When you’re 40-ish and are old enough that you grew up listening to Motley Crue, there is a pretty good chance you are now listening to a different Dr. Feelgood.
That song came out in 1989 if you can believe that. Here it is for your nostalgia or education – I’m sure you’ve at least heard it before…
Usually when I go to the Dr., I hate it – not for reasons you might think…
I just hate sitting in an office where I know most people are [Read more…]
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.
More 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…
I’m referring about Dirty Events!
Recipe for making ‘dirty’ money:
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…]
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
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.
There are five basic virtues [Read more…]
