Friday 13 January 2012

It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction-

It’s an end to another long week here at CultFit HQ, or is it?  Our Internal Web-Stat Department would like to say “thank you” to all the peeps who emailed complaining about our killing the proverbial motivational vibe this week.  Either you can look at this site as a beacon of hope or the last fleeting moments of a toilet swirl, the choice is up to you?  But please, we beg of you, do not send us an email asking how to incorporate CrossFit moves like the Dead lift/Kettle Bell Swing/Double Under into your program because you saw it in the new edition of Runners World!?!

Please wish fellow CultFit follower Ryan Hall the best this weekend!

Turn To Faith In Your Quest…

The Plan-

Is the ratio of your gadget/inter-webz face time vs. living a real life off kilter so far this year:  Read up!

How Addicted Are you?

The Workout-

Pretty much what you have been doing all week:

Bike/Row/Swim for about an hour followed by:

100 Perfect Push Ups

100 Potato Sack Squats

100 Inverted Rows

10 Minutes in an Inversion of your liking (preferably outdoors in the middle of a field)

Hmm, what is this random assortment of movements  you may be asking yourself today?

Notes:

A vast majority of our readers have this underlying need to validate themselves  by asking tedious little questions like: “How much you lift” and “what was your last ultra-time”.  If it makes you feel better 95.4% of the staff here did the one hour ride today in 20 mins.  So on that note, There have been over 240-ish posts here by CultFit HQ members.  Some of the best ones cover the topic of “Vanity”…Hmmmm.  Be safe this weekend and most importantly, ENJOY!!!

If you are interested in joining CulFit HQ and getting some sweet CultFit schwag (no t-shirts) to rock out in at your next 5hr long Marathon/40 min 5k/16:49 Francis, drop us an email at: cultfit@gmail.com

Breaking NEWS!!!  The Apocalypse has arrived…and officially Jumped the Shark on the way in:


Wednesday 11 January 2012

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus-

The Plan-

Beware the story of the “Easy” explanation…Far too often we are hyper obsessed with finding the proper motivation to start a new workout program that we forget the “Easy” part to it:  Following through.

Motivation is in the mind; follow-through is in the practice.

Just nod your head...

The Workout-

Pulled from the “This seems oddly similar” series here at CultFit HQ

Bike/Swim for about an hour (you have been quietly turning up the intensity we hope?) Followed by:

100 One Arm Perfect Presses (each arm always starting the movement with a Hammer Curl-Rack Hold-Press)

Notes:

This is more of a Core-Spine workout than you would initially think…The moment you grab the floor with your toes that energy you now have is transferred to every part of your body.  Just as a tree has roots to fuel and nurture its growth; so do you, ENJOY!!!

Doomsday Clock Clicks Closer to Midnight


Tuesday 10 January 2012

Less than fifteen percent of the people do any original thinking on any subject… The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think-

With New Years resolution  season in full swing now, the vast and overwhelming amount of tips and motivational “pats on the back” can be daunting to anyone trying to get back into the swing of leading a healthy life.

For the blog-o-sphere types, Random Fitness apes and yoga moms telling YOU what to do, CultFit HQ inter-webz  media relation guru Uncle Hayden has this reminder: Most people are visitors to the magical land of fitness, nutrition and healthy living; not full-time residents.

During this full on information blitz in particular, you are often exposed to a lot of information.  Far too often we easily lose sight of what tasty tidbits of information/advice are most important and helpful to us.

This all gets back to you, the visitor here to CultFit HQ.  This is much more of a tool than you may initially think.  Check out some of the links to the side here–>

There here for a reason.  Read the articles we present you with an open mind.  Be mindful that you, you yourself are the best training tool and motivator you could ever need.

The Plan-

Ask yourself these questions today:

What are my goals for the coming days, week, month, year?
What changes do I want to see in my life?
What am I willing to change about myself to achieve my goals?
What will I add to my life? What will I let go of?

The Workout-

Similar to yesterday…

One Hour Swim or Bike followed by:

100-150 Perfect Swings

Notes:

We honestly hope you get our message today, ENJOY!!!


Friday 6 January 2012

You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one-

Which one do you want?

The Plan-

Today’s sign of the Apocalypse:  Reality TV

Grown up chat today, so if you are easily offended scurry away now…As the Random Fitness (hell, let’s through all of society under the bus) world evolves into a seemingly more complex, nuanced, and technology driven society, the more disengaged the average person becomes from what’s going on around them and to themselves.  Do you have any inkling of an idea how utterly lazy we are as a society?  Even though we should be more empowered now than ever before.  How about this?  Don’t know something?  Confused?  Hello, Google Machine here we come (we have heard great things about The Google Machine over the years).  It infuriates us here at CultFit HQ when people reject intellectualism and knowing your business as a defense mechanism, to shield their own ignorance or dullness.  People accept the status quo and abundant hypocrisy because it’s easy, it feels good.  Empower yourself to learn as much as you can about yourself, others and more specifically to what we are talking about today:  Living a healthy life and participating in a goal driven workout program.

The Workout-

It’s been rather nice outside so why not break free from the treadmill and try Mother Nature out for once?

Brisk Walk/Run before dawn (preferably) followed by:

A free flowing (effortless) Sun Salutation series followed by:

Peaceful Meditation as the sun rises and bathes you in gentle warmth for the day

Humans, you are doing it wrong.

Notes: 

A nice simple workout series this week to ring in the New Year.  It’s  a long year remember…ENJOY!!!

Sums up nicely what you did to yourself this week.