In the world we’re living in now, it is vitally important to pay attention to what we are doing to, putting in, and doing with our bodies. To prepare our bodies and minds for next few months, and, if and when you are encountering problems like sickness and pain, then double down now, and triage your overall situation.
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“Damn it! I was there! I had it!” runs through your head, as you’re trying to calm down from that lift that seemed like it lasted forever. Everything slowed down and your vision got blurry; every single part of your body was squeezing and shaking. At the very last second, something told you that you couldn’t stand up with that weight anymore. You decided to bail in that split second.
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It does not matter whether we are running on asphalt pavement, cement, dirt, grass, in mud, snow, uphill, downhill or running short distance sprints, medium distance 5- or 10K's, or long distance half-marathons, marathons, or ultramarathons. Any activity involving running, like triathlons and duathlons, CrossFit, Spartan Race and other obstacle course races, in addition to all (team) ball sports, and even running to our cars, requires us to running with proper running technique, so we can do those to our highest and best abilities, and without pain and injury.
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By ensuring we progress one step at a time in our fitness and health journey, we stay true to our tenet of Mechanics, Consistency, and Intensity.
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Inhale. lasting four seconds, then exhale, lasting four seconds. Repeat that four more times. How much more calm and focused are you after doing that?
Read MoreIf you are not Metabolically Healthy, meaning that you do not satisfy all above requirements, including the requirement of not taking any medications for diabetes, blood pressure, or cholesterol, then we can do something about it.
Lifestyle changes will help you get you in the right direction, whichever the Metabolic Health Marker is.
Simple, manageable, and continued adjustments over time in your Nutrition and Movement will help!
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We were doing our Pumpkin Ruck at The Farmstead last Friday night, and while we were rucking with our pumpkins through the corn maze, our member Scott asked his daughter, “why do we do hard things?”
She immediately responded with enthusiasm, “…to improve our lives!”
What we encourage everyone who takes part in training here to do is to choose to do the hard things.
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Lose fat, gain muscle, and look good naked!
That’s everybody’s aesthetic goals.
Unfortunately, a vast majority of people’s goals end there.
There is fortunately, however, a small group of people out there who choose to have deeper and more meaningful goals.
Read MoreCheck this Health “Balance” Equation out (source):
Health “Balance” = Recovery - (Physical Stress + Psychological Stress)
= R - (E + S)
We all have the ability to control each of the variables in the Health “Balance” equation.
We all can choose to view and experience Stress in a more productive and even useful way in order to maintain Health “Balance.”
For Recovery (R), we can control how much and how well we sleep and eat (meats, vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar) as well as engaging in other Specific Recovery Practices like massage therapy, acupuncture, physical therapy, self-myofascial release, etc.
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A perfect example of why improving our Fitness and Health is so important:
It was about 10 minutes before Spartan SGX class this past Tuesday and I was on the lawn putting away the hoses I use for irrigation.
I was in a t-shirt, shorts, socks, and a half-laced up pair of Belleville ABU Flight Boots.
While I was moving the hoses and pipes around, an exquisite-looking BMW with tinted windows and sweet rims drove by on the street and came to a rolling stop.
When the BMW came to the rolling stop, I heard an audible "clink!"
Read MoreYesterday I took the time to head up to Smiths Ferry, Idaho to visit with an awesome friend to raft the Payette River for the first time. He was our guide at the aft of his raft for the 4 of us forward of his position in the raft as we made our way down the 9.75 mile route on the river.
Since this was my first time, there was an element of the unknown that I had to deal with and conquer. But I knew that I could fully place my trust in my friend to lead us through, based on his years of experience doing this.
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What is Fitness?
Fitness is observable, measurable, and repeatable.
Fitness is based on kinematics; it's based on Force, Distance, and Time:
Fitness is Work Capacity Across Broad Time and Modal Domains.
Fitness is also a hedge against Sickness and Chronic Disease.
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Just like you can figure out how physically fit you are by performing movements and exercises and physical tests, you can essentially figure out how financially fit you are by using your own Financial Statement, which includes both the Income Statement and Balance Sheet, based on what Robert Kiyosaki wrote in Rich Dad Poor Dad.
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