In training, every once in a while we can take a “rest week” or a de-load week. This is kind of like a retreat in the physical domain. The de-load week is for all levels and serves a few purposes: Down-regulate the central nervous system from the demands of training Allow for some extra sleep...

When we go to start a business, learn the handstand, reach a certain level of strength, there are a number of ways we can set out. We can just start. That seems to be the fastest. It’s surely the shortest distance between point A and B. Or we can pause for a second. We can...

When you go down the path of movement, whatever that might look like for you, it’s kind of like falling in love. There is the rush at the beginning when you start and then the inevitable times of difficulty or frustration. In a relationship, often, these challenges allow us to grow While we wouldn’t walk...

“Stronger and Harder to Kill” – I see this every once in a while on a fitness T-shirt. Adaptability and resilience are interesting areas. While physical strength, mobility and of course lean muscle mass do seem to have significant benefits for longevity, we also have aspects such as CO2 tolerance and tone of the parasympathetic...

Sometimes in conversation the topic of stress, meditation or this “down-regulation” comes up. While there are a number of ways to go once we choose to do something about it, there are a lot of people who either aren’t sure where they are sitting on the spectrum (once we are familiar with living in a...

Instead of the “training,” “fitness,” “movement” or the health journey as a whole being the thing, What if it’s not about the movement? Or, if you prefer, what if it’s about more than the movement. What happens if we use the movement, training and maintenance and development of the physical body as a tool, or...

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...

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...