I was pulled into a frustrating conversation earlier this week and quite frankly, I’m still a little annoyed by it. A fit, gifted female client of mine had just completed a very intense workout requiring a great deal of relative body strength. We’re talking over 50 chin-ups, push-ups with her feet on a 36″ box, heavy kettlebell swings, the works. She rocked it out.
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The other night I was having a phone conversation with my mother and something frustrating but interesting occurred. My life is taking some pretty exciting turns and I’ve got a bunch of really good stuff coming together for this summer. I had been having a pretty productive day as far as business development, writing, and household odds and ends were concerned. All day I’d been working on that stuff and feeling generally pretty motivated.
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I don’t know about you, but I had a good day yesterday. The weather was great, I was hanging out with a good friend, and the day left me mentally recovered and refreshed. It was a true day of mental rest, and it happened to be a Sunday, though I don’t particularly follow the rules of the Sabbath or other religious “day of rest” guidelines. However, while I might not be in line with those who have a strict and official day of rest I do believe that there’s something to having a day that is largely based on rest and recovery each week. Yesterday was one of those days for me.
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I just kicked my own butt and caught it on camera, so I thought I’d share it for you guys!
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Healthy food makes for a healthy body
Now, I’m not talking about the nuts and bolts of diet plans or the grams of protein, fat, and carbohydrate that we take in. We talked a little bit about that stuff but we were thinking bigger than that. Instead of hammering on the minutia of performance nutrition we talked about the overall quality of the food we eat and our approach to food.
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I’m sure you’ve heard of the “80/20 Rule” of life. If not, then here’s a quick summary: It seems that 20% of what you do is responsible for 80% of your results, and vice-versa. Another application of the rule is that in most situations you’ll get about 80% of what you want. People are always chasing that extra 20% and as a result often give up their 80% and end up far worse off.
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I’m sitting in my hotel room on Saturday morning getting ready to go to the second day of the Underground Strength Coach Level II cert/Mastermind with Zach Even-esh. Yesterday was awesome. We had a great workout then broke it down to some serious nuts and bolts with some of the guys’ businesses. This group is unbelievable in that everyone is supportive and focused, but there’s no candy coating here. This is a two-day, no bullshit skull session. There’s nothing like having 12 or 13 people focusing on progression and outcomes (not problems or “processing”) to make things happen.
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The Overhead Squat is one of my favorite overall exercises for developing athletes. Not only is it a great squat variation it teaches the transference of power from the lower body to the upper body. Becoming good at the Overhead Squat will also develop the upper back and improve your overall athleticism.
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Hey everyone, I’m back with another great core exercise for developing stability and strength in the midsection and shoulders. To do these suspended circles you can use a TRX Straps, a Jungle Gym, chains, rope, gymnastics rings, or some climber’s webbing like I use in the video.
Be sure to keep you back straight, hips up just a little, and your midsection tight. Start out by just adjusting to the position and once you feel comfortable begin with small, slow circles. As you progress you can make your circles larger.
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