Book Review – Born to Run
I have just finished reading the incredible book called Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. This is bound to be Nike's least favorite book of the year. The book begins with Chris' exploration of why he - and so many other people running today are so frequently injured (he claims 80% of all runners experience some injury each year). It's then that he learns about the Tarahumara indians who live in the Copper Canyons of Mexico, some of the harshest terrain on earth and they run 30, 40, 50 miles or more just for fun - in homemade sandals. No orthotics. No high engineered shoes with million dollar research budgets. No physical therapists, podiatrists, or orthopedists. Injuries are for them are extremely rare. So what's up with that Nike?
Raw Food Experiment- Day 1/90
Today I begin a Raw Food Challenge. If you aren't familiar with the idea of eating raw of living foods. There are some good descriptions at: http://www.living-foods.com/faq.html or here.
I've been fascinated by raw and living foods for about 3 and a half years since I saw the exquisite book Raw Food/Real World
Today is my 37th birthday and it's time to get a bit more committed and serious to my health. I aim to stay at 95-100% for the next 90 days and report my progress. As of this morning I weighed 210lbs. and 28% body fat. I know from a few short-term experiments that I may lose weight very fast eating raw, or I might not. I haven't worked out why it can take so long sometimes and other times the weight just falls off.
10 Power Mind Tips for Commuting
Making Commuting Fun
While an increasing number of people are working from home, most of us still spend significant amounts of time in our cars or the train or a bus going to and from a job, visiting clients, or if you are lucky just going back and forth to the bank to deposit your big checks.
Like we discussed in a recent post, those minutes can really add up. You might not be able to easily reduce the amount of time you spend in the car, but you can probably make better use of your time and arrive more relaxed, smarter, and more prepared for what comes next. So here are 10 tips for spending your commuting time wisely.
- Review the day from multiple perspectives. Don't just think about the day from one perspective, but think about a few key interactions you had (face-to-face, over the phone, or e-mail) and think about them from the perspective of each of the other people involved. Then imagine you are an objective 3rd party just watching the interaction and think about it from that perspective. This always has a way of adding some new perspective to the situation for me. And remember just because you think about it from their perspective doesn't mean you know what they are thinking...you probably aren't a mind reader yet, but at least you can see the situation from a perspective other than your own.
Quick workouts – the question?
joyful and fun exercise
In light of the last post on saving time I wanted to explore the topic of efficient exercise. Experts say that you should exercise daily and recent research suggests that even moderate daily exercise may not be enough.So how much exercise do we really need? In my own mind I usually figure that I will need to exercise 30 - 60 minutes in order get into reasonably good shape? And let me be clear I'm not exercising much these days - and to be honest, trying to find 3-7 extra hours a week to really exercise seems daunting and keeps me from really getting started again - since I'll only run out of time to do it right anyway.
If we use our 1 year calculation that is between 6 and 16 days in a year just spent exercise, realistically more if you include time driving to a gym or the extra showers and changing one might do. So it's definitely a topic worth exploring if we want to use time efficiently
Let's pretend for the sake of discussion - and this is an invitation for discussion, that you can get significant gains from short periods of the "right" exercise. But what is the right exercise? This is what I'm looking for input from readers.
The question
If you budgeted 15 minutes a day for exercise, what would your exercise routine include each day?
(The goal should be to be well rounded and build strength, flexibility, and endurance.)
I plan to take all the input and feedback and build it into a personal workout plan to try out personally and document the results.
Please comment...
