Kettlebells??

A little catch up:

Today I went on a 4 mile walk! I went to a park that's about a mile and a half away from my house and jammed around there for a little bit until I realized I was dressed in my horrifying sweatpants and aviator sunglasses with a million children running about. What a creep. ALSO it was a beautiful day but also a bit warm out in the sun. It took me forever to cool off when I finally got home! I also might have a sunburn. Anyway.
That was great, and I love going for long walks in addition to my runs BUT I understand the need for some strength training in my fitness life.
But damn it! I don't like lifting weights! I find it boring and repetitive and it's just really not my favorite. HOWEVERRRRRR if you recall from my post about running, I wasn't exactly in love with that before I started doing it either.

Enter: Kettlebells

For whatever reason I decided to be obsessed with kettlebells? It got into my head that I had to have some and use them so I purchased some online at Kohl's (I had a gift certificate). They've been sitting around doing nothing for a couple weeks but I decided to find a workout online tonight to do.

First Impression:

I do like them! I used a 10 pound kettlebell and found some little free workouts on YouTube. The only problem that I'm having is that just about every workout I find is including squats. I don't know about you, but being 270 lbs does not lend itself to squatting. My knees hate it, and I'm afraid of getting injured. My current mission is to find a workout that excludes squats but until then I'll have to just skip the sections of these videos that include squatting.
:)