Motivation can come from a lot of different places, some internal and some external. I hear people debate over which is really the most powerful, but I tend to find the debate odd in that I think it’s impossible to separate the two. I think they effect each other in many ways. My motivation right [...]
Posts Tagged fitness
Driven by Fear
Jan 14
I’ve just hit a point where it occurs to me that I’ve never really gone into much detail as to what exactly I do when it comes to lifting, conditioning and all of that happy nonsense that keeps me fit and sane… or at least as sane as I’m ever going to get. I do [...]
Completely Shameless Plug
Nov 21
For those who have not seen it, I have an article published over at EliteFTS.com entitled “The Battle to Take Back Awesome”. Just went up on Friday and I am both proud and humbled by the whole thing. I had a few pieces over at T-Nation from a few years ago, but this is my [...]
I’m someone who likes finding some new challenges for myself every now and again. I like new stimuli since I can otherwise stagnate, so when my friend, Jason, let me know he was putting together an obstacle trail race to benefit The Wounded Warrior Project, I was 100% game on. OK, maybe more like 99% [...]
People who lift weights… I mean really lift weights… tend to get viewed through a certain lens by a large bulk of society. Muscle = moron in a lot of contexts. You need look no further than your average Planet Fitness commercial. It’s as if there is an inversely proportionate relationship between size and smarts. [...]
For a small change of pace, I decided to fire up a video blog for today instead of the typical typed post. Why? Change of pace. Not in the mood to type. A chance for all of you humble people to soak up the handsomeness that is me. Just a little post about how my [...]
If there’s one area that I tend to cause puzzlement in my friends, family and co-workers, it’s the way I approach my training, exercise and diet regime. It’s not that they are necessarily amazed at my being into health and fitness (since lots of people are), it’s really the specifics of my philosophy and approach [...]
“Blank” Something Different
Mar 23
In thinking over my previous post on breaking a funk and reclaiming my rightful mojo, I knew some action needed to be taken outside of… well… just writing a post about it. While writing is certainly a form of action, it’s often more the declaration of desire than the actual exercise of change and movement. [...]
So in my gym tour, you can see I picked up a 10 lbs. sledgehammer and a big ol’ truck tire. That right there is about $20-$30 worth of really good conditioning tools, as odd as that may sound. Just a little video to demonstrate: And truth be told? It’s actually pretty fun and a [...]
I thought I would mix it up a bit and use some video as my blog post instead – yes, the dreaded “vlog”. Just doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as nicely as blog, does it? But here is a video tour of my home gym in all of its crazy obsessive glory. Enjoy.
