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Test Positive for Awesomeness!!!

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Healthy Nutrition

Wait, don’t leave! This isn’t one of those boring eat only broccoli and chicken sermons :)

Most of you can relate to the never ending quest to find quality food, supplements, protein, preworkout, postworkout or whatever workout nutrition you need.

I try to stay as clean, green, and healthy as possible, but I also vary it up sometimes to keep my sanity and diet in check.

Energy Drinks

I occasionally have an energy drink after a really tough workout headed into a long day of meetings and today’s marathon of corporate hour long sessions for 6 straight hours had me looking for help… and I found it…

Several friends have mentioned this one so I tried out a Kill Cliff this morning and just one word…
Kill Cliff

AWESOME!

I had to agree with NotSoAverageJoe that it is an odd name, but it is not easily forgotten so maybe it really is a great marketing ploy. Whatever, I don’t drink them because I like the name.

This recovery drink was new to me and peaked my interest when [Read more…]

Getting Dirty and Fit

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You know you’re dirty minded… and fitness minded… admit it! :)

Everybody wants to get dirty and call it fitness!

In years past most of the 30 to 40-ish population were 5k weekend warriors. To satisfy the increasing number of people who wanted to participate there were 5k’s popping up everywhere. Schools, clubs, memorials, fundraisers, teams and more got in on the trend and you can run any number of 5k’s ANY Saturday you want.

Tough Mudder woman racingMore recently there have been little tweaks to the normal 5k and races to get people excited about participating and to separate one 5k from another. Very successful. Especially one type of race has set itself apart – who knows why… The fitness marketing gurus identified a potential for revenue in the market and we’ve all seen this trend explode in a few years…

Dirty Minded Fitness Freaks

I’m referring about Dirty Events!

Recipe for making ‘dirty’ money:

  1. Determine your desired level of fitness event
  2. Add friends, work groups, families…
  3. Sprinkle in some method of getting dirty (color, mud, foam)
  4. Add a bunch of photos that can be posted on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter
  5. Charge $50-$100 to enter

Voila! A ‘new’, ‘fun’, ‘different’ way to do a 5k or half marathon… but it is more than that because now you pull in not only the cardio freaks, but the muscle heads and divergents like CrossFit and Extreme type people. This recipe has proven to be a [Read more…]

Divergent

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What does the first in a series of books about virtues in a dystopian society have to do with being 40ish and working out?  A lot more than I expected.

I haven’t read The Divergent Book Series yet, but my daughters loved them and wanted to see the movie. 

As with most of their public appearances now, I am not invited. Plus I didn’t want to see some teenage girl movie so I dropped them off and I went to Wings to watch some basketball and make other bad choices :)

When I picked them up, they kept raving about how good the books were, how good the movie was, how the movie was different from the book, and how much I would like the movie.  Hmmm.  They know me pretty well so I guess I’ll have to go see it.

After checking out some of the reviews, Veronica’s blog, and some YouTube previews… I am in.  

But after finding out more about the story, all I am thinking about is how this relates to real life… especially the lives of people who exercise in some form or fashion.

Virtues of an “Exerciser”

There are five basic virtues [Read more…]

Cross Fit Guy vs Power Lifter (or the Battle of the Bulge)

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Battle of the Bulge

Anyone who has spent time in the gym has heard the expression, “Go heavy or go home.“
After all, as any red blooded 40-ish knows, if a little is good for you then a lot must be great!

 

The Power Lifter

Years of heavy lifting has been awesome!  Stronger than most men regardless of age and what a great feeling when you throw around some weight and hit new goals…

After 20+ years of lifting and exercising and now that I am 40ish, I’m beginning to see a perspective change. Actually, it reminds me of a commercial we (Gym Rats) often laugh about. Maybe it hits too close to home…

If you could be anyone…?

Who garners respect in the gym? The massive power lifter or the cross fitter/runner guy?

Of course, the one who’s [Read more…]