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Hi! I'm KB Girl and I'm going to try sticking with a battle log for a whole year! I will use the challenge schedule as a moment to reflect a bit and maybe set a small sub-goal, but I'll log everything here. So the main topic is a journey to the world championship of kettlebell sport in 2018, with a little stop for nationals and the European championship along the way. Let me give you a little background... I've been lifting kettlebells in competitions for 5 years now and won the national title in 2013 and 2015. I participated in the world championship 2015 in Dublin for the first time at a professional level and I was all excited about going to the next one.... BUT not long after I found out I was pregnant! A whole different journey Which was been also very challenging in it's own way.. and also the very best thing that ever happened to me. My daughter turned one year old last week and after a year of rebuilding I'm finally setting PRs again. The world championship of 2017 was also last week (in Korea, Seoul) and I've been watching.. and salivating basically. It's time! I feel excited and CAPABLE of winning a podium spot in 2018. What I need to do: 1. Keep lifting kettlebells, in training and at as many competitions as possible. 2. Work on strength, I've not regained all of my strength and a bigger squat/deadlift and getting my pull-ups back is definitely going to help. 3. Work on cardio.. this is the part I hate. But we've got a rower.. I have a bike.. I have a dog.. THIS HAS TO HAPPEN! 4. Work on basics and have fun. I'm a firm believer in the top of the pyramid being higher when you have a bigger base. (Or I just like giving myself permission to do all the things.) But this means keeping up with rehab and mobility, maintaining and expanding my range of movement and strength/cardio in unconventional ways. 5. Figure out how to lose the last of the baby weight (12kg down, 4kg to go) so I fit back into my weight class Aka stop eating like I'm feeding two people.