Mudlife Crisis

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Philosophy

It takes a different frame of mind to be healthy and happy in the modern world - there's a lot to undo. Here's some advice.

Movement

Conventional Wisdom has weird ideas about how modern humans should move. Let's see what really works!

Food

What we put into our bodies is amazingly important - moreso than the food industry would have you believe. Learn more here.

Family

Having that big "why" is so important to finding your reason for doing things. Your family is one of the best ones.

Community

The people we have around us are vitally important in our growth and happiness. Make sure your community is positive!

Races and Events

Using a race or event as your goal gives you a deadline for your goals - and also gives you a community to rally around with your goals!

Put your mobility on the line – the Slackline!

I’ve got a new toy – and it’s one that’s going to help with my OCR skills almost directly. Last week, I finally ordered something that I’ve been wanting to get for a while, and on Friday my first slackline kit arrived. And I couldn’t be more pleased. What’s a…

Tracking All-Day Habits With Fitbit!

We’ve talked a lot about creating great habits and ways to keep your movement going throughout the day on this page, and by gum, we’re about to do it a bit more. And it’s all because of two habit-formation apps that I’ve come across lately. Well, one that I’ve had…

More New OCR Racer Mistakes – Obstacles (Part 2)

Last Thursday, we talked about some of the basic endurance mistakes that folks who are new to obstacle course racing make. And let me tell you, overcoming that mistake is a big key to getting through a race more easily and with less pain. Enjoyment will be boosted, for sure.…

Don’t Make These New OCR Racer Mistakes (Part 1)!

It’s sort of funny – every obstacle course race I’ve ever run, I’ve seen new racers who talk about the stuff they wish they had done to prepare for the event, and they are always the same things. Some of these folks are very much people who thought they were…

Batman vs. Superman: a Mudlife Crisis Movie!

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…

Shake Your Way to Stress Relief?

When I was younger, I’ve mentioned before, I was a competitive swimmer. The competitive swimming world is a fairly small one, and you’d frequently find yourself swimming against a lot of the same people from meet to meet. There was this one fellow that I remember distinctly who, when he…

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