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1/2 Marathon – NO RUNNING

When this posts, I will be three sleeps away from running my first half-marathon at Baytown’s “Jail Break Run.” Signing up for it was, at first, a participation thing because so many of our gym members are doing it, and at first, I just wanted to complete it. But now I want to finish it with a decent time. I opened Google and searched, “What is a good half-marathon time?” What came up was that runners with some racing experience set a common goal of under two hours. I have zero experience running races but think that two hours is a great goal to shoot for. I kept rolling through articles on half marathons. I found ones on just about everything you could need to know about running a race, but almost all had some running programs to help you prep. I cannot just run for my exercise; I need...

•February 26, 2020

Exercise Is Freedom

All-day, our brains work hard, sometimes thinking almost 80,000 thoughts in a day. At what point in our day do we step back and clear our minds and be free? This is a subject that frankly is not my forte. I am not the guy to talk about clearing your mind and becoming one with your self, but the subject was brought up in a conversation between a friend and I. The thought of giving your brain a break seems like one that we could all use. Still, most of us are not going to go to the lengths of meditating or practicing some other form of calmness. Those practices are a niche group that is much smaller than the daily exercisers like me. (side note: there is nothing wrong with that.) Daily challenging exercise can achieve all of these same things for our minds and more. I mean, challenging...

•February 12, 2020

What Supplements?

One of the most common questions I get is, “What are the supplements that I should be taking?” I always laugh when I hear or read fitness experts say, “You should get your supplements through your food. Eat whole foods, and you won’t need to take supplements.” Yes, they are correct, but I laugh because it is such a righteous and frankly douchey response to a question they could easily give. Not to mention those people are probably taking some supplements. When it comes to supplements, there are a lot of them out there, and they all claim to make you bigger, stronger faster. The truth is the supplement market has very few regulations on it, and they can pretty much do or say whatever they want. So when you see supplements claiming they can do something, they do not know if it can or not. Supplements should be used...

•February 5, 2020

The Fitness Test

A couple of weeks ago, we retested a classic CrossFit workout called ‘Fran’ here at the gym. (see what Fran is HERE) In my class briefings, I said, “This is the ‘bench press’ of CrossFit workouts.” What I meant by that is that this is the workout that you can use to gauge your fitness level to other CrossFitters. If you tell someone you have a 2:30 Fran, they know you are a badass. Just like if you tell someone you have a 365-pound bench press, people know that you are strong. So the question that someone asked me was, “Is the goal to have a 365-pound bench press and a 2:30 Fran for a man?” The answer is No. I used bench press in my example because that is the classic meathead exercise, but to me, it’s not a true test of upper body strength. This is not to...

•January 29, 2020

New Year – Don’t Be Fooled

The new year is here, and many people have delved into a fitness regimen all over the world! Many people want to poke fun or tease these people, but I applaud them. Deciding to be more healthy and better your life through exercise is an excellent thing at any time of the year. I searched around for some stats on what percent of people make resolutions to be healthier, fitness, or diet-wise. Through a couple of websites studies, to me, it looks like more than 60% of people that make resolutions in the fitness realm. I also found that less than 25% of people stick with their resolutions. I think most of this is driven by the low-cost gyms pushing for sign-ups and not providing any help to their members. One of my good friends sold memberships at the two major globo gyms here in Baytown, and at the beginning...

•January 22, 2020

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