You’ll Never Change
Posted: October 19, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: 5k, blogging, crossfit, exercise, failure, fear, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, intensity, jogging, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, natural, paleo, perspective, pilates, recovery, running, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 13 CommentsMen fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other-
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What do you genuinely FEAR the most?
One of the best teachers we will ever have in life: Failure. Digest this next thought anyway you like, we are all adults here right? Sit back and actually read the blog posts this coming Monday. We are confident in saying that many peeps will be busy saving face, lamenting after a grueling weekend competition or struggling through whatever event they participated in. Many more will miss this prime learning opportunity to reflect on their recent failure and use what they learned to improve themselves next weekend, next time around.
Learning from a recent (<— Key Word) failure is never easy. Our culture is driven on success and this makes it especially hard to embrace failure. When we do this? We miss an opportunity for personal growth.
Don’t FEAR to FAIL. Of all the training tools we have at our disposal, FEAR is by far the best one. How else are we supposed to learn about “Life“?
… If being me is easy from where you stand
Seeing is believing from where I am
Try being me if you think you can
You think you got it easy, try being me …
The Plan-
It’s a wonderful time to head outside this weekend. Orionid Meteor Shower
Hat Tip: Earth Sky
The Workout-
A flowing Trail Run with a good friend once again (don’t forget to bring a ball …). Followed by:
Rolling Perfect Push Ups …
Hinge and Walkout to a High Push Up Position while your partner is standing behind you holding a tennis ball. Your partner will roll the ball under you while in the High Push Up Position. You, catch the ball and either toss the ball back to your partner over your shoulder. Or, rotate to a side Plank and hand them the ball. To make this more difficult: Start in a Low Plank – Just enough room for the ball to roll under you. Alternate hands and be sure to switch up with your friend. Kids, Spouses, Dogs … All work here so no excuses?!?
Notes:
Many of you reading today are Fearful of this coming weekend for many different reasons, completely natural peeps! Life presents us challenges at every turn, just not this weekend. Be well and ENJOY!!!
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Posted: October 18, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: body, exercise, fitness, health, hipster, hope, life, love, lululemon, meditation, mind, motivation, passion, pilates, recovery, relax, rest, spirit, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 9 CommentsA single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.
RELAUX peeps.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day … Meditation. A time to find peace and harmony.
**The first peep to chime in with that is WRONG in this picture may win something?!?**
Notes:
We’re chilling out today and taking a break. Feel free to join us if you like … ENJOY!!!
Four Minutes To Twelve
Posted: October 16, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, douche bags, emoyions, exercise, fitness, free range, freshly pressed, gratitude, happiness, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, love, marathon, motivation, natural, paleo, passion, pilates, recovery, running, things, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, writing, yoga 25 CommentsAll things are difficult before they are easy-
… Strange days have found us
Strange days have tracked us down
They’re going to destroy our casual joys …
Quick test this morning while the tea brews: Say this simple word out loud: “Gratitude “.
Was this hard for you? Did we struggle saying just one little word? For many of us, thinking and passing forward appreciative thoughts is completely natural and something we do on a daily basis. This underlying and authentic appreciation for all “things” good in our lives helps us to not only live longer, feel a little better and most importantly: Creating positive connections with the world around us. Gratitude …
Just as you would cultivate other positive habits, gratitude begins at an early age and needs to nurtured throughout our lives. And NO! It’s never too late to start getting aboard the Gratitude Bandwagon. The ass-hats around you will start to like what they see and hear from you each day.
Where does this leave us? Practice, practice gratitude daily. We are ever so grateful you are here with us today! There, that’s a spiffy start!
The Plan-
The Workout-
If there is one thing to be said about CultFit Readers: Attention to detail is lacking or non-existent at times. So on that note we are going to lay out what the goal is this week, no more beating around the bush. Yes, it is possible to learn to do a proper Push Up without beating the living sh!t out of yourself. Do we need to read this last sentence again?!?
Moving on … A nice flowing Trail Run (or whatever else you choose) with a good friend followed by:
Find a nice comfy spot to stop and face one another in a High Plank Perfect Push Up position (mess around with a Hinge Walk Out to get your distance correct). While looking your partner in the eye, touch your right hand to their right hand then switch and go left to left … criss cross applesauce works as well. This is not a contest!!! Continue alternating hands/arms until both of you are too tired to go on.
Remember you have to Run back home?!?
Notes:
Don’t worry peeps, we are grateful you made it this far into the post! Be well today and ENJOY!!!
One Flight Down
Posted: October 15, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: accidents, courage, freak, hope, love, passion 7 CommentsThe essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude-
So why are you limping around today? Rough weekend chasing down the ever so elusive 15 minute 5k? “It was a freak accident dude … This man-hole cover appeared out of nowhere, right in the middle of the road! Who the hell puts a man-hole cover in the middle of the road in the first place?!?”
Here’s the deal peeps, Oh and Good Morning (Let’s get the niceties out-of-the-way before you grab your pitch fork) many of the injuries we suffer cannot be labeled “Freak” accidents. If you get run over by a man riding a buffalo?!? That’s a freak accident! A vast majority of our injuries can be avoided with less reckless activities on our part. There are many examples however here are a few we like the most: Taking a weekend off from running, listening to an old injury, developing the skill of stepping back to reflect. There should be no reason to regret a “Freak” accident although if we listen to and nurture our bodies? There will be an awful lot to appreciate and celebrate later down the road.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Probably the top question we receive here at CultFit is: “How do you perform a Perfect Push Up?”
Warm Up as you see fit and prepare for a little hockey since the NHL blows right now!!!
You can do this either with a wall or another person (Ja Ja Perv). Face the wall or your partner in a High Push Up Plank position (Hinge-Walk Out) about 5 feet apart. Using a dog toy, tennis ball, bean bag or lacrosse ball, try to slide or roll the ball between your partners two hands to score a goal (or bounce the ball off the wall back to you). Your partner may stop the ball with one hand only (same goes for you)!
Keep score if that is your thing and no cheating if you do this alone! This peeps, is how you start to learn the Perfect Push Up!?!
Notes:
A little random and all over the place today … ENJOY!!!
Rack My Mind
Posted: October 9, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, forgive, free range, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, paleo, perspective, pilates, recovery, running, trail running, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 29 CommentsMen [and women] feel disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them-
How many of us hold onto pain long after being hurt by someone close to us? If there is one thing we all share in common … Bearing a grudge against others consistently holds us back. It’s completely natural to experience the full spectrum of emotions ranging from anxiety through to anger and sadness when we grudgingly hold onto pain. Holding on, however, hinders the natural process of emotional healing from reaching resolution.
Let’s remember that forgiveness is simply not about forgetting, excusing or rationalizing what has happened to us. Forgiveness does not involve forgoing justice, or relinquishing any claim to reparation that is due. To forgive is quite possibly the hardest thing we will ever do in our lives … Yes, even harder than a Warrior Dash. Forgiving others requires courage and maturity to listen to and feel the pain, accept the loss and most importantly: Pressing on with life.
The Plan-
The Workout-
We recently uncovered this program from our “Forgiveness“ series of programs here at CultFit.
Gently pick up your trusty Kettle Bell and let’s go for a Walk.
Alternating Goblet Squat Pivots … Settle, ease in and out of the bottom position.
One Arm Waiters Walk … Each Arm. Axilla?!? Fully open to the world!
Don’t fret or worry about reps or sets. Just go for a Walk.
Notes:
The hardest person to forgive? Yourself. Be well today and ENJOY!!!
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