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IC Kettlebell Girls on Top of the World

Team Athleta • Aug 10th, 2010 • Category: Featured Athlete News, Kettlebell

First All Female Kettlebell Sport Team Takes Silver & Gold | The 2010 World Kettlebell Lifting Championship took place in Chicago on August 7th. Once again, the Ice Chamber Kettlebell Girls went home with a pocket full of hard-earned medals…



Introducing Our 2010 Featured Athletes

Team Athleta • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Featured Athlete News

They’re yoginis and runners, skiers, triathletes, surfers, cyclists, and the list goes on. They’re moms, wives, friends, daughters, and professionals. They’re women who approach each day intending to stay balanced and strengthen their body, mind, and spirit for sport and the sport of life. Sound like someone you know? Most likely…



Holly Brooks IS An Olympian

Team Athleta • Jan 28th, 2010 • Category: Featured Athlete News

Since declaring “I Want To Be An Olympian” Holly Brooks has wowed us with her determination. But after winning the SuperTour races and ranking high in the US Nationals, she was not one of the initial selections for Team USA. Still, hope remained as the system for allocating spots on the Olympic team allowed for the re-allocation of unused slots from other countries…



Saluting Our 2009 Featured Athletes

Team Athleta • Jan 25th, 2010 • Category: Featured Athlete News

With 2009 fading into the distance and 2010 off to a running start, we’d like to thank the athletes we featured throughout the year and recap some of their inspiring accomplishments…



What’s your Fever? Mine is Birkie Fever!

Holly Brooks • Apr 2nd, 2009 • Category: Featured Athlete News, Skiing

by Holly Brooks, Nordic Ski Coach
Someone once told me, “Every skier has to ski the Birkie at least once in his or her life!” Well, this past February I took this comment to heart when I traveled to the Midwest to race in the Nation’s largest cross country ski race. The American Birkebeiner is not just a race but, as many would describe, it’s a way or life or right of passage…



ICKB Girls Continue Their Winning Streak

Team Athleta • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: Featured Athlete News, Kettlebell

For the first time ever, Kettlebell Sport was a featured event at the largest sport and fitness expo in the country. In true form, the ICKB Girls walked away with more national championship titles…



Lisa’s 810

Team Athleta • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Featured Athlete News, Fit for Good

Two years after completing the 300-mile Badwater Double and raising $294,000 for AIDS Orphans Rising, featured athlete Lisa Smith-Batchen is at it again. Starting July 9th, she will run and bike more than 800 miles…