Fight or Flight; it's built into our bodies. Its instinctual, and unless you are really self aware its impossible to control it. Your mind perceives a threat and it sends messages down your sympathetic nervous system to get ready for a massive physical exertion. Your body floods with adrenaline, your heart rate and breathing accelerate, … Continue reading Why Exercise Helps Stress
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Before joining the military, my wife was a personal trainer, for years before that she was interested in fitness and health. All told, she’s been self educating and “proper” educating about fitness for almost 25 years. I’ve absorbed a lot just through association, and I can say with confidence there is really only one absolute … Continue reading The Fitness Industry is Crap
September has been a rough month for me. The last several months have been rough, but September was particularly rough. At the end of August we went on a bit of a holiday, and had a really nice time. We went to a friends cabin and spent a few days there, just my wife and … Continue reading Wake Me When September Ends!
There are few things in the world as personally satisfying as doing something well. Conversely there are few things in the world as disappointing as doing a job poorly, when you know you could have done better. There are a lot of factors that determine the outcome of job, many of which are out of … Continue reading “Good Enough”….Isn’t
This is a question that has plagued mankind for millennium. There are whole philosophies and religions that attempt to help us answer this question. I think about this a lot. Who am I as a person? There are a lot of different approaches to answering this question; one of the suggestions I see and hear … Continue reading “Who am I?”
My life is not working out how I wanted. At the beginning of the year, when I was half way to 48 years old, I went to basic training for the military. Not only was I older than all of the other recruits, I was older than most of the training staff. Not what I … Continue reading My Life is a Mess
The Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle. When introduced in 1999 it quickly gained fame as the fastest production motorcycle in the world, with a top speed of 300+ kph. Its SUPER fast…. …..Ive always wanted one. Motorcyclists are often viewed by those that drive with 4-wheels as reckless; and as more and more people purchased Hayabusas they … Continue reading Super Fast Motorcycles and Impulse Control
Motivation is great. Being excited to do something makes it so much easier to do. Its easy to get things done when you are excited to do them. Motivation and enthusiasm are fantastic to get you started on a project, but enthusiasm wanes and motivation fluctuates. Motivation comes in bursts, and is generally pretty fragile. … Continue reading Motivation vs Discipline
I follow a bunch of fitness Instagram pages, and I've noticed some things. Most of the time, when scrolling through pics the comments tend to be positive, though every now and then a comment jumps out at me. It might be an overly familiar comment, an overly sensitive comment, or an overly sexual comment. Most … Continue reading Examining Motivations
I have read far too many news articles with quotes of officials stating "we have more cases because we have done more testing", and it is really bothering me. I've tried to ignore it, because I'm sure there are better explanations out there, from far smarter people than me; but I just can't anymore. I … Continue reading Less Testing Does Not Mean Fewer Cases
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