January 2012
6 posts
Finding Stillness In The Hustle: 20 Breaths
Pictured above is my housemate. He has a daily hourly meditation practice and often takes it in our backyard. I have yet to been able to integrate an hour of meditation practice but I’m working on 10 minutes/day - but thats another post.
However something that is super super doable is whenever you feeling rushed or stressed to take 20 deep breaths. Just close your eyes, 20 deep breaths...
Featherweight Throwdown: Bodyweight Backsquat
It was a typical Saturday evening. I was gathered around a fire pit after devouring a whole pig with my friends - when Travis Holley threw out that I NEEDED to do a max reps bodyweight backsquat battle with Randal Setlzer.
Well that set in motion a frenzy - with a Randal trash talking video, my rebuttal and then finally the battle that went down last Friday.
I won’t ruin the outcome or...
"only thing that can stop me is me" →
Calling Myself Out
In the ongoing “Beat the Coach” series where CrossFit Central coach’s take on a WOD for our athletes to try to beat I was asked to do “Nicole” - which is a 20 minute AMRAP of 400m run / Max pullups.
My fellow featherweight coach and fitness nemesis Randal Setlzer took on the WOD last time - so I had to have a go at it! You can see both videos below but Randal ends...
Sea Veggies: A Primer
Sea Vegetables: yes I know. Its sounds gross.
BUT
Sea veggies are super mineral rich and can easily included in your diet without having to do an intensive course in japanese cooking. Below are my favorite (and easiest) way to incorporate sea veggies into one’s grub
Dulse
A slightly salty complex taste dulse can be easily added to most dishes. It is commonly available in flakes...
"Finding Stillness in the #Hustle" - A Prologue
While my 2012 Motto is “Excellence is the bare minimum “ (why yes - yes that is sourced from a Kanye West quote ) I am going to launch an ongoing blog series exploring “Finding stillness in the #hustle”
Now, by no means am I expousing not working hard, BUT in the culture of #hustle it is easy to get bowled over and wind up with a case of adrenal burnout. Its all about...
