Practice, practice practice. This is true for CrossFitters, Bodybuilders, Powerlifters and Weightlifters alike. So why is this message lost on the general public? Why does training have to be a contest between who can lift the most weight or who can perform the most ridiculous exercise? Because if you walk into your average box gymContinue reading "#226 Don’t have an ego in the gym, the weights will win.."
#225 BJJ Building Blocks
A couple years ago I was in Texas, Fort Worth learning from a friend who, over the last 20 years as a black belt, had developed a teaching methodology that I was interested in learning. He called this method “The Block” method. What is was, was a way of chaining together a “Start to Finish”Continue reading "#225 BJJ Building Blocks"
#224 State the problem
While studying Jiu Jitsu and watching Gordon Ryan’s Attacking the Guard series on BJJ Fanatics one of the things that impressed me was Gordon’s ability to clearly state the problems in each position. While many positions in Jiu Jitsu come with their own complexities I am in agreement with John Danaher that each position containsContinue reading "#224 State the problem"
#223 Things we take for granted.
1. Every breath 2. Family 3. Opportunities we view as negative circumstances 4. Food that provides ample sustenance 5. Shelter 6. Free will 7. Friends 8. Communication 9. Love 10. Work You never know what you have until it’s gone. Every moment matters and it is up to us to use it wisely.
#222 Lucky
Today I’m feeling lucky. Perhaps it has something to do with the number 222, perhaps it’s the fact I’m alive. Despite California’s hostility towards gyms and fitness I feel lucky to have health, family, purpose, vision, energy when I see so many others who fail to possess such blessings regardless of their wealth and status.Continue reading "#222 Lucky"
#221 Problem solving
Do you remember the feeling after you solved something as a kid, like a puzzle? Undoubtedly it felt good. Turns out, as we get older, life is no different, yet these puzzles present themselves in the form of a troublesome client, a needy girlfriend or a problem you constantly encounter in Jiu Jitsu that hasContinue reading "#221 Problem solving"
#220 How it works and how to do it?
When dealing with learning in any field, you are first faced with the basic task of understanding what exactly it is and what it does. For example, you understand what an airplane is and what it does, without this understanding the parts that make up this great innovation are meaningless. Sometimes students make the mistakeContinue reading "#220 How it works and how to do it?"
#219 Calluses…
Earlier this week while taking a kettlebell course at Team Hargett taught by my brother Steve, I was reintroduced to the all too familiar feeling of blisters. The kind that your hands form, on the verge of tearing with each swing making it more plausible. At first thought, it is irritating. Few look forward toContinue reading "#219 Calluses…"
#218 The Fearless
When you have lost the fear of change, the fear to start from scratch, you have found true power. By clinging to what is, you lose sight of what can be. Sometimes losing everything is the birth of something new. Embrace change, fear remaining the same. Life is a constant flow which demands constant motion,Continue reading "#218 The Fearless"
#217 You’re crazy
“That’s the craziest thing I’ve heard.” Words uttered in so many ways by the masses when: Henry Ford proposed his the Ford T model Thomas Edison went to work on his lightbulb The Wright brothers sought to travel the skies Steve Jobs had a vision of computers being human Donald Trump ran for president inContinue reading "#217 You’re crazy"
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