Promise
Posted: September 28, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, family, freshly pressed, friends, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, humor, kettlebell, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, nature, paleo, parenting, perspective, pilates, play, running, trail running, trees, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, writing, yoga 47 CommentsPromise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think-
*Taking the time to actually read this post today may increase your chances of having a great day? Just saying peeps.
When you show up to an event, a race, heck even a bridal shower? Are you too busy judging whether you are good enough to be there in the first place?
When we do this to ourselves, we miss out on the magic of being present for an amazing experience. No sh!t Sherlock! “We all want to do well!“ Many more of us want to be the best competing on any given day, which is totally cool in our book. But to refuse to participate because you’re not quite top-tier is sad.
How loud do we need to scream in panic before our message starts to settle in? We are heading down a very dark road peeps. Where extreme levels of performance have become the guard rails and running on these roads is dangerous to all of us.
This is our challenge to you this weekend:
Remember going outside just to play?!? When was the last time you went to a park and joined in on an impromptu game of football (proper football, not the ‘Merican crap) with some friends? Have you ever stopped at a trail head and asked someone if they care to join you for a bit (the offer of a cold beer or coffee increase your chances)? Play, peeps … Plain and simple.
Each and every one of us is deprived of play in our lives, a crying shame to say the least. For many of us; the simple experience of what play should be has become work. We are way over organized in our daily lives : Gotta schedule this task … I just have to check in on Foursquare and tell this business they suck on Yelp!
Quick being cruel to yourself, PROMISE?!?
The Plan-
Come play with us this SUNDAY. Not like that perv!?!
The Workout-
A dynamic sweat inducing Warm Up of your choosing. Followed by:
20 Broad Jumps
20 Perfect Pull Ups
20 Hard Style KB Swings
20 Walking Lunges (each leg)
20 Perfect Push Ups
20 KB Piston Push Press (heavy)
20 Romanian Dead Lifts (heavy)
20 Goblet Squats (heavy)
20 Meter Sprint (Out and Back)
20 Minutes focusing on the movement that you feel you need to work on the most!!!
**Caution!!! Normally when random peeps stop by and see a program like this they instantly assume balls to the wall, hard-core, ELITE, gotta kill myself before the weekend. Right? Get your head straight right now … Breathing and Hips! Before you even start say: Breathing and HIPS!!! Out loud.**
Notes:
Pinky swear? Melissa from Sweet Wholesome Health will be back on Monday!!! Have a great weekend and ENJOY!!!
Happy Little Clouds …
Posted: July 26, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: Awesome, Bob Ross, Clouds, nature 16 CommentsShwooop. Hehe. You have to make those little noises, or it just doesn’t work-
Life Is Not a Competition …
Posted: July 26, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, hipster, jogging, kettlebell, life, london, love, loving, marathon, motivation, natural, nature, paleo, perspective, pilates, running, simplicity, summer olympics, walking, WOD, yoga 12 CommentsCreative minds always have been known to survive any kind of bad training-
CultFit is not a competition. Rather it is focused on your health, healing and adding perspective to your daily fitness diet. CultFit is also not about becoming fit, fab, toned, flexible, balanced, powerful or turning your 7 of a body into a 10. CultFit is simply about taking care of yourself. There is nothing to achieve here or to boast about in a random blog-o-post (there are enough of these in your readers this morning). CultFit is about being “Present“. CultFit is not about changing yourself either. Who says you can’t have a caring, healthy relationship with your body?
The question this morning is: Where do you find your inspiration? We find ours by embracing life through the eyes of a child and providing a message about love and life. Inspiration can be fine on its own although without creativity it often goes to waste. The Summer Olympics started yesterday with women’s soccer and a few good matches (Does Japan look good or what?). Chances are you are going to sit down over the next few weeks to watch some Amazing, Serious, Athletes compete at the highest level. You will be inspired and moved to go out and do something with your life. Get back in shape or take up a new sport maybe (Dressage?!?). The cold hard truth is that you are not an Olympic Athlete, even if you do Cardio Barre Burn and X-Fit 5 days a week.
Be Inspired! Set some Goals and get Creative (this does not mean do what everyone else is doing).
Photo Hat Tip: National Geographic
The Plan-
If for some remote chance you find yourself in the state of Nebraska or Western Iowa? Feel empowered to drop us an email to say hello and to claim your ice-cold beverage from our fridge! You may also want to run up to us and say “HI“ at any of these following events:
Iowa State Fair (Fried Food on a stick and Tractor Pulls- ‘Merica F**K YEAH!!!)
Since Uncle Sachmo’s knee is doing a bit better here of late you may also want to email him asking about the TACO RIDE and the world-famous “CultFit in a Random Park“ meetups.
The Workout-
Rest Day …
**Not a Skill Day, Mobility Day, Technique Day, Active Recovery Day, Slow Run Day, Foam Rolling Day**
Set down the iPad and listen for once! Out of all the shitty runs and bad workouts you may have at the “Box” … Rest Days are where you make your gains and they define you as a person. If you can’t Rest for one day? You have deeper issues than you could ever a imagine. Gym Jones says it the best:
Work + Rest = TRAINING
“Don’t Do The Work if You Don’t Have the BALLS to Rest“
What we will be working on:
The CultFit Colectivo: This is all about you and bringing us closer in a more intimate way. When you join the Colectivo you become apart of a dedicated group of peeps who enjoy life more than pursuing “Participation Medals”. Stay tuned for more …
The CultFit Memoria: After 400+ posts our pure message has been diluted and beaten to death. Seriously, how many times can you post about “Being Authentic … Being You“? That’s what we thought! Who knows … If you peeps behave during the Olympics? Maybe we will pen an e-book for you to read? Lord knows you can’t do anything without your precious little iPad thingy?!?
Notes:
Writing helps bring us joy, period. And our love of living and helping others brings all of these influences into balance for us. Part of the problem this morning is that we are at a crossroads here at CultFit HQ.
What does this mean for you (our dear readers)? It all boils down to being true to who you are. There is no right and wrong. Just like there is no right or wrong road at our intersection. Our posts are starting to feel like a pulled muscle … We just need to feel which stretch allows us to tap into our inspiration and creativity the most.
This is not the end, far from it actually. With your help we can continue to grow and spread our message of taking the time to RESPECT and LISTEN our bodies. Go back and Re-Read this last message a million times until in sinks in … ENJOY!!!
Go Outside …
Posted: July 25, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: nature, outside 2 CommentsA truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is-
Stuck eating lunch at your desk? Don’t feel like walking to the car or a nearby park? Bummer … Too bad you can’t join us outside.
Afternoon Deleitar
Posted: June 15, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: cycling, legs, nature, Olympics, rainbow, Summer, trees 25 CommentsLook, the most glorious rainbow ever-
How about a game of Guess These Tree Trunks?!?
Rules: Only 21 questions/comments from the Peanut Gallery (you). So tap into your inner inter-webz sleuth and chime in peeps!
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