No One Said It Would be Easy
Posted: October 29, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: advice, crossfit, emotions, exercise, fitness, free range, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, jogging, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, pilates, quotes, recovery, running, tips, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 17 CommentsGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example-
Top Tips, Advice, Input … All of these are tedious and boring, something we painstaking try not to push your way. The closest we have ever come to “Advice” is ‘Ole Uncle Mo gently slapping you up side the noggin, and let’s be honest: We all need a good slap up side the head from time to time.
So on that note, we will be tossing out some talking points this week as we slowly start to fall into hibernation here in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a slow process but we all do it, yeah you too!!! Our hibernation starts with the shorter days and the cooler temps, then the excuses start to pour in: Too Cold, Too Dark, Too Many Pumpkin Spiced Everything’s!
“Hey girl! Check out the Chica over on the treadmill. Yeah, the one there chatting up the new trainer dude … She has and will soon have everything you want in life?!?”
Jealousy and Envy are great personal tools to use, albeit when used with tact and great care.
Jealousy and Envy are rather ugly, nasty emotions we display more times during the day than we initially thought. You know what though? These handy little emotions secretly tell us the truth about our inner-most feelings. When was the last time you envied or were jealous of someone having a flip-phone? Never … The fact is: You only envy those who have what you desire the most … You are only jealous when you feel someone has taken something from you.
Most of you reading today spend too much time running away from life, quite literally in fact. If we stop for a moment to embrace our emotions, whatever they may be? We can learn so much from them. Our emotions are here: To teach us, to guide us and to help us make the tough decisions we face in life.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Dust off the Jump Rope and let’s get after this program while the day is still young.
Mess around with your trusty rope for a few minutes to Warm Up. Followed By:
Jump Rope (for one minute)
3 Turkish Get Ups (each side)
Once again this is not AMRAP … 30 minutes would be nice?!? If you fancy yourself as Uncle Rico? Carry on with AMRAP, just keeping it real peeps!
Notes:
Jealousy and Envy (when used properly) can open up the world you were oblivious to or may have taken for granted, before you read this post of course!?! Take care today and ENJOY!!!
This Is Going To Be Pretty Unbearable …
Posted: August 14, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: advice, America, baseball, Chuck Norris, crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, hipster, life, love, lululemon, marathon, MLB, pilates, Shark Week, social media, twitter, whole foods, WOD, yoga 15 CommentsThe more you Twitter the worse you run-
Shame, Shame we know your name peeps! Not a single one of you reading yesterday took the bait we so generously tossed in your general direction: “You teach what you need to learn“. One little, painless comment for or against would have placated the cantankerous Uncle Sachmo! But no way Jose, you were way too busy lamenting about all of your grand adventures over the past weekend … Now you shale all suffer. Performing our best Jesse Pinkman impersonation: “Listen up and pay attention, bitches!!!“
The single worst part of dispensing advice to others either in a random blog-o-post or over a few cold PBR’s is that NO ONE (re-read this again) actually follows through with what you have to share. When most self-absorbed (<— If this word is too abrasive choose another one that best fits your personality) peeps ask a question, they already have a picturesque answer in mind-which is usually, the answer they would like to hear coming from your mouth.
Quick question: Why ask for advice or help in the first place? When you know you will not use it.
The challenge to our dear readers today is this: When someone asks you for help or an opinion later this afternoon. Zip it up and don’t say a thing to the person asking! Listen for once and lend a good ear. Chances are they could care less what you have to say in return. Listen and help guide them to the answer they want, the answer they want to here from their own mouth.
Or is this you?!?<—Must Clicky(Dear Lord above let this be you!!!)
The Plan-
The Workout-
Before dawn go outside and enjoy the Moon and Venus dancing in the sky above you. Awaken your senses with a nice flowing Sun Salutations Series, bringing balance and energy to you this morning. What you do after this is up to you …
Hat Tip: Tyler Leavitt
Notes:
Pretty unbearable indeed … Smile and ENJOY!!!
