Quit or Destroy
When faced with a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in life, you really have only 2 options – go forward or go backward. Backward is to quit, to give up, to walk away. Backward is not a viable option unless you don’t mind living with regret. But regret is a pain that does not go away. It…
Breakfast, the Most Overrated Meal of the Day
Most of us have grown up with the phrase, “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” drilled into our heads. We’ve heard it thousands of times and perhaps have even quoted it to others thousands of times as well. No harm was meant by it, in fact, the people who said it to…
Lessons From The 500
Yesterday morning I woke up (as I’m sure most of you did too) and decided that the day’s workout would be devoted to mental toughness. The particular form my mental toughness training took was to complete a 500 rep push-up challenge by the end of the day.
Combat Conditioning and A Challenge
The video below is a brand new combat conditioning circuit I put together for martial artists. It will be especially good for my Buyu (warrior friends) training in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. If you are ready to put your body, mind, and spirit to the test, this circuit is guaranteed to kick your conditioning into high gear.
Why Do You Do That?
Here’s a quick video I put together Friday afternoon to answer a question posed by one of my non-training friends. I had described to him some of the brutal and intense workouts I put myself through on a weekly basis and he couldn’t quite wrap his head around why anyone in their right mind would want…
Awaken The Man
Comfortably slumbering under the influence of the drug that is modern society, the true power of man lies dormant. Too much of the wrong foods have made him sluggish and their excesses have made him round. Too much sitting, whether it be in an office laboring behind a keyboard, or on a couch relaxing from…
Lunchtime Warriors
During my 15 year stint in the confines of cubicle hell, otherwise known as Corporate America, the lunch hour was always my time to escape from the office and do some training. Depending on how densely packed my meetings were scheduled for the day, and if the boss was around or not, usually dictated how…
6 Tips to Build a Better Warrior
1. Get Stronger. Whole body strength, along with mobility, is the foundation for all athletic movement. Being strong makes everything else easier. Your conditioning, your skill acquisition, your endurance, all become quicker and easier to attain and maintain once you have a solid base of strength. Don’t underestimate how important it is for a warrior…
Is Weakness A Crime?
There’s no denying it, men as a whole are getting weaker. To our own detriment as a society, as a nation, and as a world, we are progressively getting more and more comfortable with our weakness. It has become habitual for us , and what is habitual becomes normal. But to be weak is not…
How Capable Are YOU?
It’s a good question to ask yourself – how capable am I? What are my physical, mental, and spiritual strength limits? How far can I really go? What can I actually accomplish during this all too short ride called life?
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