Transformation by Changing the Container of My Being
Last year I seriously hurt my back with way too much couch time. I was unemployed and doing all my side ventures from my laptop, and so not only was I sedentary, I was in extremely bad posture. The warning signs were there, but I did not understand the significance. I was more and more…
I decided to work with one of the trainers for some private sessions since I wanted to improve my form and focus on needed hip work. I picked Adolfo since he always puts in extra time helping me in class, and he is 53 and in better shape than I have ever been. I felt…
I’m sure my blog posts have been mostly positive, and I wanted to come clean on the daily internal struggle part of this challenge. Despite the benefits, I am not the sort that gets excited about exercise. I hate being sweaty, I hate feeling winded, I hate the whole process of going to the gym…
The nice thing about an aggressive challenge like this is I still remember my body’s response to certain baseline activities to see small but nice changes. A few of note: The 10-minute uphill walk to my car The ramp in Grand Central Terminal that leads to the lower level and back up (passing Oyster Bar)…
The thing I get the most benefit from in coaching is accountability. This is the same observation I get time and time again from my own clients as well as my fellow coaches. There is something about that pressure of accountability that helps push us on through lack of motivation and obstacles. It’s an amazing…
Wow, time is flying. Here are the stats as of Monday: Gym: 180.6 lbs, 18.9% body fat Home: 176.2 lbs, 22.0% body fat Since the start, this is the progress: Gym: -7lbs, -1.9% home: -5.4lbs, -1.5% Progress is starting to slow and steady out. Not sure if I will meet my -4% if this plateau…
Not much to see really. Just some breaking in of my hands while my gloves break in, but man, my hands hurt. Between playing with my Century Bob XL and a lot of punching practice last night in class, my hands are pretty stiff. I think the main reason is I am hitting harder now…
I was listening to an MMA fighter/trainer reflect on Krav Maga over the weekend. Krav Maga, like many martial arts, has good and bad schools, so often one’s opinion is based on what schools they have encountered. One thing that stood out to me was a story about how he had met some Israeli military…
Starting to feel the drag of the infamous plateau. This is a concept I know well from my work in Mastery. Essentially progress is not how we assume it is. Logic may dictate that if I work on something every day, then every day I will be a little better, and if I could chart…
For lunch: Tacos! Well, kinda. I will use romaine lettuce for shells. The filling is ground turkey, wild rice, kale, and pico de gallo, plus chili and other seasonings. I liked this my first week, tho that time I used brown rice instead of wild rice. (See photo.) . I packed away 5 servings ready…