...rearing it´s ugly head

MO:

I love the human psyche and social psychology. It amazes me and interests me and keeps me entertained most days of the year.

Imagine the following scenarios:

* You and your friend are both single looking for ♥. Suddenly you stumble upon the love of your life and swept off your feet you live happily ever after with your newly found partner...

* You and a friend are both unemployed. Suddenly you get offered the BEST job, with the most FUN prospects and a monster HIGH salary...

* You are house hunting and magically, so is your friend. Suddenly you find (and buy) your dream house! Right by the ocean. With 11 bedrooms. And a jetty for a huge boat. AND an amazing walk-in closet, AND...(sorry, got a bit carried away there...)
Yes, yes, I think you get the point.

Here is the million dollar question:

HOW DOES YOUR FRIEND REACT?

In my world there are a couple of expected reactions and personality types out there:

A will mutter something which is barely audible,
B will say nothing at all with a sour, tight lipped face,
B2 will say nothing at all with a sour, tight lipped face and then backtalk you as soon as B2 can.
C will pound you on your back with an obvious false smile and then tell you about something fabulous in their own life- (very quickly) before you get the chance to say anything more on the subject.
D will be genuinely HAPPY for you and very sincerely congratulate you on your success.

Now, which one would YOU like to call a friend?

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More training

By the way, just so you know...that´s not me in the picture...thought you should know...

MO:

Today´s training:

Chins and dips with weight control for warm-up.

2x4 bar chins with assistance
3x8 powerlifts phase 1
3x10 cleans with bar
3x8 overhead squats
3x10 rows
Bar weight: 20kg
3x4 killer crunches
Intensity: Light - medium
Goal: To set proper form.

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Coming at ya

LIVE from SATS Gothenburg where the trainers are smashed after a hard hour of 'jump around' ;)





So now I'm letting them linger with the manual creating their own killer classes!

Watch out Sweden Feb 1st-March 14th @ SATS

How do you spend your BloodySunday?




- Jo flowing on The IPhone

NDTC

Wow SATS Gbg - it is ON!
Sthlm crew rocked the training, never seen such high jumps, fast feet and killer push ups!

Train ride back home now with the hotest company thinkable (next to Mo off course ;)
- the man with the coolest tattoos around Mr MG! Lovely and inspiering as always to chat with you!

Of to spend time with another great man now :)

I'm a luckey girl!
But I do work hard for it!!

Sweet Saturday Night Sweden


- Jo flowing on The IPhone

Train where you are

MO:

Today´s KB training happened in the living room.

Intensity: light
Weight: 12kg
Warm-up: 60 swings
Cleans: 50
Snatches: 80
Turkish getups: 6
+ conditioning work for my mid-lower Trapezius.

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Waiting for...

... Godot

No, just kidding!



...for SATS to open so that we can introduce Dynamic Training to the Swedish population (the Norwegian peop's coming up next weekend!)

I do LOVE this class! It will run at SATS centers al over the place from Feb 1st-14th March I belive! If your not a member of SATS just buy next issue of ToppHälsa and there u go - A free ticket :)

What rocks your Saturday?

Be Fierce Jo

- Jo flowing on The IPhone

2010 is the year of the MOJO

THE MENU

In Sthlm for two days!
Fab fantastic ride up with lovely and hilarious N.Liljesand :)

After a POWER meeting with one of my fav brands N and I went shoping for LOVE before I had to return him to Gothenburg...

Now I'm chillin at Nordic Light, recharging and pondering the Room Service menu... Quiet impressive I must say:



Tomorrow I'm training the Swedish Top SATS Instructors and giving them the keys to DYNAMIC TRAINING Jihaaa!!

Right now I dream about room service and Let's Dance but the City got other plans for me...

Fab Friday 2 u boonkers

- Jo flowing on The IPhone

Better late than never, or...?

MO:

Yes, I know. It´s a bit late, but here it is: Want to follow me in real time? Now you have the chance on Twitter.


I had an amazing run tonight. It´s worth having to wear 4 layers of clothing + 2 layers of tights, to get to feel the powderlike snow being hugged between the feet and the road, whilst (in my dreams anyway) flying forward in powerful motion...

Clothes worn during tonight´s run...

