Fitness. Health. Nutrition.
One constant in my life is an assault on my time by everyone and everything. Five minutes to do this 10 minutes to do that. It all adds up until there is no more time left in my day. I know I am not alone. It seems to be a prerequisite to getting older.
How do you carve out time to train and take care of your health?
As a former meathead (I use that term affectionately) I thought there was only one way to measure progress, add more weight to the bar! If I am squatting 365 this week, better boost it up to 385 next week. That way I know I am getting stronger. This is dumb on many levels, but give me a break, I was young and compared to most of my thoughts, this was brilliant.
In this post I cover some basic methods to keeping a training journal and increasing your workload.
I have wasted a lot of time, energy and money on crap that just doesn't work. The thought of all of the useless supplements I have taken and some of the worthless exercises I have done make me angry. Not angry that I tried things out and eventually came to my own conclusions, but angry on why it took so long. That brings me to the start, stop, continue exercise (mental, not physical). If I had only reflected using an exercise like this more regularly I would have saved time, money, and effort.
Save your time, effort, and cash, read the post.
Why do you train? There are thousands of reasons and it is unique to everyone. General fitness, mobility, strength, getting jacked - whatever floats your boat. The one common goal should be progress. No one consistently performs an activity to get worse. Yet so many people don’t make any progress year after year.
In this article I provide you with 7 critical steps for making consistent progress with your fitness. Implementing even a few of these will move you in the direction of getting strong, ripped and being awesome.
In like a lion is a good description of the weather I faced during my first full week of training outdoors. The week started cold, warmed up a bit, had some freezing rain, then dipped into the negatives with wind chill. Definitely a challenge for training.
In this post I recap my first week of training outdoors. Check it out.
Post holiday guilt has hit me hard. From what? Eating too much, eating too many sweets, and oddly enough, not getting consistently good sleep. Do I regret it? No way, I had a great time with family and friends. Taking a break from my normal routine has also recharged my motivation. I am primed to get back to training and be better than ever.
In this post I show how I am going to jump start my health in January. I also provide simple ideas anyone can try to improve their health and get results. Check it out.
I am kicking off the OutdoorFitnessProject on January 1st, 2015! That’s right, New Year’s Day. It is not a New Year’s resolution, it is a challenge. Can I stay in shape? Will I stick with my workouts? Putting a huge constraint on myself by training exclusively outdoors will force me to try new things, spark innovation, and build a community that is willing to challenge themselves.
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I thought long and hard about my training approach to working out outside. I had to consider the ability to complete the workout with or without any equipment, in bulky clothes (jacket, etc.), in rain and snow, and provide enough work to keep or improve current fitness. I decided on a mix of static iso holds and bodyweight movements. The plan is to take a few weeks to get used to the outside training. I will then add a weight vest for most exercises as well portable suspension trainers. I try and keep training and conditioning separate however, since I will be outside already, I add conditioning finishers to most training sessions.
