Thursday 22 March 2012
Posted: March 22, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, exercise, fitness, fun, funny, health, life, living, motivation, ncaa, perspective, running, sports, weight loss, yoga 9 CommentsOur minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; –happiness; but few are going by the same road-
*sniff-sniff* Shhhh, come over quietly: like on your tipsy toes or something. You gotta check this out…JaJa we had you going there for a minute! It’s only Uncle Bruce coming in from the turnip field to put his feet up to rest on this glorious Thursday morning. Another week here is quickly coming to an abrupt end, it’s all good though. We’re all comfy nestled up close to a cup of green tea, perfect temp and perfect blend(China Green Quince). Almost forgot about the blueberry bagel in the toaster…while we get that sorted…Feel like a quick game of “Come up with a creative caption?” So do we, so with no further delay:
The Plan-
You know the type: “Man my knee sure is sore after the run today. What time are we going to kill “it” again tomorrow?” Or what about the peep who laments about all sorts of knee issues while sporting a knee brace? Well, we have a game for you: Virtual Knee Surgery(<–No joke give it a GO!!!)
Obviously “Those People” have a deep disrespect for their body/soul and think life is one big old game where YOU are the most important piece. Pics of high scores get some goodies!!!
The Workout-
Rest Day…Spring is in the air and your body likes to be out in the elements (so we were told). If going outside is a foreign idea to you? Well today would be the perfect day to go for a walk!
Notes:
We tip our hat to you Mr/Mrs Space Bat…R.I.P!!! Now only if some of you picking the wedgie out of your crack this morn’ would attack life with the same conviction?!? Have an awesome day, ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Posted: March 21, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, college hockey, exercise, fitness, health, hockey, motivation, ncaa, perspective, running, yoga 4 CommentsRemember, you’re as good as the best thing you’ve ever done-
**we are painting with a broad brush stroke today so you may want to put on your Random Fitness spectacles to read today’s post**
Today’s sign of the Apocalypse:
Sad thing is dear reader: We received over 650+ emails yesterday defending the “Girlfriend” picture…Chew on that for a moment.
How many times do you encounter the following streams of mind cluttering rubbish during the day? Do this not that, try this it worked for me, that’s too much, you are doing way too little in your life. Don’t worry: 98.7% of our posts are not like the ones you read every so often…We do need to have a chat about happiness today though. We spoke about vanity some time ago, so if you are “vain” click away now. Not long after that we wrote about: Beating yourself up to run a 4 hr marathon, if that’s you click away. We tend to stay away from diet due to the fact its uniquely personal, if you feel your diet is superior? Click away now…Love and happiness today. “Should we not also talk about Santosha?” Hmm, good point! Hell lets toss it in here as well…a nice frothy mix of love, happiness and contentment!
Wise man once said “There are two kinds of unhappiness”
1. Not getting what you want.
2. Getting what you want.
(Big High-Five to the peep who can name that “Man”)
Whew, where were we? There are many, many different directions to take this conversation today although let’s agree now on one guiding principle: You alone are complete. How many times during the day do you click the “Like” button adding a bit more confusion to your daily intake? That’s what we feared…Do any of these sound familiar as you look in the steamy mirror this morning? Restless dissatisfaction, Pressure to be exceptional, Unrealistic achievement (Yup that’s you Mr. 4+hr marathon dude!), Feelings of superiority or inferiority, or both, Excessive fears of being humiliated, Obsessive self-focus.
Without going on or another 1000+ words…Please take away after reading this kind morning: That caring, being happy in your body and a sense of humility go a long way.
Please, honestly take a moment to read this sometime today: Are We as Bad as the Worst Thing We’ve Done?
We’re not the experts here, remember?
The Plan-
The Real March Madness kicks off this weekend not the water downed invite everyone to the show crap you have been watching for the past week! Rule out the teams from Michigan to win solely on principle. Let’s take our eyes out east for a moment to Union College and Cornell: True institutes of higher education! What a majestic State New York is! Honestly, any other team could win as long as it’s not Michigan, Western Michigan, Michigan State or any state that borders Michigan!!!
That completes our D1 Hockey coverage for the year, thanks for reading.
The Workout-
Warm Up until you have developed a nice lather…followed by an old favorite of ours here:
Hollow Rocks…30 minutes or so worth! Yeah that really is The Workout today…Either you will feel horribly uncomfortable later in the day or you will feel quite fine and dandy? One thing is for certain: You just don’t flop on the floor and do these peeps! It’s a gentle process of small muscle recruitment and activation…4 Peeps reading know why this is important? Are you one of them?
Notes:
We are going to be updating the links stuff here soon. If you have any solid-proven-goal oriented program links you would like to add by all means pipe up and send them in! The program today is a killer, no joking about it! Be safe and ENJOY!!!
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, crossfit, exercise, fitness, health, motivation, perspective, WOD, yoga 12 CommentsA man’s character is like his shadow, which sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, and which is occasionally longer, occasionally shorter, than he is-
The post from yesterday had been building some momentum for quite a bit, sometimes you just need to get it out to unburden your soul. It’s still annoying though…runners who drive to the trail at o-dark-thirty and…had to catch ourselves there before we went on another rant! Another reason why living life with AADD is spectacular: The song ‘Peaches and Cream’ is easily one of the top ten worst songs of all time. Now, Peaches…There is a chic who knows what she wants from life! And Cream, one of the best bands of all time! Oh look a puddle to jump in.
