Adapting a partner-based, physical contact fitness program for solo performance in a time of social distancing.
Body at Work, Mind at Play
Emotional fatigue doesn’t just suck, it sucks the life out of you. The emotional state of play is the remedy. Life feels heavy right now so make it feel lighter by bringing a challenge to your muscles while your mind is at play.
Immunity to Boredom
A curious mind and staying connected to how fitness helps you enjoy what matters most make it easier to stay engaged in exercise and eradicates boredom.
Social “Closening”
Words are strange things. Consequences are not always bad…they are simply “the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier.” If you consistently exercise and eat healthy, the “consequence” is fitness. Distances are not always large…it is simply “the extent or amount of space between two things.” Distance can be very small or large. “Distance” […]
Even Jack Lalanne Got This Wrong
Even Jack Lalanne got this wrong. Hating exercise but doing it anyway will not work. The new science of motivation points the way.
We Still Don’t Get It
We still don’t get it. Human emotion. We think it can be packaged neatly and temporally controlled like in the sign above. We compartmentalize, rationalize, yet never realize that we cannot control emotion that way. We fight it instead of working to understand it and use it. One of humanity’s less attractive characteristics is our […]