#86 Get some rest sleepy-head

Yes.  Like that. Coming off of the solid, but draining 1/2 Iron weekend in Providence last weekend, I decided that I would follow through with my plan to take this week to freshen up a bit with some recovery and rest and let the training hours drop substantially off.  As a tactic, this is tough because the natural instinct (at least mine) is to worry about how much you’re losing……when the truth is, you’re gaining and gaining big.  My theory […]

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#72: Into the wind…..bring it.

Oh what a week…….this was my annual “life hitting you in the face” week…..personally, professionally and from a training perspective….SMACK….”hello, this is life, pay attention…..I’m talking to you”. maybe this is b/c it was my birthday week…..yep, another year gone by. maybe it was b/c I’m training up to a new level of fatigue…..certainly tired maybe it was b/c we’ve been gaining some momentum in some of our projects professionally, but with the little steps forward there’s even more to […]

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#63: Without it there can be no growth…..but too much will break you

STRESS…..it’s such a huge topic and truly, it’s everywhere.  In my professional role as both Physical Therapist and health/prevention consultant, I’ve lectured on the topic formally on many occasions, whether talking about physical stress to aide recovery or mental stress in the workplace. Informally, I’ve had an almost innumerable number of discussions that are tied back to it……and in those moments, I almost always find myself reiterating the point that stress is not inherently a bad thing worthy of so […]

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