Earlier this week I turned 30 and I wanted to capture my thoughts at this time of life. I started working on this entry two weeks ago with no real plan and this is what I came up with. Character First - This one has become important to me recently as I realised that it... Continue Reading →
"Don't forget to celebrate your wins." This is something that I am terrible at so I wrote myself this reminder in my journal last week. I was watching a video of myself hitting a lift that I hadn't hit for quite some time, a lift that I wanted badly again, and after successfully completing the... Continue Reading →
"Is this going to be dead time or alive time?" First, I just want to address my writing absence over the weekend. When I started this commitment, my goal was to write every night and if I missed one, I wouldn't miss two. This became quite a commitment for seven days and it takes a... Continue Reading →
"Some nights it just doesn't work out." We've all been there. The mood is shit. Nothing seems to be going right. Bad stuff keeps compounding. The signs are there. Less sleep last night. Longer day. More rushed afternoon duties. Feeling drained. Then just as it all seems to be turning around, another little spanner in... Continue Reading →
It brings a certain fire out. A fight inside. I love and crave it. I can tell when I haven't competed in a while because I yearn for the feeling. The feeling of butterflies and excitement. The anxiety and the pressure. The noise in the crowd. There's not much that excites me more than being... Continue Reading →
"How would RPE work for life?" I've been looking into some new strength programs over the last few weeks and although I knew about RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion), I hadn't ever really dived into the subject. Now with some of the programs I've been looking at using this system, I've been reading more about... Continue Reading →
The Inspired Lion "Lockdown Strong" tee has been designed. I came up with the idea for this shirt while working out in my garage a few weeks ago. I was thinking about all of the awesome videos and photos I'd been seeing of all the warriors out there finding a way to keep up their... Continue Reading →
If not us, then who? This is something that didn't mean much to me for most of my life but the last few years it has certainly hit me deeper. This whole thing, and by thing I mean the world, doesn't work unless we all pick up some slack; in our careers, with family and... Continue Reading →
I know, I know....I missed yesterday's blog, and in the first week of building the habit too. I didn't forget. I made a conscious choice that spending my night completely engaged with my wife and girls on our fourth Wedding Anniversary was more important. So now we are back to it. We have an opportunity... Continue Reading →
I recently caught my mind absolutely racing with so much information and decisions that I was in a complete mental fluster. I was struggling to concentrate or focus on just one of the thoughts at a time. I could feel my heart rate increase and my breathing get shallower. It can feel like it's going... Continue Reading →
