Even at the highest level, in any physical effort over 4 or 5 minutes, the pace is not overly fast. Or, at least it is consciously controlled – effort is placed carefully, in particular for the first 95% of the event. This is not the case in single lift efforts, or sprints. Here, while there...

In the current landscape of media and social media (the “highlight” era), it’s easy to believe that there is a certain “standard” that must be met, or a way that everything should feel and look. That if we don’t reach or meet these “standards,” then we aren’t good enough. These thoughts, or emotions are not...

Yesterday I was the guest for a new podcast by my friend Joel. One of the questions he asked was about learning. He was interested in the process of learning to excel in endurance sports, then strength sports, or other unrelated areas. We spoke of the importance of mentors and how I highly I rate...

A few days ago I wrote about the Solar Plexus chakra. In a gym environment, as a coach, I often witness the moments where people are breaking into a new level of strength, learning a new movement, or attempting to break some other plateau. ALMOST ALWAYS, they are more than capable of doing the movement...

There is no “either way.” To not “choose” the context of your journey is still to choose the context provided by society – the high school, the job, the corporation, the packaged food and packaged health-care. The grind for someone else. Somehow, we often find ourselves somewhere down this road, feeling repressed and wanting to...

When training with gymnastics rings, I insist that the rings are exactly the same height. Many people get the rings “about” the right height and that’s OK. For me though, I feel the difference is huge. We send a message that the pattern we are practicing, or learning, is important. That we care. We can’t...

Our teachers aren’t the mentors and gurus. Our teachers are the difficulties, challenges, frustrations and enemies. What we learn intellectually from a coach or a book might point us in a direction, but only what we experience personally can elevate that which we truly know. If we are looking to raise awareness, sure we can...

Consistency, or continuation towards mastery in the “one thing” is tough. But to even get on the court, or to even see if we are aligned with the journey, we need to start. The thing is, we don’t need to start on the exact end product right now. We just need to practice starting something. Something...