El tiempo no me dejará ir …
Posted: December 19, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, christmas, crossfit, exercise, Facebook, fitness, free range, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, holidays, hope, Instagram, IPad, iPhone, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, passion, perspective, pilates, recovery, rest, running, social media, trail running, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 15 CommentsCompassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength-
Today’s sign of the Apocalypse: Instagram
**It’s a sad world we live in when this is more important than … Anything really**
Hmm something is definitely in the air this holiday season, and it’s not the headache inducing scents coming from Yankee Candle Company and Lululemon. The signs are everywhere: Long lines at Whole Foods, shopping carts in the aisles, crowded parking lots and painfully waiting for the car ahead of you to move at a fresh green light (we so miss roundabouts).
Puzzled and Curious, we ask of you your thoughts: Why are we stuck in our lives like the rush hour traffic on the 405?!?
People are drowning in information at every turn, much of which is irrelevant: Fantasy football, Pinterest, Facebook, Yelp … You name it! Our pristine faces are buried in our phones, probably right now reading this blog-o-post!
Every minute of the day we are downloading information. How many of you will be at your desk waiting for the next Facebook or Twitter update and interrupting your productivity to check in on the latest useless piece of trash from TMZ? You are getting weather alerts, breaking news headlines, futures market quotes, spam emails and text(s) in addition to the messages from all of the social networking sites … While using the restroom at work. It’s sad but true.
It’s amazing we have attention to spare on the basics of life: Like answering questions, from real people in front of you! Mix in the stress of recent troubling news and the holidays? Not good peeps …
Big boy and gal chat time: Create some space in that old head of yours! Unplug and throw the phone in the boot on the drive home today. All of us are fatigued and exhausted, we need to distance ourselves from this burden. Even if only for a few weeks and the holidays pass for another year.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Head out into the snow to do something you love. Maybe our signature Happy Hips Warm Up?!? Followed by:
10 Perfect Pull-ups
10 KB Halos
10 KB High Pulls (Snappy and Even)
10 Perfect Push Ups
Five is a nice number?!?
Notes:
Phones in the Boot* for the drive home … ENJOY!!!
*If you live in ‘Murica? Toss the phone in the trunk.
When You Knew Me When
Posted: December 18, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, free range, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, intensity, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, paleo, passion, pilates, recovery, rest, running, trail running, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 9 Comments…
Have you seen rift between parents and children?
They live in harmony until self-importance takes over.
What of father and what of son, when ego reigns?
Then, the relationship is blighted.
The Plan-
The Workout-
When our hearts are heavy and our minds are filled with troubling thoughts … We find ourselves once again in the “Basics” …
A brisk early morning Walk and some Hill Sprints to invigorate the soul. Followed by:
20 Perfect Push-ups
10 High Push Up Plank Rows
5 KB Military Press (Each Arm- HEAVY)
1 – 10 -15 times through? It’s up to you …
Notes:
Often when we are feeling saddened by society, we enjoy drifting away in a good book(s) and baking?!? Baking … CultFit style this Thursday peeps. Be well today and ENJOY!!!
Overcome
Posted: December 17, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, fitness, health, hope, life, Personal, Tragedy 9 CommentsEvery day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace-
I read lots of blog posts, talk daily with all sorts of inspired people from whom I learn so many thought-provoking things. Everything from how people ask for the time on the bus to how mediation is a remarkable tool in our daily lives—whether they are winning races or losing narrowly in a local 5k … This is just a part of what I do all week behind the scenes here at CultFit.
As I was wrapping up the post on Friday, I was suddenly galvanized by the reporting on one of most horrific stories any of us have ever encountered in our fleeting lives. The tiny, innocent school in Connecticut, where those elementary school children and several adults were shot to death this past Friday.
CultFit is normally meant to inform and entertain you about the world around us. On any given day here, CultFit is more about entertaining you and providing a glimpse behind the curtain. Although there are days, and this past Friday was one of them. When fulfilling this responsibility … Feels especially frivolous.
Today, I can’t bring myself to write a witty, meaningless post.
May this humble post serve as an expression of my sympathy for all of families involved in Connecticut who lost children and loved ones this past Friday. May you somehow find, in time: Strength, Peace and Serenity.
Tune Down
Posted: December 14, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, Chumps, Conversation, crossfit, exercise, fitness, For, freshly pressed, friends, happiness, health, hipster, hope, Is, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, mind, motivation, passion, pilates, running, thoughts, whole foods, WOD, yoga 14 CommentsPatience, n. — A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue-
People are cynical and honestly: Why wouldn’t they be? All of us are overworked, trampled on, paying more for yoga class and coconut water. Our dreams are slowly fading away and struggling to find meaning.
Dark clouds seemingly consume the conversations we have with friends and family. Is talking about Doom and Gloom useful? It some instances it can be, just not today.
Today we challenge you to find the courage to be optimistic!
The Plan-
The Workout-
Happy Hips, a little Balance Beam work and Skipping Rope (if you “jump rope”? Try again). Followed By:
Roll a Single Die three times: 100,200,400,600,,800,1000
It’s KB Swing Medley time peeps!
Left Hand, Right Hand, Double Hand, Single Bell (HEAVY), Side Step Swings
Hard Style! Roll your precious die carefully … The number it displays is the amount of Swings you will be performing!
Notes:
True personal awaking and change happens thorough conversation, Dear Friends. Open up and comment below about anything in your life, purge these thoughts from you. The more Random the better … ENJOY!!!
If Only
Posted: December 13, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, free range, friendship, Gender, Giving, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, jogging, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, passion, pilates, recovery, rest, running, smile, social media, star wars, Tech, Tradition, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 11 Comments…
There is a very little word that we often use. It has only two letters, but it is full of power for good or evil. It is the word ‘“IF”. Do not be always fancying that IF your circumstances were different you would be different; IF only other people would be agreeable, you would; IF only you were somebody else and had their chances you would do differently; IF this, that and the other might be, all would be well with YOU.
Hermes
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day … Balance Beam work and a touch of Crocodile Breathing. Maybe some Walking Meditation in the afternoon sun?!?
Notes:
Smile today and ENJOY!!!
CultFit 