What happens to your brain on stress? “Everywhere and at all times it is in your power to accept reverently your present condition, to behave justly to those about you, and to exert your skill to control your thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined.” – Marcus Aurelius The idea behind […]
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Why do you keep going? “The two most dangerous years of your life are the year you’re born and the year you retire.” – Dan Buettner At his 2009 TED talk, Dan Buettner talked about his work researching the world’s Blue Zones, areas in which people live inordinately long, healthy lives. The Blue Zone with
On living a physical life – Erase the line “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through
Let’s say that for a few days or weeks you were to hire a Hollywood makeup artist, throw on a convincing fat suit and some awful makeup and masquerade as a fatter, remarkably unattractive version of yourself. Would it change the way the world interacts with you? Would it influence the way you feel about
We were standing in ranks on the beach in Coronado, California, in front of the Naval Special Warfare Center. We were about to start an open ocean swim, and each student was being inspected. Along with the mask and fins, we each carried an SRK dive knife, emergency flares and a UDT lifevest. The vests
Is this what one used to dread? “Once you have rid yourself of the affliction there though, every change of scene will become a pleasure. You may be banished to the ends of the earth, and yet in whatever outlandish corner of the world you may find yourself stationed, you will find that place, whatever
Throughout most of my two and a half years going through Naval Special Warfare selection training, swimming was my Achilles heel. My intense dislike for it was equaled only by my monumental lack of talent at it. That was all part of the plan, really. A challenge was my goal and throwing myself into something
By Albert LiRight now you may be thinking, “Why barefoot fitness?” To some it conjures images of hippies trying to get in shape and to others, it is something they only do at the beach or a soft grassy park on a beautiful day. To us, it is the latest in the evolution of training methodologies,
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By: Marshall Bowen In the exclusive realm of the Marine Scout Snipers, the Hunter of Gunmen Tooth, or H.O.G. Tooth, is the most idolized item that one can possess. It is the projectile portion from a .308 caliber round fired from the M40A1 sniper rifle. Before you can be presented with the H.O.G Tooth you
The Naval Special Warfare program for students who have been successfully screened into a special program and are awaiting formal training is called SCRUFT Duty. We were Screened Candidates Reported and Undergoing Physical Training. Hey, it’s hard to make an acronym that long make sense. It’s pronounced ‘Scruff.’I spent six months in SCRUFTLand. We got
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