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Digging deeper into David Goggins
Why anyone wanting more out of themselves — which should be all of us — should give Goggins a read I get it. Most people, for them, David Goggins is that wild-eyed, shirtless dude yelling “You don’t know me, son,” into the camera while banging out reps on the bench. Or dropping swears, still yelling…
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Why I’m going to run 40 miles on Dec. 30
Why I’m going to run 40 miles on Dec. 30 to raise money for Alzheimer’s research One of the things I really like about running is that I’m not very good at it. I’ve run five marathons, for example. Know which one was the fastest? Did I get better with each one? Nope. The first…
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Finding finish lines the way runners do
Translating running goals to real life In one of the commercials he reads for his podcast, “Revisionist History,” author Malcolm Gladwell, who also likes to run, muses that maybe he spends too much time thinking about sneakers and running. He doesn’t make his living with his arms and legs, he explains, but his head and…
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Does exercise bore you? Invent your own adventure
These are the top three YouTubers for getting a little inspiration to run, bike or just tackle your own cardio caper At some point, the simple answer is you just have to exercise. Run, bike, walk, lift, kayak, skip, something. You just have to do something for the human body to operate as designed. And…
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Can inspiration be a guilty pleasure?
Nope What is someone in their 40s supposed to listen to? Wilco? Snoop Dogg? Neil Diamond? I hit the big four-oh in December, and maybe it’s midlife anxiety, but I’ve found myself lately listening to a lot of a band I consider a bit of a guilty pleasure. They’re called Punchline, a pop-punk four-piece from Pittsburgh,…
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Eat religiously
Because I think God wanted you to eat healthy I think we’ve all heard by now that, give or take, our planet is the perfect distance from the sun. Much closer would be too hot. Much farther, too cold. In either case, life couldn’t exist. While apparently perfect, even on this planet, we need oxygen…
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Are hard-boiled eggs the perfect food?
Super portable, low-cost, high-protein, low-calorie, and with an egg cooker, super easy For the first three decades of my life, my only metric for what I put in my mouth was what’s most delicious. Pepperoni strombolis. Oreos, KFC. Pepsi. Then, come to find out, that even at the age of 30, all of that food…
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Stealing souls vs. steeling souls
If things are hard for everybody, now’s our chance to do more A gas station fill-up is $25 bucks more than it was just a few months ago. A stop at the grocery store has grown by $50. Most of us keep working harder, but our paychecks just seem to feel smaller; and every minor…
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The super secret power of salads
Some say salads aren’t cool, but if you can figure them out, they will help you live your life Because lunch too often was a large Big Mac meal that made it nearly impossible to keep my head off my desk past 3 pm, I’ve had to figure out diet hacks to not only keep…
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Keto lessons
And how to use protein to curb hunger, curb fat It may be hard to tell behind that mask, but I’m smiling. I’m about to run a half-mile as fast as I can, have some blood squeezed out of me, and then do it five more times. I’m smiling because once that final interval was…
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