Monday 6 February 2012
Posted: February 6, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: advice, cycling, fat, fitness, health, motivation, running Super Bowl, ugly 3 CommentsTechnology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it-
Today’s sign of the Apocalypse: Yoga for self-absorbed travelers
Here at CultFit HQ we are rising up in the defense of individuals who want to live their lives without encountering mind cluttering advice during the day.
“We” and using the term loosely (due to the fact we have identified ourselves as part of the problem as well) firmly believe that magazines such as Mens Health et al (throw all closely related examples under the bus) are a cancer, literally to society.
Living and lurking on this side of the internet has taught us one important lesson: ‘Mericans whore out more advice during a 24 hour period than Uncle Sebastian’s Grandma did during the 104 years of her splendid life.
Seriously do we need to take such advice like this following example as gospel? ctrl+v from Mens Health
“When South Korean researchers exposed a group of human liver cells to asparagus extract, it suppressed free radicals and more than doubled the activity of two enzymes that metabolize alcohol.”
Looks like we will be serving asparagus at the next CultFit HQ blow out to prevent hangovers?
On the count of three everyone…let’s pull our collective heads out of our asses and go “LIVE” life instead of advising others to live theirs like we would like them to! Problem with that? Feel free to comment!?!
The Plan-
The future here at CultFit HQ.
The Workout-
From our “Proceed with caution” series…Not for time:
Warm up as you see fit (break a sweat without over exerting yourself – it can be done)
150 Perfect Push Ups and 45 Perfect Dead Hang Pull Ups in this order:
Hinge Walk Out High Push Up Plank – 10 Push Ups (walk back to standing) Gracefully extend into:
3 Perfect Dead Hang Pull Ups (nice even pulls)
Rinse and Repeat 15 times
There are two types of individuals who will do this today. One is the smart peep who finds rhythm, flow and balance to finish. The other one is the cat above.
Notes:
Do we have any advice to share with you today? Not really, stay healthy and ENJOY!?!
Monday 30 January 2012
Posted: January 30, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: advice, fitness, free, health, hippie porn, life, perspective, running 1 CommentQuit worrying about your health. It’ll go away-
If you could spare a few precious seconds away from your awfully important day today we would very much appreciate it.
Entertain these questions objectively this calm and chilly morning making sure to comment with the results:
How many times do you give advice to others during the day?
Do people use the advice you give?
“Like check it out dude, you need to so try this new Beavertails place over on Y street.” “Yup the one right next door to the plasma donation centre (<— for our Canuck friends frozen at home).”
“CrossFit, P90x, Insanity are way to expensive you need to do Power Yoga instead.”
“Best way to get ripped abs?” “We’ll hmm…DIET-DIET-Diet-diet-GENETICS-avoid sit ups and do planks.” This is true peep-oids, last time we checked everyone reading here has a complete 8-pack hidden somewhere (Dang nab it there is 1 bit-o advice for us. Giving advice sure can be sneaky).
“Hey you! You over there at that CultFit HQ place! The advice you give is byzantine in nature and stinks up our inter-webz.”
Simply people: Giving advice may be useful to some when it’s not-self serving. Offer information that offers a look behind the curtain instead…(damn that’s 2 now).
Want some advice this morning to quell your lust for all the juicy little bits of advice you are going to give/get today? Skip the advice and give information instead! (Shit, this last one makes 3)
Example 1 (Save the $31.50 and re-read our last bit of advice. Great now we are up to 4)
The Plan-
The Workout-
It’s Monday obviously so what does that mean? Not for time and with a mild amount of actual effort:
Bike/Swim for an hour or so followed by:
5-4-3-2-1 Alternating Grip Perfect Pull Ups
5-5-5-5-5 Alternating One Arm Presses
10-10-10-10-10 Perfect Hinge Walk Out Push Ups
1-2-3-4-5 Perfect Rock Ring Pull Ups (Finger tips maybe?)
Notes:
Thank you for the helpful advice today, ENJOY!?!
CultFit 