so i skipped yesterday

had a lot of important emails to get to after we ate dinner... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand jackson and i watched thor.  okay i don't a chance to do that too often with my oldest son so i took advantage.   in other news i hope to write two tonight to get back on track.


wrestling is a very pretentious sport.  everyone thinks they are better than you.  that is the idea.  i mean the coaches think they are better, the refs think they are better, the athletes think they are better, the fans think they are better.  i love the sport.  i like seeing good matches.  i like the thrill of victory and even the agony of defeat. yeah defeat hurts, but i am over it in like 5 minutes.  when emotions get in the way of things, people tend to think irrationally.  moreso in a sport like wrestling. 

speaking of wrestling, i am super proud of my guys tonight.  we got two guys into the finals of areas.  and one more wrestles for third tomorrow morning.  awesome job tonight boys.

challenge day 2

i have been tasked with writing at least once per day for the next 365 days.  this will be harder than I thought.  it is 9pm and i am just getting around to posting.  i came home from the gym, got the kids down (jackson was kind of being an a--hole before bed), hung out with the wife for a little bit, posted on the website for our gym and now this.  we are now in the midst of owning our company outright.  we have to buckle down for the next couple of years and see where this takes us.  i seriously just thought about giving up some 401k money to get things rolling.  i really hate not being able to be in control of certain things.  i also really hate it when people assume things that are not true.  one day i hope to rid myself of the control phobia, but as of right now i still got it pretty bad.  i wish i could see into the future to tell my now self that we will be just fine and all the decisions we are making now are the right ones, or will at least lead us to the right ones.  i think i want to get into the training philosophy stuff before too long.  i mean why do trainers try to force all their clients into a mold of fitness?  what works for one doesn't work for everyone.  let us start there. 

Challenge accepted

I have been reading/ rather listening to seth godin's icarus deception and i didn't like it at first.  the more i listened the more some of his ideas hit home with me.one of the things that resonated today was if you want to do something then do it.  my bane of existence is writing.  i never have time to write.  he said force yourself to write everyday no matter what.  no matter what about.  this helps you to become a better writer. i will do this.  i can do this.  oh by the way i am quitting my day job today to run crossfit full-time.  i am excited/anxious/nervous/happy/scared at the same time. maybe by writing more i can finally start to develop a personal philosophy that i have been lacking.i am really passionate about training and helping people better their lives, but not very passionate about other things- religion, politics, arguments, debating, and other worldly things.  i try to see the other side of the coins as much as i can and meet people where they are.  i want to start voicing my opinions.

limitless

Drew

Football Cert Day 1

Today I am in Atlanta for the Crossfit Foobtall Cert.  Got to hear some great stuff from Ben and Raph (no they are not ninja turtles).  Why crossfit football lecture was good.  Ben reminds me of me.  Kind of all over the place and goes on a lot of tangents.  Learned some pretty solid rationale for squatting with the toes and knees pointed straigh ahead.  Tried to keep that focus when we did 3RM back squats and wouldn't you know it I PRd.  Dang it.  maybe this lifting heavy stuff actually works.  next we did deads and i might have pulled my back a little during the WOD (same spot I am seeing Karen for).  Learned some great warm-up stuff (dead bugs and spiderman complexes are awesome).  The programming lecture was great from Ben and really cleared up a lot for me.  Oh by the way Raph Ruiz is a brilliant trainer and a great exericse science mind.  He could be solely responsible for me changing 6 year old dogma/fitness paradigms of my own.  EVERYTHING has a purpose.  From a S and C standpoint, it what you are doing does not translate to on field performance then is it really worth doing.  I really can't wait until tomorrow.  I will give a more formal write up when i have my notes by my side.  It is pretty cool talking shop with new folks though.  Man i really love this.

Pursue it
Drew

today is a beautiful day

should be the mantra every time you crawl out of bed.  i know it's hard: 445am, the alarm goes off.  the dogs start scratching at the door to go outside.  you hear the baby start to wiggle because he knows breakfast has been marinating for 7 hours and sounds delightful.  your wonderful wife gets into the shower to let you sleep for 5 more minutes.  as you get out of the shower you smell coffee brewing.  not foldgers, but trader joes dark super dark coffee.  mmmmmmmmm.  you get dressed, get your other son up and dressed only to kiss his little head and leave the house for what is most likely gonna be another 12-15 hour day.  it's chilly outside so you crank on the seat warmers as you take that first long sip of coffee from your mug.  then it hits you.  today you get to go and train people to get fitter, faster, and stronger.  a smile creeps across your face.

today is a beautiful day.

limitless
Drew

Anger

I just got done reading the morning announcements for SCDS and they contained a quote from an unknown author, "sometimes you have the right to be angry, blah blah blah.  Really?  what could possibly upset a high schooler so much that they get angry?  Anger is a mis-emotion brought on by a negaive reaction to a stimulus.  I guess I meant misdirected emotion.  Why don't we teach our kids (by the way the school is doing this anti-bullying program while although noble still gone about the wrong way) how to be positive influences on themselves and others?  I couldn't even imagine right now being angry at anything.  Anger is such a strong emotion.  "Fear leads to anger.  Anger leads to hate.  Hate leads to suffering."-Yoda.  The world needs more positive role models, not the ones that make waaaaaaaaaaayyyyy toooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuuuch money (read any professional male athlete) or run our country, but folks who sincerely live positive examples.  My grandfathers are examples.  Pa (my dad's deceased father) has always been a shining example to me of a person who unconditionally believes in people around him.  He saw the good in most and was not afraid to say i love you.  Grandad (my mother's dad) still to this day sits back and watches the room.  Keeps to himself a lot except to chime in when a football player does something silly (like most touchdown celebrations), but I know for a fact he loves us more now than when we were younger.  His love grows everyday because he is a positive influence on others around him.

let's not even say anger.  you have the right to be angry, but when it comes down to it, shouldn't you place energy somewhere else?

limitless
Drew 

Cancer

My mother told me last night that my grandmother's cancer had come back with a vengeance.  what WAS breast cancer in remission has now turned into spots on her liver and lungs.  trying a "new" drug treatment coming up soon.  the doctor told my grandmother that if this didn't work (we still have other options) that she is looking at maybe a year.  when faced with a finite time frame for your life, what is the first thing you do?  my grandmother has never been one to hold her tongue and she loves more than anyone i know.  i think she is gonna fight cancer until her last breath, exhaust all options until cancer overcomes her.  when faced with the realization that we are mortal beings, why go through life miserable?  why be negative?  reminds me of that poem:  i will not go quietly into that dark night, i will not go without a fight.  this is a metaphor for life and obstacles.  make things happen for yourself in this world.  don't wait on your own personal cancer to come and overtake you.  meet it (whatever it is) head on and stand there and fight.  be the ebb to the worlds flow.  be the peak in a range full of valleys.  be the light that shines in the sea of darkness.  be hope.  i love you mrs. dorothy whitlock.  i can only hope to be as strong as you when i face my life's cancer.  i want you to know you are not alone.  i hope with you. 

in the limitless pursuit.