Pies fríos, amigo?
Posted: April 26, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, desire, exercise, family, fitness, friends, gluten free, health, hipster, hope, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, Musing, nature, NFL draft, paleo, passion, pilates, running, thoughts, walking, weekend, whole foods, WOD, yoga 9 CommentsWe are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking-
“Damn! The marathon I signed up for last October is this *bleepin* Sunday!!!”
You remember the evening well, like it was yesterday. The focus on the positives of running a marathon were many: free sweat wicking tee, beer tent passes, the chance to buy a new running outfit. However, as the marathon date started to loom ominously on the horizon, the positive thoughts you once shared with others, quickly turned into negative thoughts that you shard with no one.
Even when doubts become overwhelming, when the call to starting line is announced,it feels painfully hard to back out:
“What will my friends think? I quit, I’m a chump, a loser? I bought new shoes and a sweet running skirt, I picked up the race packet last night. We have reservations for pizza and beer after.”
What does it mean to have cold feet, anyways? Is it a small, nagging feeling that a huge mistake is being made or is about to be made, or an internal scream that yells, “Hey stop already! It’s not too late!” How serious does the event need to be on order to be “serious enough” to listen to the doubts, weigh them as more important than the embarrassment of not showing up, the risk of potential injury due to the lack of training and preparation, and back out of the marathon at the last-minute?
It’s one thing to have last-minute doubts about running a marathon you thoughtfully planned, trained dutifully for, back in October; it’s something else altogether to have doubts because you failed to train, you are injury prone and your sense of pride out weighs any other mitigating factors. Cute running outfit not matching included as well!
Notes:
Purpose of the post today? That the doubts we all experience before a big event should be taken seriously and not buried with “pride” and “status“. Now is the time for reflection and honesty. Because on Monday … Feel free to expose the painful, underlying reality about your torturous marathon experience in a blog post.
Take care and be well this weekend.
Fuera de Peligro
Posted: March 1, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: Dreams, exercise, fitness, free range, Freshly Pressed is Overrated, friends, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, motivation, natural, nebraska, Omaha, paleo, passion, pilates, play, playing, recovery, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 12 CommentsLast night I dreamt that somebody loved me. No hope, no harm; just another false alarm-
We made it this far into the week in one piece, congrats- job well done! No worry about tips about this or that today, so I decided to share a story with you instead. Pull up a chair, sit still, in comfort. Chill … Dark chocolate and a fresh cup of Earl Grey will make this tale so much more tolerable.
Two vibrant young kids were playing in sandbox not too long ago, I’m guessing they had to be around the age of 9 maybe 10. Pails, shovels matchbox cars the whole shebang. Spoiler Alert: A disagreement turns into a proper ruckus! You know the deal; building tension, pushing and finally one of the kids runs away screaming, “That’s not fair! You totally suck – dude!”
If you took the under of the kids playing again in +/- 10 minutes? You would be correct! In no time at all they were back in the sandbox doing what little dudes do best … Making a proper mess.
So what exactly happened here?
“These little dudes choose happiness over righteousness.”
Each one of us can save ourselves from so much unnecessary suffering, if we simply acted more like kids, playing with matchbox cars in a sandbox. Stepping aside from anger, pain and a bruised ego takes courage and humility. Our constant need to be “right” … All the time, keeps us from walking back, smiling and playing.
Notes:
Dropped actions, walking away … Do not heal, staying silent in anger only adds to the pain. Words heal, a smile, a gentle touch. A wise man once said “Remember the Alamo” … Today I ask of you “Remember the sandbox!”
A Second Childhood
Posted: February 7, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, exercise, fitness, friends, happiness, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, life, living, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, natural, paleo, passion, perspective, pilates, Poems, Poetry, running, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 7 Comments… When all my days are ending
And I have no song to sing,
I think that I shall not be too old
To stare at everything;
As I stared once at a nursery door
Or a tall tree and a swing.
Wherein God’s ponderous mercy hangs
On all my sins and me,
Because He does not take away
The terror from the tree
And stones still shine along the road
That are and cannot be.
Men grow too old for love, my love,
Men grow too old for wine,
But I shall not grow too old to see
Unearthly daylight shine,
Changing my chamber’s dust to snow
Till I doubt if it be mine.