Lots of new faces around here recently and as is customary please feel free to pull up a chair and kick off your shoes. The quick LowDown is over yonder in the Philosophia link thing. Here’s Uncle Gary fresh off the tractor getting the crops ready for summer, it should be noted that Uncle Gary is from Turnupshire and as all males from Turnupshire he is named Gary or Bruce…He has written a post for us that will be up tomorrow for your critique and from the initial feedback of the piece from some of the peeps around here: Classic Must Read!
The Plan-
Yet another sign that we are doomed as a society:
Take note the above image is not “shopped” and is remarkably real.
Hmm maybe all the chica’s climbing ropes is not a fad…Study: Exercise can lead to female orgasms
The Workout-
Not for time…
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 Perfect Pull Ups (grip changes each set: Overhand w/thumb, OH no thumb, over/under…you get the point!) followed by:
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 Dips (With or without Rings…Best done on the Monkey Bars at a nearby playground) Followed by:
100m Sprint Out and Back (make this a bit shorter each time through or longer? It’s up to you.)
Notes:
A good mate of ours sent us the girlfriend pic above last Friday night while we were out and about, its sad it really is. As much as we poke fun at X-Fit, yoga moms and cardio-barre burn bums we are truly in a sad place as a whole and this includes us here. Chin up peeps, tomorrow is another day. ENJOY!!!
Friday 16 March 2012
Posted: March 16, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: 10k, 5k, exercise, f1, fitness, health, marathon, march madness, meditation, NASA, running, space, swimming, wellness, yoga 4 CommentsThe real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes-
Have you ever witnessed something that makes you stop right in your tracks and watch in awe? Something truly amazing, something you have probably never seen before? We had one of these moments last night and we would like to share it with you this morning…Honestly stop whatever is occupying you at this moment and let yourself be amazed for eight minutes!
We had originally planned to beat some topic to death today…let this video sink in for a moment, life is truly amazing!!!
Earlier in the week we spoke about (albeit briefly) Changing the Definition of Fitness. Fitness can be anything you like, so if wandered over here and made it this far? Change fitness to…pixie dust if you like.
It truly is important to note that we are forever changing, right now as an example; you just changed. Each and every time you beat yourself up for going through the same old thing again chances are the experience is more nuanced this time around, hopefully with more insight then you had before. This new experience is always changing…Each and every pico second of the day.
What do we expect you to take away each time this happens? Please take note that there are days when you may not want to exercise, eat right, go train, whatever . This is not the end of the world and we know for a fact that you will get out and exercise again! This is what we like to call Changing the Definition of Fitness and getting back to your true self, back to your goals, and back to another opportunity to redefine them in a more nuanced and personal manner.
The Plan-
Perspective: Either this is the best news in the world or the worst? Where do you stand?!? LINK
The Workout-
Pulled from our “Have a smile on your face” series here at CultFit HQ:
We have written ad nauseam about performing or engaging in a program that you thoroughly enjoy. If you feel inclined go back and re-read all 290 or so posts that point this out. So on that note:
Not for time…
One Hour Swimming rinse off and followed by:
Deep meditative yoga…you know where we stand on yoga so this is not the crap you do down at YogaMed or film yourself in the living room in tight Lululemon attire to post on MeTube later…
15 Minutes of Leg Drains and 15 Minutes of Inversions
Notes:
Life is more important than just working out. Watching your kids play, witnessing a magical moment in life…It’s moments like these where we need to step back and ENJOY who we are and where we are. Have a great weekend watching the Australian GP and be sure to cheer for CultFit Racing Team member: Lewis Hamilton! Be safe and ENJOY!!!
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Posted: March 14, 2012 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: exercise, fitness, health, healthy living, life, meditation, motivation, opinion, perspective, weight loss, yoga 3 CommentsWriting gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it’s just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it-
Looking back it may have been wise to let you know that this weeks posts are trying to flow together in one way or another. Grandpa-pa Moses pointed this subtly out last night: “You bloviating fools spend so much damn time writing and chatting about something that in essence is so simple!”
“Get up and move everyday…”
That is 89 years of old man wisdom there peeps…In essence we all do this on any given day, right? For most of us this simple idea begins to travel sideways as soon as we step out of bed though, sadly. We could beat this topic into a righteous death daily like so many blog-o-sphere types do…But why really?!? Only YOU know what it takes to get back to the purity of Grandpa Moses message…
The Plan-
Allow us to dip our toes into murky waters today for just a moment. We are here to empower you not to provide self-serving recommendations or instruct your every move during a program. There are fundamental movements you need to pattern before you add serious weight! These need to become second nature like picking your nose in your mom’s basement. Case in point: Turkish Get Ups. 89.2% of you can barely walk and download an app little lone put all the pieces together to properly put some serious weight over you head! And now you are going to go off to the “box” and do AMRAP in 20 minutes?!? More power to you…Quick timeout for a few obligatory links to warm your heart:
These Links are Must Read(s) Peeps!!!
Overly Aggressive Workouts Put Athletes at Risk
The Workout-
Trail Run/Walk/Swim for about 45 minutes or so followed by:
100 Alternating Goblet Squat Pivots
100 Reverse Lunges (No weight – No Shoes)
Spend 30 Minutes messing about with the Turkish Get Up (Start with what you learned yesterday and continue to pattern this critical movement)
Notes:
Today’s top tip: Swimming and stretching in the pool prior to a hard workout…Let’s just say your body will thank you later in life. Be safe today and ENJOY!!!
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