Dawn
Posted: November 27, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: beauty, blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, free range, gluten free, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, Language, life, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, nature, paleo, passion, pilates, running, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 5 Commentsबिना अनुभव के कोरा शाब्दिक ज्ञान अंधा है।
Do you share a passion for discovery? A passion for embracing and seeking out new and unfamiliar events in your life? Immersing yourself in a new activity can help you transform your life in ways you never dreamed possible. Here’s how: Dipping your toes in an unfamiliar event takes Courage and Strength.
Workout- Outside in the elements. Trail Run- On an actual trail. Ride a bike- Into a 20mph headwind.
If you ever wanted to see a 5k princess melt? Head to a local trail head when it’s raining … If you want to see a gym bunny break? Hill Sprints and heavy KB Swings will do just fine.
Experiencing nature is heaven on earth. Just simply being outdoors will awaken in you a sense of vitality and infinity for life. After just a few moments outdoors a path to your core creativity will emerge in front of you. Without thinking, look up at the astonishing number of stars in the sky tonight, the leaves quietly lingering on a single tree while running a favorite path and feel the sense of vastness and spaciousness that surrounds you. As you gaze at the heavens, knowing that humanity throughout history and across continents has pondered these very stars, in this moment … You are experiencing something larger than yourself.
योजना –
कसरत –
Outdoors, in the elements …. A nice flowing Trail Run Followed by:
Park Bench Meditation (picnic tables etc.)
Find a bench with a level seat, a straight back and no arms (a level seat is all we really need) The front of the seat should not dig into the underside of your thighs. Gently place your legs side by side, your feet flat on the earth beneath them. Mindfully place both hands on your lap, one hand cupped upon the other. Release the tension in your neck and shoulder muscles. Breathe and relax your arms.
With our eyes closed, our objective is to achieve a state of complete physical stillness, calm – bliss.
नोट्स –
Be bold and find the strength to move away from fear and into something new … का आनंद लें
After The Moon
Posted: November 21, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, inspiration, intensity, jogging, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, pilates, running, Thanksgiving, wellness, whole foods, WOD 9 CommentsSick of it whatever it’s called sick of the names
I dedicate every pore to what’s here-
Thanksgiving is already here and taking a page from the retail sector … Let’s skip thinking about Thanksgiving and look forward to a favorite subject of ours: New Year’s resolutions.
“This will finally be the year I lose twenty-five pounds, stop drinking on the weekends (until St Patrick’s Day … ), save some money, finish the basement, spend more quality time with the family.” Do any of these resolutions sound familiar? The arrival of the Holiday Season naturally lends itself to valiant attempts on our part at making a fresh start. The problem is that these resolutions are not so easy to achieve.
What if we told you, today – the day before Thanksgiving can be your New Year?!?
It’s time to sober up peeps, go ahead and take another self pic of yourself on the scale to post and look in the mirror instead of looking at your phone as you take another glamorous duck face pic … Do not avoid your current health in this moment, reflect on your current health. This moment is your second chance.
Our culture is obsessed with instant transformations and makeovers, hello: Turn the TV on one evening and what do you see?. What we just asked you above is not easy and making firm resolutions for genuine change is even harder. In this moment reflect and your past and commit yourself to genuine change.
What were you thinking this time last year … The vicious cycle begins anew.
The Plan-
Link of the Day: Un-Hear-It <— This is a must clicky today peeps!?!
The Workout-
Some Happy Hips and a little Balance Beam work followed by:
Hill Sprint + 15 Hard Style KB Swings (at the top)
20 is a nice harmless number.
**If you are going to beat the hell out of yourself all Holiday Season? Might as well do it in a nurturing fashion then …**
Notes:
Reflect, today is your second chance … ENJOY!!!
Sunset
Posted: November 20, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: bootcamp, crossfit, elite program, exercise, faith, fitness, free range, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, holidays, humor, intensity, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, passion, pilates, running, Thanksgiving, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 13 Comments… Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision
But today well lived makes
every yesterday a dream of happiness
And tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn-
This post comes from the heart and we mean this sincerely: We cherish each and every reader that stops over for a visit. Our challenge to you over the next few days and heck, until January 2nd, 2013 is to embrace and intertwine the following thoughts into every fabric of your existence.
Thoughts for living an Authentic Day:
— Just for today, I will try to live through this day only — and not tackle my whole life’s problems at once.
— Just for today, I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true: “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Happiness is from within — it is not a matter of externals.
— Just for today, I will adjust myself to What Is and not try to adjust everything to my Own Desires. I will take my family, my work, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.
