: Hell of the North :
Posted: April 11, 2016 Filed under: Kindness, Meditation, Mindfulness, Yoga | Tags: cycling, Hell Of the north, kindness, london, Mindfulness, Onyx Hubs, paris roubaix, Rapha, Traitor Cycles, Twin Six 2 CommentsOh, what a day… what a lovely day-
*gravé (noun)
/grɑːveɪ/US/græːveɪ/
(an area of) farm track/road/footpath/bridleway etc. which consists of potholes, loose paving, stones, rubble, and mud.
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What Ever You Do … Do Sweetly
Posted: November 5, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: 5th of November, Authenticity, courage, crossfit, DIY, fear, Fireworks Night, fitness, gluten free, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, london, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, pilates, rest, running, sandy, trail running, UK, walking, WOD, yoga 17 Comments… Remember, Remember The fifth of November. The DeLorean and Calvin Klein. I know not of what you were stricken to call Marty McFly chicken for your fates will surely entwine. Doc Brown hit his head and for his stitch and suture, made it possible to go Back to the Future. Given the chance you would, Introduce the world to Johnny B. Goode and if you think there’s another reason for this date of the year, then make like a tree and get out of here-
Quick question to start our discussion: Was Guy Fawkes merely being Reactive or Creative when he decided to hatch the Gunpowder Plot?
Chances are Mr. Fawkes knew what the right thing to do was and even wanted to do what is right … Then he walked into the houses of parliament.
Because he was afraid. Guy Fawkes lacked the courage to support his convictions in a meaningful way.
So how in the world do we draw a parallel between a terrorist and you, average trendy peep of the 21st century? Simply: We need passionate courage to face the unknown challenges that confront us. We need vast amounts of courage to let go of our irrational fears that hold us back each and every morning.
We need courage to be ourselves, to be authentic and to take responsibility for our actions. We need to be courageous in order to overcome our fears of rejection and disapproval from others. You may have never thought of this before although it takes courage to accept criticism and openly admit to mistakes.
Harvesting courage frees each and every one of us, to find new and better ways of being Authentic … You.
Most of us are held captive, prisoners of our own fears and fear of the unknown.
The Plan-
Link of the day: Time Management
The Workout-
A quick Trail Run/Hike/Swim or Walk to begin the festivities. Followed by:
Shuttle Runs-
5m Out and Back + 10 Perfect Push Ups
10m Out and Back + 10 HEAVY Goblet Squats
15m Out and Back + 10 HEAVY Hard Style KB Swings
20m Out and Back + 10 Heavy KB Snatch
Mr. Fawkes would have done this for 30 minutes, or 3-4 times through.
Notes:
Remember this day as the day you kicked fear in the FACE! Guy Fawkes was found guarding some barrels of gun powder around midnight on 4 November 1605, barrels full of fear. Take care today and ENJOY!!!
How Will We Ever Move On …
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, london, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, pilates, running, smile, summer olympics, trail running, walking, WOD, yoga 8 CommentsNarcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace-
Over this past weekend we sat down and had a nice free flowing chat amongst some old friends. One topic that came up that we would like to share with you is: You teach what you need to learn. Let this thought sit in for a bit as you get ready to rush off to your mid day extreme fitness class …
Oh and to the peeps lamenting, crying about Olympic withdraw? The REAL Olympics start soon!
The Plan-
There are countless boring and over opinionated blog-o-posts offering dreadful London Olympic recaps and what not today. Here’s ours:
Top Tip: If you missed any of the BBC coverage of the Summer Games because you were taking photos of yourself and Pinning things? BBC FULL COVERAGE(Replay)
You only have until January peeps so hop to it already!?!
The Workout-
From our “No Time to Waste” series of programs:
As a Warm Up: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Light Turkish Get Ups (Graceful, Flowing, Find Perfection) Followed By:
Pick something heavy up around you and proceed to Heart Beat Walk for 100 pumps … Lets do this 4-5 times?!?
Notes:
The world will still go on dear reader. Time to quit living vicariously as though you are an Olympic athlete or something?!? Have fun today and ENJOY!!!
