2/11/22

CONNECT

Connect with ourself and our breath is a key part to our overalll health.

Why we breathe Regulated by the autonomic nervous system, inhaling oxygen is an unconscious process. Fortunately it’s an unconscious praxis, otherwise we simply wouldn’t have a break, as we’d have to deal with it incessantly. The amount of oxygen that we inhale through our breathing, influences the amount of energy that is released into our body cells. On a molecular level, this progresses via various chemical and physiological processes. Breathing is the easiest and most instrumental part of the autonomic nervous system to control and navigate. In fact, the way you breathe strongly affects the chemical and physiological activities in your body. Throughout the years, Wim Hof has developed special breathing exertions that keep his body in optimal condition and in complete control in the most extreme conditions. The breathing technique is first and foremost premised on inhaling deeply and exhaling without any use of force!

https://www.wimhofmethod.com/breathing-exercises

2/10/22

“Seek not goof from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.”
-Epictetus

When something goes well, it’s easy to recount the actions we took to make it happen. When something doesn’t we may do the opposite and place the blame on external factors, not ourselves.

A core tenant of mental toughness is responsibility.
We must accept that we played a role in all of our successes AND failures.

2/7/22

Nutrition can get overwhelming and distracting with new-trendy information. When it comes to nutrition, we need to make sure that we are consistently crushing the fundamentals first.

Nutrition Fundamentals:
Eat Real Food: Real food was once alive and doesn’t come from a box or container. If it has a long shelf life, if it is a man-made, edible, food-like substance – it is NOT food. 
Not Too Much: There are a number of ways to “measure” this. For some it may be tracking calories/macros. . . 3-4 meals a day, no seconds, and no snacking. . . Eating mindfully. . . Intermittent fasting. . . etc. The goal is to keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.

2/5/22

It’s really not the hour at the gym.

We understand that the greatest adaptation is the one between the ears. It’s not about the hour in the gym. It’s about how the hour in the gym affects the other 23 hours of the day. We are becoming better, stronger, more formidable human beings because of the hardships we go through. We are not looking for the shortcut. We want the opposite. We want the hardest possible thing because we understand what’s on the other side of it:

A better version of ourselves.

2/3/22

Have A Routine

“The truth is that a good routine is not only a source of great comfort and stability, it’s the platform from which stimulations and fulfilling work is possible.”
-Ryan Holiday

When you have a routine, it helps quiet your mind because it limits the amount of choices you need to make. It creates structure inside the chaos. A routine provides a platform to practice presence. The greater number of details in your life that you can set to a routine, the less amount of clutter you will have in your mind.
-Sarah Gardner (Daily JAM)