There are books, manuals, videos and tutorials on how to grow your business, improve your health and your training There’s a how-to on everything and for some, this is the main way they try to learn. This brings intellectual knowledge about the topic, that we then try to apply experientially. The other side of this...

Lately there has been a big interest in fasting, restricting carbohydrate and generally I am seeing a huge amount of people restricting calories. The concept is that by changing the feeding window, or reducing carbohydrates, you can trick the body into fat burning I certainly went down this road, researching the deep, dark holes of intermittent...

There is a famous strength and conditioning coach, Louie Simmons, from Westside barbell (known for creating ridiculously strong powerlifters). Westside is known to be an extreme environment.  Filled with athletes pushing the limits of what is possible in strenth training. Louie has a quote: “If you run with the lame, you will develop a limp.”...

When we want to learn a new skill, or want to start a business or endeavour, it helps to do a certain amount of research. We look into thing, ask, read, look up… How to’s, guides, cheat-sheets. But, at the end of the day we need experiential learning in order to actually get anywhere. We need...

I just finished a book by Gary Keller – The One Thing. In it, Keller discusses the power of blocking off time (4 hours, minimum) each day to focus on your: “One thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary.” Gary hits the nail on the head. His...

When we work, commute, live our daily lives, we have momentum. Conditioning of the past. A rolling view of reality. One day built on the next. We stand on a freight train, looking out at the landscape. When we decide we want to shift something in our health, movement or nutritional journey, we attempt to...

There is a philosopher, writer and mystic, Jiddu Krisnamurti. He would often write about unconditional awareness – become the watcher of how you are actually living your life. Not how you think you are, but in actual reality, each moment. Many people don’t have time for exercise, eating well, starting a business, being creative, meditation....

To exercise, eat well, sleep well… generally have good health, means we are in a way, “more prepared.” The body becomes more resilient to external stressors. However, we can get carried away with this. With the idea of “being prepared.” On the other side of preparation, there is doing. In the big, bad, real world....