There are moments in life that can define us by revealing our courage or our humility, in pursuit of growth. Or, those same moments can haunt us, ongoing, for revealing all we are not willing to do to affect change within our self. This might be the story of one such moment:
My daughter was 9 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Essays’
A Personal Discourse On Fitness…
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Essays, Family, Growth, Guilt, Perspective, Reflection on November 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Exercise v. Recreation…
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Essays, Exercise, Growth, Tips on November 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Strength training isn’t for everyone, that’s for sure.
Strength training is done indoors. Golf is done outdoors.
Strength training is hard work. League softball is social, and fun.
Strength training might wreck your back. Walking is low-impact.
Strength training is for people who like to look in the mirror. Biking is for people who like to look at the [...]
Attacment is as attachment does…
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Attitude, Essays, Faith, Growth, Perspective, Reflection, Tips, Venting Middle-aged Fitness Trainer Who Needs A Drink on October 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Common religious scriptures teach us that attachments are not necessary to live a fulfilling life. That the seeking of, and dependence on life’s attachments can inhibit our spiritual growth and divert us from fulfilling our most critical human potential. Through studying the text of any faith, we learn that true fulfillment is the sum product of [...]
“Are we thin yet…?”
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Essays, Exercise, Perspective, Tips on October 11, 2009 | 12 Comments »
There has been no parent yet, driving their captive children the length of any open road, who’s ears have not been accosted by the question,
”Are we there yet?”
Usually asked in this relentless and rhythmic manner,
”Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet………” and so-on.
At such times, we parents commit to one [...]
The Altar Of Right Foods…
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Attitude, Essays, Faith, Growth, Guilt, Perspective, Reflection on October 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Daily Exercise is something I have been practicing since I was 12 years old – I don’t know otherwise. In that sense, the ritual practice of strenuous movement has become a primary religion to me – literally. I have often been ashamed to share that for fear of offending those of more ornate and historic [...]
Contemplating Fitness…. And Americanness.
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Essays, Faith, Growth, Guilt, Perspective, Reflection, Venting Middle-aged Fitness Trainer Who Needs A Drink on September 15, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Our American lives, as important as we make them out to be, are pretty meaningless the way we tend to live them. All too Americanly, we seek to view, we seek to hear, we seek to touch, taste, and buy all that catches our senses. Then, we seek to display all that we have accomplished [...]
That’s entertainment… and possibly a reason to exercise!
Posted in 1, tagged Almost nothing to do with fitness, Attitude, Essays, Humor, Venting Middle-aged Fitness Trainer Who Needs A Drink on September 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If you don’t understand and accept the values and benefits of daily exercise by now, I want you to wear a John Hagee mask so I know who you are when we meet on the street. Functional fitness training, strength training, cardiovascular training, core training, bla bla bla-diddy-bla bla bla. Whatever – I’m over all [...]
A Case For Strength…
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Attitude, Essays, Growth, Perspective, Reflection on August 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(originally written April, 2009)
Reach. Extend. Bend. Stand. Carry. Pull. Lean. Twist. Sit. Push. Hold.
The ability o perform any of these should not be taken for granted; no one a luxury, each one probable in the course of a day. Only two gifts are awarded at birth; the conscious and the body. In matters of virtue, [...]
The Body As Our Paycheck…
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Attitude, Essays, Perspective, Reflection, Tips on August 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I have a simple cure for the problem of not having something we want. Quit wanting it.
Or this…
We can obtain just about any want we want these days, and do so with ease in our vast and hypnotic retail world. We can download the music we want – instantaneously, and while sipping coffee and [...]
The Three Cs of strength…
Posted in 1, tagged Adaptation, Attitude, Essays, Exercise, Tips on August 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Strength; I think about it from time to time. What it means to me, as well as what it might mean to others. As important, one needs to know how to develop a strength inside the gym – that will apply to one’s life beyond the gym doors.
It’s one thing to be strong in the [...]
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