You are trouble, baby

MO:
Again, thanks to everyone who made it to yoga this morning... It´s rare that we get to see a few decimeters of snow in Gothenburg, so when it happens the city normally comes to a standstill.
I must say it´s pretty beautiful outside right now, though. -12 and powder snow.

We went to the movies this afternoon and watched "Luftslottet som sprängdes". Entertaining and well casted. Especially Noomi Rapace, who carries the trilogy on her narrow shoulders.

Robin is still not happy to be left with babysitters. Poor grandma & grandpa, once again they had a SCREAMING grandchild for about 2 1/2h... What to do and when will it stop? I feel sorry for mum & dad. They feel sorry for Robin, but he is not suffering. He´s just pissed off his parents are not there. Where could he have got that temper and lack of patience? Hm. Nobody knows. Shush now.

Södra Larmgatan, wearing its winter outfit.

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I know where you will be...

MO:

What are you doing on October 4-Oct 11?
You don´t know yet? Very soon you will.
If the words: luxury, training, enjoyment, yoga, pleasure, spa, functional strength, MOJO, fresh, core, running, relaxing, traveling and top of the line, appeals to you...I definitely know what you could be doing in that week of October.
I promise I will tell you in a short while. Until then, keep week 40 booked.

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20TEN

A tremendously big Happy Holiday and New Year to you all. I wish all of you a very peaceful 2010. I hope we all will be able to step a little out of our comfort zone in order to give something rich and fulfilling to ourselves (like yoga & meditation), in order to give something rich and fulfilling to others and in order to help mother earth!

We are living in such an amazing time. It is as if we are being forced to live more consciously because the alternative ain’t so pretty. This is amazing because heightened consciousness creates more awareness which gives us more choices which gives us an opportunity to take responsibility which facilitates growth which is hugely rewarding.

LOVE Jo

Training Goals for 2010. Last part.

MO:

So besides power lifting, kettlebell and yoga, my fourth and last training goal is: RUNNING.
Running for me is Meditation in Movement. I´m not running to improve times or to beat records. I´m running because I love the meditative rhythm, the feeling of lightness, the emptying of the mind and the powerful feeling of moving my body, flesh and bone over distances. And I´d like to keep it that way, at least for now.
Because training is my work, I love to keep a few training forms just for the love of movement.
Yes, I have run GöteborgsVarvet & Lidingöloppet, and yes I will do it again (faster) and I will do a marathon in the next 10 years, but right now my running focus is not results, it´s pure and simple pleasure...

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Ice Ice Baby

After a LOOONG day of shooting, we are both tired, but oh, so happy...

MO:

We managed to choose the coldest morning this winter to take OUTDOOR photographs...
We braved the FREEZING cold (-15 degrees) to shoot the coolest yoga pictures.
After a quick sandwich and a large cup of tea (trying to defrost our toes and faces) we continued indoors. A HUGE thank you to Mattias & Patrik, Mattias ,the beauty wizard, who transformed us from normal yogis to Hollywood Red Carpet beauties, and Patrik who generously lend us his fabulous studio.
And JO, the Yogiangel, the most wicked, fun and talented partner there is, thank you for all the great work, energy and laughter today!

I could easily go to bed now, at 8pm, but I´ll try to stay awake for another hour...

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MOJO at work

MOJO-preparation, lots of fun, sweat and absolutely no tears...

MO:

How much fun are you allowed to have when you´re working???
Heaps and heaps, I say. :)
2010 will be a blast. Hanging out with the most AMAZING person and calling it work?
I´m so lucky.
Tomorrow we´re shooting the MOJO Yoga & Hot MOJO ad campaign.

It will be FIERCE.
Watch this space.

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2010/01/01

MO:

2010/01/01
The beginning of something new. What an exciting year ahead!

On Wednesday I gave my yoga students homework to do for themselves in a quiet moment:

* List the 3 most extraordinary things that happened to you in 2009.
* What 3 things will you achieve, experience or be in 2010?

The 3 most extraordinary things to happen to me in 2009, were:
Robin,
Getting married to P,
Buying a home,

And for 2010:
I will achieve a great balance in my work-/and private life.
I will experience success in my new business ventures.
I will be stronger than ever before.

What will you do?

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