How cute is this? Jimmy Fallon is just getting better and better & seems to really enjoy what he’s doing. Watching his stuff makes me happy.
Are you the type of person that cares too much – whether it be in your friendships/relationships, personal life, professional life? Read this post below — It once again drives home myI need to focus on working with people who have a real passion for what they are doing — who genuinely believe they can make a difference in people’s lives. I have been settling for less than that for far too long…
How to Overcome the Perils of Caring Deeply
Organizations move toward mediocrity when they silence those who care deeply.
Pursue your passion or accept irrelevance.
Every initiative, project, department, and product needs a champion who obsessively cares. CEO’s become champions of average when they don’t freakishly care for their organizations.
Excellence is a function of caring deeply.
Deep breaths and move onward….
Switching gears, here’s an interesting post I read yesterday:
This post summarizes a lot of what I have talked about before and what needs addressing in the world of CrossFit. Inexperienced coaching, bad programming, safe movements performed dangerously — another reminder of the saturation of the CrossFit market and lack of oversight. You really can open a CrossFit facility after paying 1K for a two day course, taking a multiple choice test, and then paying CrossFit HQ 3K for your affiliation. That’s it — and many have opened with just that. My Level one class had a few people who had not even done CrossFit before?!! WTF!!
How do you deal with that? Ask questions!! 10 questions to ask when starting CrossFit Look at the coach bio’s before even trying out the place. Is it all ‘fluff’? Remember, taking CrossFit weekend courses is great and all but it certainly doesn’t qualify you to get out there and coach new athletes! Knowing what I know now that I am training with some experienced coaches–the difference in coaching is night and day.
This morning for example, I was working on my strength lift and doing the Push Press. I have always thought I was pretty good at this lift but Coach Randy pointed out that I was going way too fast down into the lift, which made the bar bounce off my ‘shelf’ and then I was under it, pushing it up. It works – don’t get me wrong but it’s not efficient and I lose power. We worked on rejiggering my lift –slow and controlled on the way down, and transmitting the power explosively on the way up! It felt awkward and made me stop for a few to think about it –but then it came and sure enough — it made the lift easier. I am going to have to work on it though, because I am so used to doing it the other way. But, seriously – I have been doing it that same way for years!!! That got me fired up and excited to work on it for sure! So a big Thank You to Coach Randy and Highbar CrossFit.
- Paleo diet: Here’s how to get started with breakfast and lunch
- Calorie Deprivation, Decreased Mental Bandwidth and Why True Paleo Stands Apart from Other Diets
- PLEASE STOP SAYING “EVERYTHING IN MODERATION”
“Why are you even attempting “moderation” of bread, cheese, or diet sodas if these foods make you significantly and tangibly less healthy?”
Strength
5×3 Push Press 98#
WOD
3 RFT
–2rounds
5 DB Snatch 25#
12 Wall Balls
80m bear crawls
–1m rest every 2rounds
time: 16:11