Today’s #OCRChat was another success! We had a great discussion led by Chad at Obstacle Racing Media about American Ninja Warrior, the TV show that has taken the fitness world by storm, and how it’s affecting OCR! Is this good? Bad? Fair? Not fair? What do you think? Hope you’ll…
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…
Over the past week, I’ve been working with a seven-day program created by Dr. Pedram Shojai, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and the founder of Well.org, one of my favorite health websites. Dr. Shojai has recently released his book The Urban Monk: Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks to Stop Time…
I frequently hear people talk about how the people with the strongest grip are people like dairy farmers, or plumbers, or people who use their hands frequently throughout the day. And then you hear them say things like “I could never have a grip like that. I don’t have that kind of…
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…
