The Worst-Kept Secret in the World

The worst-kept secret in the world is that Sally and I have been working on a skiing training plan for her business, Headspace.Fit. 

We asked folks how much they were training now and how much they thought they ought to train for a specific event.
Consensus said 5-10 hours per week with some flexibility built into the schedule.

You may remember that we launched a little survey on Survey Monkey last week asking folks' thoughts on what a potential training plan ought to look like? 

That survey was for this project.

Sally's Fit-Chick Pics

Sally has sent me a bunch of fitness photos over the past couple of days. She's only just started her own personal training practice, so a lot of the Internet marketing stuff is still new to her, but these have been a cut above what she's done before.

Pics are below. They come with a reminder that she just started an 8-week detox yoga program taught via a private group on Facebook. You can still sign up if that's something you might be into.

It's Happening!!! SUMMER DETOX SERIES begins July 6, 2020. Do you feel sluggish? Tight? Maybe a little depressed from...
Posted by Sally Head Fitness on Saturday, June 27, 2020

Sally's website is here.

Pics are after the jump.  I really liked this set.

Elicit Brewing Company & "Meet Me at the Barre"

My beautiful wife Sally did an event at the Elicit Brewing Company in Manchester, Connecticut, yesterday.  She called it "Meet Me at the Barre".  I went with her and took some pictures for her new website HeadSpace.Fit.

The Elicit Brewing Company

Crunch: On Competition & the Value of Short Term Goals

I went skiing with my buddy Brian a few weeks ago.  Despite losing a day at Mount Snow to comically extensive airline delays, we wound up having a great time out at Okemo once we finally got out there.  We put in something like fifteen runs over the course of maybe five hours plus lunch.  It was enough that we staggered off the mountain at the end of it, exhausted but happy.  About the only thing that kept me awake on the drive home was Brian’s minute-by-minute updates on Army’s lacrosse game against perennial powerhouse Syracuse.

Crunch: Journey before Destination

I read Oathbringer last week, the third book in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archives.  Though a best-selling author in his own right, Sanderson is most famous for finishing Robert Jordan’s magnum opus The Wheel of Time.  But where Wheel of Time is concerned mostly with destiny and the cyclical nature of historical events,Stormlight Archives anchors itself in individual growth.  To this end, its heroes, the so-called Knights Radiant, have a saying by which they summon their godlike magical powers:

“Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.”

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson.

Every time I read this, I am reminded of the sport of triathlon.

Everybody Wants to Lose Weight

Curious about losing weight? Here are short answers to hard questions about weight loss https://t.co/WdB0EXpcLy

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 5, 2016

Sally works in fitness, and I've helped more than a few people finish their first triathlons.  What I've learned is this: if you want to change your life, you have to change your life.  Nothing changes if you don't change your eating habits, get better sleep, and find time to take care of your physical conditioning.

This is not easy, but it is necessary.

What is up with all the fake boobs?

I’m back in the gym.  I’ve been back for a little more than a month, lifting twice per week with my daughter Hannah.  I’m trying to do for her what my father did for me, to teach her the basics of weight-lifting and of living a healthy, active lifestyle.

Keep Your New Year’s Resolution: 10 Steps to a Fitter You

The nice thing about the holidays is that they give us time to rest, hang out with family, and think.  I spent my time thinking about how to improve both this blog and my fitness training plan.  I've seen a gazillion articles this week about New Year’s resolutions and fitness, so I thought maybe it was time to write a General Fitness/New Year’s article, too.  I should note that my wife Sally helped me with this; about half the items listed below are hers.

Sally mugged it up before class on Sunday.
Sorry the shot is blurry.  That's my fault for taking exactly one picture.

Sally works in fitness, but I'm like you.  I'm trying to manage my weight and my health at the same time that I'm working and raising a family.  I'm lucky, though.  I grew up with a father who took the time to teach me how to run and lift weights, and I got involved in competitive swimming at an early age.  This gives me an excellent base from which to build lifelong fitness.  I'm still busy, though, and I still find staying fit a challenge.  I envy folks for whom vigorous exercise is a part of their basic job functions.  For the rest of us, staying healthy is an important part of our daily lives; it’s just not easy.

You can abuse your body all you like.  In time, though, your body will abuse you back.  More importantly, kids become their parents.  If you want happy, healthy kids, you have to model a happy, healthy lifestyle.

So… how do you get in shape for the New Year?

There’s not just one way, of course, but there are a few basic things you can do to help yourself succeed.

Saturday Morning Madness

I'm dropping this here on the off-chance that you feel like you're having a bad day.

This is a bad day.  You are doing fine.

His board gets nothing but net as @keify_k.jpg gets nothing but smoked on this kinda pointless plunge. Vid from @zachndelvalle

A video posted by @hallofmeat on Sep 9, 2015 at 3:35pm PDT