Shooting The Breeze …
Posted: August 9, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: active rest, BBC, crossfit, exercise, fitness, gluten free, gossip, health, hipster, life, london, love, lululemon, motivation, natural, news, paleo, pilates, rawtella, recovery, rumors, summer olympics, talk, whole foods, WOD, yoga 16 CommentsTo a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea-
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Rawtella Mint (Canada’s gift to the world)- Almost finished!!!
Ctrl+T- Foxy Proxy ready and the BBC Olympic coverage is a go!
What better way to enjoy a Thursday than spending it with you!!! We’re Shooting the Breeze here at CultFit HQ today and the floor is yours to do as you please. Someone – Something pissing you off and you need to vent? Let it go and purge your thoughts! Wanna discuss your mock draft for the upcoming NFL fantasy draft? Let’s do it! Feel like breaking down the mechanics and movement patterns of female field hockey players (Ja Ja Perv … )? We can discuss this and so much more today with your help. Don’t be a hater or stranger this morning, no topic if off-limits … Just Shooting the Breeze.
To get this thing started you may have noticed some of the videos we have posted lately are not working so well. That’s because the IOC and its copyright mafia are ELITE Douche Bags!!! Just like Juan-Carlos Navarro …
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day …
Behdad Salimikordasiabi of Iran is a straight up beast. Oh and he likes to pick up heavy things with grace. Wish we could say that about some other ELITE fitness peeps?!?
Not For Time …
Lifting 545 Pounds Over His Head for Olympic Gold
Notes:
What say you? Feel free to Rant and Opine about anything you like! Smile and ENJOY!!!
You Wanna Go Night Night …
Posted: August 8, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: compassion, exercise, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, london, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, pilates, pity, smile, summer olympics, whole foods, WOD, yoga 9 CommentsIf the roots are sick, is not washing the leaves an eye-wash? To fix the roots is not easy, but washing the leaves is dangerous, for it gives the illusion of health-
Before we start on yet another bloviated blog-o-post. Watch this video to get all amped up and tingly inside this morning (or afternoon if you live in Turnipshire):
Have you ever noticed that our pity of others expresses a negative evaluation of a known bad situation? Last time we checked peeps simply do not like to be pitied or looked down upon as if they are flawed in some sort or another.
Our attitudes towards people who may be overweight or out of shape (What the heck is out of shape anyways? Can someone please explain this to us?!?) is a typical example of pity. Some normal attributes of compassion may be giving a helping hand to those near and dear to us. Pity and compassion are not generated in every case of bad luck, but only when we believe that someone suffers from substantial misfortune.
There is one crucial difference between pity and compassion: It’s simply that compassion involves far greater commitment on your part to contribute any form of substantial help. You may pity a woman for being fat and obese although that does little to help you or the woman. On the other hand … Compassion involves a willingness to roll up your sleeves and to get personally involved in helping out, while pity usually means you could care less. Maybe we can think of pity as being a spectator at the Olympics? Jumping around dolling our pity “yellow cards” out here and there where it is most convenient to us!?!
The whole dang point today (That will be lost in all the pics and silly videos): Our pity revolves around our perceived inferiority of other people. No matter what it may be: Oscar Pistorius running the 400m relay with no legs or Nadzeya Astapchuk (some claim she is too heavy and not womanly like … Ass-Hat peeps.) tossing a shot put around on the field. Compassion peeps … Shines a lovely, bright light on the common equality in humanity (Which is pretty darn cool).
The Plan-
The Workout-
If we told you that the secret to living a healthy engaging life is: Happy Hips and Happy Mind?!? All the peeps reading today would walk away shaking their collective heads in great shame.
On that note: A nice Happy Hips Warm Up and maybe a Swim followed by this series of movements:
Not For Time or AMRAP … Well, 30 Minutes of time at least?!?
10 Hinge Walk Out Perfect Push Ups
3 Perfect Dead Hang Pull Ups
30 Second Hand Stand Hold
Make note of when you started and roll through these movements for 30 minutes or so … No hurry! Perfection!!!
Notes:
Smile and ENJOY!!!
**This post was inspired by the comedian Kevin Hart and his Wanna go night night bit … If you have virgin ears or are overly sensitive? Don’t watch the video.**
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