We live in a rather amazing age, where there are tools to measure just about anything you’d like to measure in your life. Calorie counters, heart rate monitors, and more line the shelves of sporting goods and health stores, and there are probably a million ways to use each of…
I think it’s safe to say that most people know (even if only in their guts or the backs of their minds) that positive habits are the key to any amount of success in life. Doing things that will take you from one point to another via small, repeatable, and…
Last night, in the UFC, Conor McGregor put away reigning Featherweight champion Jose Aldo in a whopping 13 seconds. Yeah, it wasn’t even funny. And there’s been a lot of talk, as a result, about the training regimen that McGregor has been undergoing at the hands of movement trainer Ido…
As much as we all try to eat right and in a way that we know works for us, there are times when we simply get in the mood for a little detour from the plan that has served us right for so long. And before we know it, our…
As I’ve pointed out on my Links page, I’m a big fan of the website Mark’s Daily Apple. Mark Sisson has a way of breaking down all the Paleo/Primal lifestyle facets into easy-to-digest (pun completely and utterly intended) chunks and presenting them in a way that is light yet complete.…
It’s not often that a workout tool is easy and hard all at once, but one of my favorites, the suspension trainer, certainly fits that bill. Witness ye all… the Suspension Trainer. A suspension trainer really couldn’t be simpler. It’s a piece of webbing with some adjustable handles (and newer…
One of the biggest challenges in working out, no matter what the workout type, is recovery. As I said in my post-World’s Toughest Mudder hangover post, I did a pretty good Obstacle Course Race-specific workout a couple of weekends ago. I have since hurt my Achilles tendon a bit, as I…
Last week, in my post about overcoming injury problems, I was talking about how I had some Achilles tendonitis that arose from rushing into wearing them for my Obstacle Course Races (OCR) a bit too early, and how that came back to bite me on Tuesday morning. What’s interesting is…
Let’s face it. Injuries just suck. Man, do I hate to have my plans interrupted because of injury… but who doesn’t? It’s frustrating, debilitating, throws off schedules and plans, and more. And of course, there’s the pain factor, too. That’s not a great thing at all. So… last Wednesday, I…
