IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Very few people should be exercising so they can get better at exercising. The squats, pullups and sprints we do aren’t the end goal. They’re to strengthen and develop our bodies so that we’re free to do the things that bring us meaning in a physical world. This doesn’t mean that …
How to create a two-a-day exercise program that keeps you out of the gym. A common request I get is for workout tips while traveling. Many people have a good routine going at home and are able to eat and train consistently in their familiar gyms and in their own kitchen or at the restaurants …
Within Naval Special Warfare, a foundational principle is that one leads from the front. True leadership brings greater responsibility, not more privilege, and this is reflected not only during missions, but in one’s everyday actions. I was on a deployment with my SWCC detachment and we had spent several weeks running maritime interdiction ops and …
I’m pretty good at assessing and writing programs for clients. It’s something I do daily, as I have for years. I’ve successfully trained people doing everything from rehabbing shattered shoulder blades to winning a Bellator Fighting World Championship. There is one person though, that I really just shouldn’t write programs for: Myself. It’s incredibly difficult …
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” — Mike Tyson Picture a large plastic zip tie, about an inch wide. The smaller versions are sometimes used to tie garbage bags; soldiers and police officers use the large ones to restrain people. Anyone could figure out how to thread a zip tie: …
Freedom: The Ability to Let That Which Does Not Matter Truly Slide “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” – Walden Every year from mid-June to mid-July in Southwestern Alaska millions of salmon migrate from the ocean, some ranging from as far away as Japan, and …
“But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident… of any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in any …
Originally published on TMuscle.com The sun wouldn’t be up for another twenty minutes or so. But already the class was gathered under the feeble glow of a single streetlight, on a concrete slab that at one time had been the foundation of a building. It was now our gym. Piled in the red, volcanic …
This video is from the Red Bull Rampage Downhill Mountain Bike competition held periodically in Virgin, Utah. It’s an amazing sight. These guys are taking what many of us assume to be a relatively simple process-riding a bicycle-and bringing it to a level of skill and fearless precision that is almost inhuman. Their rides …
Starting Over – Could you do it? Dave is a professor at the university in Spearfish. He’s in his fifties with a barrel chest, a graying beard and a worldly air which gives him a striking resemblance to The Most Interesting Man in the World from the Dos Equis commercials. A few years ago Dave …