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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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 that labor in front of a television, has made him weak and brittle.
Too much time indoors has taken the natural healthy glow and replaced it with a pasty, snow white tan gained under the glare of a fluorescent sun.
Too many worries and stresses about how to have more, or keep it, have robbed him of his real sleep and etched artificial lines across his forehead and bags under his eyes. (Are we still worried about the zombie apocalypse? Hell, it may already be happening and we don’t even know it!) Continue reading
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 long I could escape for.
When only a brief few minutes was available, I’d get outside and go for a quick walk. Moving and deep breathing outside in the fresh air do wonders to clear your head and fortify your energy reserves for the second half of the day.
When the day allowed, I’d plan my 60 minutes of lunchtime like this:
Doing this even just 2 times a week, combined with my brief walks on the other days was a great way to fit extra training into an otherwise super busy day.
Obviously not everyone lives in close enough proximity to the office to be able to drive home at lunchtime, but there are many other viable alternatives.
Bring a change of clothes and go for a run.
Head to a nearby park and do a bodyweight workout.
Keep a heavy dumbbell or kettlebell in the trunk of your car and use it whenever opportunity presents itself.
Or, you could be like the ladies in my 12 noon Fit Bodies Bootcamp for Women who all work together at a nearby business and make super-productive use of their lunch hour by coming to the gym 3 times a week. Not only do they get an awesome fat-burning, strength building, body toning, workout but have the companionship of like-minded, motivated friends who support and push each other to achieve greater results.
These ladies rock an awesome workout and then head back to the office with the satisfaction of knowing they kicked a$$ for the day. Now they can attack the 2nd half of the work day with renewed vigor and determination. Bravo!
So how about you?
What do YOU do on your lunch hour?
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 to be strong. Continue reading
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? Continue reading
This is for all the Dads out there.
Our kids depend on us for all sorts of basic survival needs – food, clothing, shelter, etc. But what about one of their most critical survival needs? The need to grow up with a role model who will teach them through example. Continue reading
Lately I feel like a fire’s been lit under me in my training. Somehow through sheer persistence, perseverance, and being too dumb to quit, I feel like I’ve broken through to a new level. And this level is more difficult than the one before. New levels always are.
Sometimes I think people have the impression that if you keep training in something long enough, like martial arts or strength training, then it somehow gets easier as you get better. I don’t think this is true. At least it’s not true for those who continue to push themselves to break limits. Continue reading
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Bujinkan Shidoshi, Josh Sager – 10th dan, and Jon Haas – 9th dan, team up once again to bring you a unique and extraordinary presentation of weapons retention and deployment using the knife and pistol! Continue reading
Many trainers and coaches tend to look at the current rage of joint mobility protocols as recent innovations in sports science and training. Everyone is talking about mobility for health, mobility for prehab or injury prevention, mobility for warm-ups, mobility for fending off the ravages of aging. Everyone is talking about the benefits of increased range of motion for sport performance and martial art training enhancement. And, just to be perfectly clear, this is a good thing. They are all correct. Mobility training is the rage for a reason. Continue reading