“Stop, listen, and go.” This advise offered by in the Ted Talk, Want to be happy? Be Grateful, by David Steindl. What does he mean by this? How can we take his philosophy into the gym? “If only we could live a grateful life. We would be happy.” We’ve all experienced grateful moments. The time when you received…
Read more Being Grateful for Health; Why Working Out Should Be Enjoyable
Why aren’t you getting results in the gym? And why are you blaming others? I’ve been in CrossFit for 5 years now and I could probably count on two hands the number of people that complain CrossFit isn’t giving them the results they want—whether its getting stronger or getting slimmer. Usually its the latter. As…
Heel-toe running hurts, bad. Seriously, if you’re landing on your heels as you run you won’t be running for long. If you are running though, I’m happy. Many people are against running. They say they aren’t good at it, their body can’t take it, they feel like they’re dying when running, etc, etc. We are biologically designed to run.…
Diet related deaths are insane, and unacceptable. We have the power to prevent diseases. And we can’t look to our current education system because children aren’t learning proper nutrition, at all. If they really were learning, then the cafeteria lunch needs to resemble that. Pizza isn’t a vegetable. But, why have so many people died and the childhood obesity…
Read more “Chew On This” by Jamie Oliver; Something needs to change.
What has squatting everyday done for me? I listened to a podcast on Barbell Shrugged that has really shaped my perspective on training. The guys at Barbell Shrugged interviewed Cory Gregory, the co-founder of Muscle Pharm. They talked about his supplement company, training, and squatting everyday. Cory Gregory spoke highly of an Olympic Lifter and Coach, Jon…
My hope is for you to feel two things — the why of your training and enjoyment of the process
Daniel W. Lennon 