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"Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed." ~C.H. Parkhurst Workout of the Day -From Brass Ring Basic Training Warmup Run 1 mile Stretch 10 minutes 100 Jumping Jacks Workout 21 - 15 - 9 Thrusters (heavy = 95lbs / light = 65lbs) Pull Ups Take the warmup nice and slow. Do a nice [...]
"What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him." ~Victor Frankl Workout of the Day - From the Brass [...]
"Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress." ~Thomas Edison The beauty of understanding the meaning behind this quote is in the realization that it's OK to not be satisfied with where you are now. Oddly, the realization allows you to be satisfied with not being satisfied. If you were completely satisfied with your current [...]
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." ~Samuel Johnson Every one starts the race fresh and motivated. Some that did not prepare themselves physically are the first to fall behind. Then slowly those that did not prepare themselves mentally are the next to go. In the end, when the rigors of the race [...]
"The future depends on what we do in the present" ~Mahatma Ghandi Some of my most rewarding experiences come from mentoring and training individuals who are actively pursuing their Brass Ring. The lessons I learn and the opportunity to see progress and improvement is amazingly satisfying. Recently, one of my trainees turned to me after our [...]
"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." ~Doug Firebaugh Workout of the Day - "Catch Your Breath" 5 Rounds of: 20 Pull ups (dead hang) Run 800 Meters 10 Box Jumps (24") Run 80o Meters Post your comments, questions, and time.
Envision Your Brass Ring Your Brass Ring, or main goal in life, has got to inspire you to take action. It has to be something that you are passionate about. If it doesn't get your heart beating a little faster and motivate you to take action whenever you think about it, then you might want to [...]
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" ~Mark Twain To resist something, to master something, takes determination and practice. Both of these require that time is spent in the presence of what you fear. Do not run from what you fear, rather run to it - either physically or mentally, [...]
Take today off to rest the body and feed the mind. I suggest the book Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales. Gonzales has written 12 Rules of Survival. Here is rule number one: Perceive and Believe "Don't fall into the deadly trap of denial or of immobilizing fear. Admit it: You're really in trouble and you're [...]
"Action precedes progress; analysis precedes more analysis. Act first, analyze later" ~Charles Staley Workout of the Day 3 Rounds for time of: 10 Thrusters 20 Squats 30 Push Ups 40 Sit Ups Run 400 Meters Workout taken from www.blackboxathletics.com. Post your comments, questions, and time.