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When I caught the TV spot for the Weider Fitness Powerbell I got all excited. First I thought that it would be a great feature for Every Joe Fitness and I thought this is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. I’m not sure if there are other adjustable weight kettle bells on the market but this is the first time I saw one.

The Weider PowerBell comes in two different variants, a 20 lb max and 40 lb max weight, each with six weights to add or remove depending on your preferences. The 20 lb PowerBell features a 5 lb handle with 6 2.5lb weights. The 40lb PowerBell has a 10 lb handle and 5 5lb weights. Both PowerBells come with a workout DVD featuring Michael Skogg, a former U.S. Special Forces member and a professional kettlebell trainer. The PowerBell also comes with a guide to healthy eating and a fitness journal. What it doesn’t come with is ambition, you’ll have to provide that yourself.

Image: GetPowerbell.com

The 40lb PowerBell will run you $249.95 while the 20lb PowerBell goes for $119.95. Now before you think about the price, think about the money you would spend on 7 kettlebells, and the space you’ll save by have this all-in-one Power Kettle. I’ll be writing up a review of the Weider PowerBell in the near future, so keep an eye out for that.

For more information on the Weider Fitness PowerBell visit Getpowerbell.com and check out the TV Spot.

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Weider PowerBell Adjustable Kettle Bell

Fitzalan from Sweets and Sweats

and then im posting this one of her from her blog, because i think its pretty badass, too

Arthi sent in this picture witha little background story:

in october, i ran the marine corps marathon. i had been training for months so i was pretty excited. at mile 10, they were handing out oranges, at the top of a hill. everyone was dropping their peels right on the road, and i slipped on one going down the hill. i felt an excruciating pain in my knee and it started ballooning right there. it was so painful just to step on it or bend it or anything. after training for something that long, there is no way i was giving up with a fight – so i popped an extra strength tylenol and decided to keep going. i later found out through an MRI that i had dislocated my kneecap! the tylenol numbed me from mile 14 to about 22. and after that, well, who gives up with THREE MILES LEFT? so that is my badass story – i finished the last 16 miles of a marathon after i dislocated my kneecap. well, i guess that is actually more stupid than badass :)

JessieP over at ModelBehavior had an entire badass photoshoot. And im really hoping she gets those tattoos for real. My Little Ponies are badass.

Ashley and Georgia win for most creative

So for my fitness routine I enjoy extreme kung fu while wearing masks
in public parks………and lifting houses. It may not be the most
traditional form of fitness but it is definitely bad ass.

Alex sent me the following pic with the following story:

My badass picture comes with a little back story.  I’ll make it as short as it can be.  In middle school, I struggled to run a mile. I remember, because once a year, they made us do a timed-mile-run for our pain and their entertainment.  Naw, I’m sure there was some sort of actual fitness- or health-related reason, but whatever.  Details.  Anyway, I always vowed that I would run the whole thing and finish valiantly and I never did.  Also, I was overweight.  My highest, at some point in high school, was 175 pounds.  I’m 5′4″. And 1/2″. But even that extra 1/2″ did not make me less overweight.  One day, senior year, I decided I was fed up.  I started exercising, eating right, etc. and the pounds came off.  I felt so much better.  I could run more than a mile at a time.  By my junior year in college, I had lost 60 pounds and I could run. Really run. I decided to join my University’s marathon team – which was pretty much just a group of people who trained together for the LA Marathon.  Weekly short(er) runs and a long run every Sunday at 8 AM. I did it my junior year and loved it. I was asked to come back and be a coach my senior year, and I did. I loved it again.  So far, I have run 3 marathons in total, PR 3:39, and am signed up for my fourth. I plan to do one every year until I can’t walk anymore.  And some day, I hope to run an ultra.

The end.

Thanks guys, that was fun. I can;t wait until the next contest.  Next time I score some swag, I’ll hold another one. and if you still have badass pictures that you didnt get a chance to submit, go ahead and email them to me, and ill put them up.

My Fat Acceptance post will be up on Monday, so keep an eye out for it! Have a great weekend!

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Badass Contest Entries

 (and, yes, bribes will easily sway my vote. I like things that are shiny and that I can wear on my body. No aluminum pants, please.)

 Email me your entries!!

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LAST CHANCE!!

Kettlebells are badass.

 Nothing says badass like swinging around a giant iron ball of cool.

Gofit.net was great enough to send me a Kettlebells The Iron Core Way: a 15 pound kettlebell and instructional DVD.

Gofit.net is badass.

You know why? Because they sent me two Kettlebells The Iron Core Way sets, one for me and one to give away to a lucky reader.

(For my review of the Kettlebells The Iron Care Way, or to find out more about kettlebells in general, visit www.everygymsnightmare.com)

But I can’t give this away to just any reader.  A lurker? Forget it. (delurk now!)  not even an avid commenter is worthy of this prize.

No, the winner of this great giveaway has got to be the most badass reader out there.

Can you do pullups?

One handed pushups?

Do you bench press your children, just for a warm up?

Did you club a guy with a dumbbell at the gym for cutting you in line for the water fountain?

Prove it.

Send me a picture of how much of a fitness badass you are, and the most badassiest of the bunch will win their very own Kettlebells The Iron Care Way from Gofit.net.

If you aren’t more badass than me…..

…then you can go to GoFit.net and order your own…along with this badass t shirt.

You have until July 25th to email me your entries. I will announce the winner on the 25th, but will post every entry for recognition.

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GroundedFitness’s Badass Giveaway