Injury Strikes: How Do You Respond?

Injury

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…

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Post Worlds Toughest Mudder Hangover

Tough Mudder

This is going to be a slightly different post today, sort of a journal of what I did and felt this weekend.  Because a couple of things happened this weekend that were awesome and made me consider my training and lifestyle pretty seriously.  And it involves the World’s Toughest Mudder…

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Find The Hidden Gym in Your Neighborhood

Crawling on a curb.

One of the things that I frequently hear from people about their workout routines and the difficulty they have with them is that “it’s too hard to get to the gym.”  There’s this mindset that the only place they can work out is in the sterile confines of some sort…

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Work Out With Your Kids

Dad and son workout

“What?” you say?  “Work out with my kids? Jamie’s lost it!” And while that may be true (Hah!), that’s not the case with today’s post about how to work out with your kids and what can happen with it! Saturday morning, I was planning on doing a sprints workout.  Sprinting…

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Coffee-Plus: It’s What’s For Breakfast!

Morning Cup of Coffe

Coffee:  it makes life worth living, right? Okay, that’s obviously a silly overstatement.  But most of the research coming in recently about coffee indicates that it’s a healthy addition to the diet – lots of antioxidants, great for the brain, helps to increase insulin sensitivity, and more. First, let’s get…

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