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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Connect with your family and friends as best you can, in person. Look at them in the eyes and listen intently. Respond accordingly and thoughtfully. Slow down your thought processes and pay attention to the person you are conversing with. Genuinely be interested in what they have to say. Relate to them as best as you can. If you both are willing, then maintain physical contact; in order of importance and degree of physical contact: hugs, high-fives, and fist-bumps. In these moments of contact is when serotonin is released in each other’s bodies. This hormone and signaling molecule is important in creating happiness.
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If you’ve got any breathing-related problems, like (Exercise-Induced) Asthma, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, or if you even suffer from Anxiety, or Chronic Stress, then it might be due to how (much) you’re breathing.
We can address your skill of breathing, by using the right muscles, tissues, and bones, and not the ones that are compensating, which might be leading to some of the issues you’re experiencing today.
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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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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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