Libération
Posted: November 1, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: Canada, crossfit, health, hockey, ice skating, life, Loss, love, lululemon, meditation, motivation, music, NHL, recovery, rest, running, Travel, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 13 CommentsCanada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world-
Still no NHL … So in the meantime:
The CultFit Canada-Land Rock Hat Trick:
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day … A deep, passionate, heartfelt Sun Salutation series to awaken the senses in the AM … Then off to the Ice Rink later in the afternoon for a spot of skating with the kiddos.
Notes:
Bieber Fever? Maybe some Nickleback, Celine Dion and Snow for next week?!? Moving on, Many members of the CultFit staff have finally realized that the Winter Classic is going to be cancelled. This is not necessarily a bad thing peeps!?! What else is there to do in Michigan during the winter months anyways? Be well today and ENJOY!!!
No One Said It Would be Easy
Posted: October 29, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: advice, crossfit, emotions, exercise, fitness, free range, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, jogging, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, pilates, quotes, recovery, running, tips, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 17 CommentsGood advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example-
Top Tips, Advice, Input … All of these are tedious and boring, something we painstaking try not to push your way. The closest we have ever come to “Advice” is ‘Ole Uncle Mo gently slapping you up side the noggin, and let’s be honest: We all need a good slap up side the head from time to time.
So on that note, we will be tossing out some talking points this week as we slowly start to fall into hibernation here in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a slow process but we all do it, yeah you too!!! Our hibernation starts with the shorter days and the cooler temps, then the excuses start to pour in: Too Cold, Too Dark, Too Many Pumpkin Spiced Everything’s!
“Hey girl! Check out the Chica over on the treadmill. Yeah, the one there chatting up the new trainer dude … She has and will soon have everything you want in life?!?”
Jealousy and Envy are great personal tools to use, albeit when used with tact and great care.
Jealousy and Envy are rather ugly, nasty emotions we display more times during the day than we initially thought. You know what though? These handy little emotions secretly tell us the truth about our inner-most feelings. When was the last time you envied or were jealous of someone having a flip-phone? Never … The fact is: You only envy those who have what you desire the most … You are only jealous when you feel someone has taken something from you.
Most of you reading today spend too much time running away from life, quite literally in fact. If we stop for a moment to embrace our emotions, whatever they may be? We can learn so much from them. Our emotions are here: To teach us, to guide us and to help us make the tough decisions we face in life.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Dust off the Jump Rope and let’s get after this program while the day is still young.
Mess around with your trusty rope for a few minutes to Warm Up. Followed By:
Jump Rope (for one minute)
3 Turkish Get Ups (each side)
Once again this is not AMRAP … 30 minutes would be nice?!? If you fancy yourself as Uncle Rico? Carry on with AMRAP, just keeping it real peeps!
Notes:
Jealousy and Envy (when used properly) can open up the world you were oblivious to or may have taken for granted, before you read this post of course!?! Take care today and ENJOY!!!
Day and Night
Posted: October 25, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: Canada, crossfit, culture, exercise, faith, fitness, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, jogging, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, mental health, motivation, NHL, paleo, pilates, recovery, rest, running, Style, trail running, voting, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, writing, yoga 7 CommentsGet out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more-
Sadly, we have resorted to drastic measures peeps. Normally we like to keep it light and fluffy on Thursdays, always have and always will, maybe?!? The proverbial line in the sand has been drawn, until the NHL starts playing again? We will be showing cheeky Canadian videos on Thursday mornings … Sorry.
**Be forewarned! It’s all downhill from here, Strange Brew and Degrassi Junior High vid’s are on tap for next week.**
The Plan-
The Workout-
Rest Day … A brisk Walk and some Leg Drains. Simple.
Who knows? Maybe you and your ironic self-will make it on Style Blaster. <—To be cool before it’s cool? Click Me!!!
Notes:
It certainty has been a strange week so far and “Thank You” to each and every one of you taking the time out of your busy lives to read today. Take care and ENJOY!!!
You Don’t Make Me Sorry
Posted: October 24, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, blogs, crossfit, exercise, fitness, freshly pressed, happiness, health, hipster, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, perspective, pilates, running, trail running, Walk, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 7 Comments… If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.
Bettie Eadie
Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse: Gucci On Wheels
**Warning science content ahead!?!**
Place a ball on the desk in front of you and let it sit there, roll back in your chair and watch for a few moments. Nothing happened, shocking we know!
Now reach in the centre drawer and pull out some sticky notes and a pen. Write one of the following words/thoughts on the top half of each note:
Life, Yoga, Love, Work, Running, Lifting, Diet, Meditation, Pilates, Sex, Donuts … You get the point. Fold them in half and place them randomly on your desk in front of you.
Each one of us has our own unique habits, just like the ball will keep sitting there unless new outside influences act upon it.
Now gently tap the ball towards one of your notes, any which one.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Form, Flow and Grace … Find balance and harmony in a refreshing Sun Salutation Series. Followed by:
A Plank Medley consisting of the following: High Plank, Low Plank, Glute Bridge, One Arm Side Plank (each side), Forearm Plank, Side Plank (elbow bridge).
**All Planks will start with a Hinge Walk Out. This is vitally important peeps, think about it?!? When was the last time you bent over backwards? Hinged backwards? Oh, the last time you raised your hips from the floor into a Plank position. Your precious little back and hips will thank you later … **
Notes:
The goal of our exercise above is to come as close to our note without knocking it over, to gently ease up to it. Kinda like starting a new exercise program … Ease into it, slowly and with conviction. Be well today and ENJOY!!!
Thinking About Today
Posted: October 23, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: crossfit, exercise, fitness, happiness, health, hipster, intensity, jogging, kettlebell, life, love, lululemon, marathon, motivation, paleo, pilates, running, tabata, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 19 Comments… Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: that is all. Stop attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless, realize that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard, touched or smelled, felt or thought,expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality, and you will experience peace and freedom from fear.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
You might as well turn away now while there is still a chance to escape. We are going to be talking about mindfulness once again, for like the billionth time …
One could think that mindfulness begins with opening your mind and opening your heart, consciously choosing to be completely present with whatever arises in our daily lives. Being mindful is at direct odds with the blind reactivity we immerse ourselves in.
Follow along if you will …
Mindfulness is not just about being open to experiences, not just about seeing what is happening, as it is happening around us. Being mindful is choosing to be fully present with our experience: Running, Cycling, Lifting, Making a Sandwich or even better, the world around us.
How many times have you heard the following: “I want to be a better runner.” “I want to be a better Cyclist.” “I want to be a LvL 5 Yoga Guru!?!” “I want to be better at this meditation trend that everyone is jumping on …“
The following series of thoughts folks is how we delineate the difference between Being and Becoming mindful. When we are mindful, we enter into a relationship with the object of mindfulness. This can be characterized by being in a state of inner calm (quieting the voices in our heads), being non-reactive to the outside world, where there is plenty of temptations to receive and to respond. The state of becoming on the other hand is a characteristic of a reactive mind, the conflicted mind that is never able to be fully present with what is happening around us. When you start a new running program or anything else for that matter … Are you Being or are you Becoming? A becoming mindset is forever moving away from the here and now, towards something else, something different.
The Plan-
The Workout-
Continuing from yesterday …
5 Cartwheels (alternating sides)
10 Perfect Push Ups
Keep moving for 30 minutes, plain and simple.
Notes:
How many fitness programs have you started then stopped this year? Took up running for a few weeks and quickly gave it up for X-Fit and Cardio Barre Burn. A rather deep message this evening … ENJOY!!!
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