End of the Day
Posted: October 26, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: active rest, blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, free range, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, jogging, kettlebell, love, lululemon, lust, marathon, motivation, natural, nature, paleo, passion, perspective, pilates, recovery, rest, running, star wars, trail running, whole foods, writing 8 Comments… Greet everyone you meet with a warm smile, no matter how busy you are.
Don’t rush encounters with coworkers, family and friends.
Speak softly. Listen attentively.
Act as if every conversation you have is the most important thing on your mind today.
Look your children and your partner in the eyes when they talk to you.
Stroke the cat, caress the dog.
Lavish love on every living being you meet.
See how different you feel at the end of the day.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
The Plan-
Be sure to head over and say hello to Mike Stimpson, the holidays are right around the corner and his work would make a spiffy gift for that special goober in your life?!?
The Workout-
From our classic “Signature“ series here at the palatial CultFit confines. A flowing Warm Up of your choosing followed by:
200m Sprint (embody the word Sprint!)
20 Perfect Push Ups
30 Hard Style Kettlebell Swings
Notes:
Apologies once again for being completely all over the place this week. Be well today and let’s remember the simple words at the top before we begin our weekend … ENJOY!!!
An Eye for An Eye
Posted: October 20, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: hippie porn, life, love, passion, Yoda, you rock 8 CommentsIt is the power of the mind to be unconquerable-
You should be an island to yourself, a refuge to yourself, not dependent on any other but taking refuge in the truth and none other than the truth. And how do you become an island and a refuge to yourself? In this way. You see and contemplate your body as composed of all the forces of the universe. Ardently and mind fully you steer your body-self by restraining your discontent with the world about you. In the same way, observe and contemplate your feelings and use that same ardent restraint and self-possession against enslavement by greed or desire. By seeing attachment to your body and feelings as blocking the truth, you dwell in self-possession and ardent liberation from those ties. This is how you live as an island to yourself and a refuge to yourself. Whoever dwells in this contemplation, islanded by the truth and taking refuge in the truth–that one will come out of the darkness and into the light.
The Digha Nikaya
Without you Dear Reader? CultFit would have shut up shop eons ago!!! Hope you are enjoying your weekend wherever you are!
Contact
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!!!
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