This is an amalgam of 19 random life lessons I’ve learned or relearned as a result of the pandemic. Enjoy.
Life is hard. About every two years you will go through some kind of personal tragedy. About every 10 years there is a society wide catastrophe. Without diving too deep into what would and would not constitute existence, I’ll say that the bad times make the good times possible.
Good times need to include preparation for bad times.
There is a debate happening right now. What’s the appropriate response to the stresses of the pandemic? Some say you should be reading a library, starting a side business, and mastering theoretical physicals otherwise you lack discipline. Others are saying we shouldnt judge those blaming the quarantine for eating junk, drinking too much, laying around in their pajamas all day, getting fat, and everything under the sun. There is actually a balance.
Here is a fun fact. Almost everyone who hires my coaches and I know what they need to do. They want to get in shape and they know what to do. And yet, they are hiring us to help them. It’s a little weird to hire someone to tell you what to do when you know what to do isn’t it?
“Whats” are easy. “Why’s” and “How’s” are where good coaches shine.
If you want to get in shape, you roughly know what to do. Eat better and move more.
We’ve all heard “you can’t expect to lose weight that took you a decade to put on in 21 days”. Whether it’s excess weight, or some other mess we need to clean up, the same holds true. Big messes require big clean ups, but small starts work fine.
I’ve had the opportunity to learn from having hundreds of conversations with prospective clients as we make a plan for them to lose weight, eat better, and find their strength. I’ve never talked to anyone
Want to put a TON of work in the gym and NEVER get results? Have you tried drinking?
I anticipate this being my least popular article ever lol! Drinking undermines results. I’m sorry. This bourbon enthusiast wishes it weren’t true, but it is. I am not here to nag. You can still enjoy a nice drink sometimes while still moving towards your health and fitness goals but to do so requires that we not kid ourselves.
I am going to give you several ways that moderate drinking undermines
(December 13th, 2016) Last Saturday the Marine Corps Recruiting Office in Dover was kind enough to come to the gym with over 35 young men and women who are interested in joining the Marine Corps.
When I have the opportunity I like to point potential future Marines in the direction of good sources of knowledge in their future endeavours. It usually involves me flashing a book in front of them when they are completely exhausted and don’t even know where they are. I promised the last group
It takes most only a matter of weeks for their New Year’s Resolutions to fall apart. Its the time of year where people get pumped up about changing their lives, start, and inevitably end up back where they started.
Why does this happen every single year? My most successful clients don’t have this problem because they changed their mindset, and took a different approach. .
To absolutely crush your new goals this year, you’ll need to understand why “Resolutions” don’t work the
It’s easy enough to lose a few pounds for a short period of time, only to gain it back. It’s much harder to achieve long-term fat loss. This begs the question: how can you lose the fat for good?
The answer to this quandary is actually kind of simple: Don’t do things to lose weight that slow down your metabolism.
The old way of doing things is to do a ton of cardio and to follow a starvation diet. Go to the gym and treadmill / stair climber / elliptical / stationary bike yourself
When making positive changes in our lives we all face a difficult balance. At times we need to cut excuses and be honest with ourselves. We also need to balance that with being kind to ourselves. I think part of achieving that balance is with self honesty. Honesty to see through what excuses you are clinging to as well as the honesty to know that you do not need to be perfect. Every once in a while it is good to take a step back and ask yourself some questions. Here are 3 that I hope
Finding the time in your schedule and the money in your budget is easy when you are young and single. Once you’ve started your family, you are lucky if you can find a second to breathe, much less sleep, cook some healthy food, or workout. It is so easy to get sucked into a vicious cycle: you’re too exhausted to make healthy choices, and as you get more unhealthy, you get more exhausted. It’s understandable and it’s not fun.
Fortunately, there are lots of fit parents who have figured
