructors Ive worked with, but hes also my incredibly patient trainer, who helped me stay in shape during both of my pregnancies and got me back into fighting shape after baby Emma. Os, thank you for taking over when I no longer could be there and for keeping the energy of the gym alive.

I could not have gotten through the process of completing this book without the help and expertise of Rochelle Lewis thank you for your patience and professionalism.

Along the way, too, I have worked with some incredible clients who have always given me encouragement and support throughout the years. Thank you to Carol Raymond (my very first client), Jackie Harris, Cookie Holsapple, Holly Kennedy, Mike Wasser, Lynne-Sharpe Underwood, and all the others from the original Iron Core crew.