— Just for today, I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, and nourish it and not abuse nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my will.
— Just for today, I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer all day. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
— Just for today, I will exercise my soul in three ways: 1- I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. If anybody knows of it, it will not count. 2- I will do at least two things I don’t want to do, just for exercise of will-power. 3– I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt. They may be hurt, but today I will not show it.
— Just for today, I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be generous with praise and criticize not one bit nor find fault with anything. I will try not to regulate nor improve anyone.
— Just for today, I will have a program. I will write down just what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I’ll have it as a pattern to follow. It will save me from the two pests – HURRY and INDECISION.
— Just for today, I will have a quiet half-hour, all by myself to relax. In this half-hour, some time, I will think of a higher power, so as to get a little more perspective to my purpose in life.
— Just for today, I will be unafraid, more specifically: I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love and to believe that those I love, love me.
The Plan-
Link of the Day: Instead of giving Random Advice to others? Take a few minutes to Learn Something Meaningful.
The Workout-
Dust off the old Kettle-Bells and meet us out back …
The CultFit KB “Bear”
Double KB Dead Clean
Double KB Front Squat + Press
Double KB Shoulder Squat + Press
Double KB Stiff Leg Dead Lift + Bent Over Row
All of the movements above, combined together in one fluid movement equals One Rep … How does 10 reps sound?!?
Notes:
Anyone and we mean anyone can learn to perform: Yoga, X-Fit, Boot Camp, Pilates, Kipping Stuff and anything else you can think of. <— This is not CultFit!
Are you familiar with the grey matter between your ears and that “thing” that beats wildly in your chest when confronted with a challenge? <— This is CultFit … ENJOY!!!
That Which We Perceive
Posted: November 16, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: 5k, active rest, crossfit, Dreams, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, passion, pilates, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 15 CommentsOnly those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily-
Thank you for reading on this lovely Friday morning, let’s cherish this moment together. Cool, that was pretty fun! Allow us to suck the joy out of your day …
How many times have you heard (or read) that the route to success in life is to follow your passion? The problem with this thinking (in our early years) is that our true passion may not become clear to us until later in our lives. Truth be told, our passions are shifting all the time: Remember your first romance? Might we suggest following your god given talent, or aptitude? Case in point: If your passion since childhood is to be a gymnast (or anything else – think broadly here), but you can’t brush and floss your teeth without falling over? Chances are then you will not become very skilled on the balance beam, sorry.
The “trick” is to find something you deeply love and are fairly good at, something that with the right amount of hard work, drive and effort you can flourish in. Basically, if you love running? Take the time to find your greatest strength … Somewhere is there lies your true passion.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Let’s take our shoes off and go for a brisk Walk … A little Balance Beam Work and some Climbing. Followed by:
Our “Signature” Farmers Walk Medley.
54m Heavy Farmers Walk (out and back)
54m One Arm Farmers Walk (out and back)
54m Heartbeat Walk (54 Heart – Beats, out and back)
54m Waiters Walk (One Arm out and back)
54m Piston Press (HEAVY, out and back)
54 HEAVY Goblet Squats + 54 Perfect Push Ups
**RINSE and REPEAT (if you are up to it) and feel free to mess about with the distance – reps**
Notes:
Deep breath, focus and pour our heart and soul into who WE are, right NOW … ENJOY!!!
I’m Movin’ Outside
Posted: November 15, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, Craft, crossfit, exercise, fitness, friendship, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, Lockout, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, musings, NHL, nutrition, Quebec, running, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, writing, yoga 10 CommentsIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away-
Feel free to play along at your desk … This visualization is short and sweet, we promise?!?
Hidden “Inside” all of us lies the basic fundamental keys to understanding the world.
If you are unfamiliar with “Russian Nesting Dolls,” or if you were cool before they were cool … Matryuschka Dolls. These are the wooden, eloquently detailed figurines, when opened, reveal another pristine doll, inside the doll … You guys understand how they work or you watched a lot of Sesame Street growing up.
The Plan-
Link of the day: Sleepy Time <—Must Clicky!!!
The Workout-
Rest Day … A gentle Salute to the Sun followed by:
Google Machine – Check!
Search “Crocodile+Breathing” – Got it!!!
Strike a “Dead Man Pose (face down)” – Already there!!!
Breathe.
**This is a fantastic way to wind down the day after work.**
Notes:
Most of the answers we need answered are inside of us, quietly waiting to be discovered. Take care today peeps and ENJOY!!!
CultFit 