Behold, the crowning mercies melt,
The first surprises stay;
And in my dross is dropped a gift
For which I dare not pray:
That a man grow used to grief and joy
But not to night and day.
Men grow too old for love, my love,
Men grow too old for lies;
But I shall not grow too old to see
Enormous night arise,
A cloud that is larger than the world
And a monster made of eyes.
Nor am I worthy to unloose
The latchet of my shoe;
Or shake the dust from off my feet
Or the staff that bears me through
On ground that is too good to last,
Too solid to be true.
Men grow too old to woo, my love,
Men grow too old to wed;
But I shall not grow too old to see
Hung crazily overhead
Incredible rafters when I wake
And I find that I am not dead.
A thrill of thunder in my hair:
Though blackening clouds be plain,
Still I am stung and startled
By the first drop of the rain:
Romance and pride and passion pass
And these are what remain.
Strange crawling carpets of the grass,
Wide windows of the sky;
So in this perilous grace of God
With all my sins go I:
And things grow new though I grow old,
Though I grow old and die.
— G.K. Chesterton
Notes:
Please join us tomorrow for a very important post, until then … Take care and be well.
Artificial White
Posted: January 15, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, England, exercise, family, fitness, freshly pressed, friends, happiness, health, hipster, His Dark Side, hope, kettlebell, life, Loss, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, natural, NHL, passion, pilates, running, snow, trail running, walking, weather, whole foods, WOD 17 CommentsLove is the absence of judgment-
Do you Need to do __________ or do you Love to do __________?
To be fully free is to live in blissful happiness, daily. Full freedom creates the space for every happy experience to creep in. The punishment (<— Key Word) that we can subject ourselves to, is the withholding of our unconditional love.
Unconditional love never withdraws itself, this is what loving fully means. One does not have to practice what one is … Just be yourself. Love learns over time to let go. Have you ever thought about how much energy and effort it takes to hold a grudge, to be angry at a friend or loved one?
What we call Need is often confused with Love. Need holds on, Need has a firm grasp on so many of us. There is a rather clever way to tell the difference between Need and Love: Love let’s go, Love sets your mind free and places your heart at ease. Need on the other hand, never let’s go.
Let go of your expectations, for today, let go of the requirements, the so-called “rules” and regulations that you would otherwise impose on yourself and others …
The Workout-
A Walk in fresh snow, listen to your breathing, the sound of surrendering snow under foot. Watch your breath as you walk long … Walking Meditation, Bliss.
Notes:
Remember: Choices are not restrictions. Nurture, Love or Punishment?!? Bundle up and be well.
Daylight
Posted: January 14, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, Breathing, crossfit, fitness, free range, friends, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, motivation, paleo, passion, perspective, pride, running, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga, Yoga Mats 15 CommentsDon’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend-
Link of the day: You seem pretty cool, let’s SWAP IDEAS
Change in the world is constant, just take a look a round you when you get a minute. Our bodies are constantly changing, adapting and processing new information every second of the day. Have you noticed the new produce at Trader Joe’s or the seasonal yoga mats at Lululemon? Change, from the moment you wake up in the morning until you gently fall asleep listening to your favorite podcast. Whether we notice or not, the process of changing happens all the time. What happens though when we start to pay attention to change?
There are many ways to start paying attention to change. We could practice by focusing our attention on any number of things: Leaving the TV off after work, smiling more during the day, going for a gentle walk instead of abusing your body running and our favorite(s) … Breathing and Meditation. Our breathing is never constant, no two breaths are ever the same. Don’t believe us?!? Try holding your breath in Downward Dag, for 30 seconds.
The Workout-
Yoga, Breathing and Kettlebells … Forget we mentioned Yoga. The reason being, is that we have adopted the bastardized version we see vainly displayed in many studios. Our revised list: Breathing + Kettlebells.
Let’s start with a nice flowing, gentle Walk to get into tune with our bodies before we start (breathing is paramount today).
Adho Mukha Svanasana –> Utkatasana –> Ardha Uttanasana –> 5 KB Bent Over Rows ( your palm faces the outside when picking the KB up, torso parallel to the floor, hips back, opposite hand inline with torso – parallel to floor – palm down)
Form, Flow and Grace.
Notes:
Today, let’s focus on one “thing” that is changing around us. Just one for now. Take care and remember to smile.
CultFit 