My wife and I caught a new television show last night that was just called Strong. It seemed pretty good – the contestants were ten women who wanted to lose weight, and ten trainers. Each contestant picked one of the trainers to…well…train them for the duration of the show, and the show was…
If you follow me on any social media or know me personally, you know that I’m a big comics geek. I read them for years (still do on occasion, actually), love the movies, and I watch/geek out on the cartoons with my kids. Actually, my first blog ever (the one…
Is it possible participating in obstacle course racing is helping you deal with stress? I think most regular OCR athletes would answer that with a resounding “yes.” Another podcast-inspired post today, this time from the Fat-Burning Man podcast. Host Abel James was interviewing Dr. Pedram Shojai, who I have mentioned…
I’ve mentioned before that my wife is an age-group swim coach for our local YMCA. It’s a part-time gig that she loves, and when it came up I encouraged her to take it because she does love it so much and I knew she missed having swimming in her life (she…
Progress is a tricky thing. Sometimes we can track it with numbers – race times, distance run, weight lifted, number of reps completed, etc. And sometimes it’s more nebulous than that. When you’re a movement-based person like I am, who doesn’t so much “work out” as much as I go…
It’s a conspiracy! The powers that be are trying to keep everyone from getting enough movement in their lives! It’s only partially true. Yes, “they” are trying to keep you from getting enough movement in your life, but only in the interests of things like efficiency and speed. And as…
Let’s talk a bit, now, about the resistance you might receive from others when you take on your obstacle course race (OCR) journey. And there’s going to be a lot, I hate to say it. But your attitudes are the most important things, and you can defeat the attitudes of others.…
I mentioned on Sunday in my weekly Periscope broadcast that I was going to give you an update on the Parkour Strength workouts that I’ve been doing, and that is to come, for sure. But whilst I was doing said workout this morning, another even more important topic jumped into…
Back on Christmas, I received a Fitbit Charge HR from my parents and love the thing (I talked about that a bit here). I love being able to track my daily steps, my average heart rate, activity minutes, etc. But one of the most valuable things I’ve been learning from…
