After adopting what the definition of fitness (work capacity across broad time and modal domains) is, and deciding that is what you want to improve, then the action steps to take are to make your practice and training results-based, in order to get to the goals you want to accomplish.
Make the results that you obtain in each and every practice and training session:
1. Observable
2. Measurable
3. Repeatable
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.
Read More“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.
Read MoreBy 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.
Read MoreInhale. 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 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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