I ran across this quote by Muhammad Ali the other day: You can hear Arnold Schwarzenegger quote him in this video, which is well worth watching if you have time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyhOmBPtGNM One of the things that always amazes me about the human body and mind is their ability to keep going. Despite what your mind tells you, you almost always have more left to give. The 10% Myth There's a myth that you only use 10% of your brain. ...
Archives for 2014
Why I Started My Blog
The why behind what you do is often more important than what you actually do. Here's my why. --- A little over 4 years ago, I started a list. I was an out-of-work college grad, 9 months out of school who couldn't get a job for the life of him. I had started a couple blogs while trying to figure out this "internet" thing, but kept accidentally overwriting the databases on my Bluehost box. Doh! I applied for jobs everywhere I could and everyone ...
A Few Updates on Cold Shower Therapy™
Cold Shower Therapy™ (daily five minute cold showers) has become one of the most interesting things I've talked about since starting IMPOSSIBLE. I've received more stories and more hate mail about this one concept than about almost anything else I've written. Here's the premise of CST: If you can’t do something uncomfortable and difficult for five minutes in the shower, how the hell are you going to do something uncomfortable or difficult in real ...
Impossible FM #011: Running Faster 5ks Using The Hit List Technique
[powerpress] Today's podcast is an audio version of a blog post I wrote the other day called "how to run a faster 5k using the hit list technique". I recently made up this game while running the highest marathon in Europe. I also share how you can use ramification and other similar techniques to lean in when others want to quit and how impossible things are really just opportunities waiting for you to do the work. Links mentioned The Swiss ...
How To Run A Faster Final 5k Using The Hit List Method
I just ran the Swiss Alpine marathon. It was one of the most beautiful races I've ever done. Hands down. It also took me way longer than any other marathon I've ever done - almost two hours longer. I'll have a full race report this thursday, but it was intense brutal - just take a look at my face here. About 21km of the race took place in high alpine territory and we climbed two major summits (Keschhuttes at 2632m & and Sertigpass at 2739m ...
A Few Short Updates From Switzerland
Greetings from Switzerland. I arrived in the beautiful town of Davos yesterday. It's a sleepy little mountain town with some of the most picturesque mountain scenery you could imagine. Stuff like this everywhere you look. Tomorrow I'm running the Swiss Alpine K42 - a high alpine race and the highest marathon in Europe. I'm adding it on top of the Comrades ultra marathon in South Africa I ran last month in order to prepare for a new project ...
(Yet)
Every time you do something impossible, a little voice in the back of your head pipes up. Sometimes the voice is loud. Sometimes it's soft. But it's always there. I'm not fast enough to run an ultra marathon. I don't have the kind of body you need to get abs or lose weight. I don't have rich parents, so I can't start my own venture-backed company. I'm too tall, too short, too skinny, too fat. Whichever reasons it gives, the voice is always ...
The 2014 Plummet at the Summit in Photos
A few years ago, I wanted to jump out of an airplane and go skydiving to cross it off my impossible list - but I was to scared to do it on my own. So I decided to just say I was going to do it at WDS - the World Domination Summit in Portland and invite anyone who was interested to come along. That way, if I was leading a group of people - there was no way that I could back out. Dozens of people ended up coming with me and the Plummet at the Summit was ...
Impossible FM #010: WDS, A New Paleo App and A Super Secret Upcoming Project
[powerpress] In today's episode, we have a bit of a teaser episode as I talk about the past weekend at WDS, a recent app launch with our sister site - Ultimate Paleo Guide - and a big, new super secret project that I can't reveal the details of yet. Shhh! Enjoy! Links mentioned in this show: 2014 Plummet at the Summit Plummet at the Summit Site WDS Ultimate Paleo Guide Paleo FM Paleo.io --> Download it Here Subscribe to ...
Impossible FM #009: The Real “1 Weird Trick” for Massive Fat Loss with Patrick Hitches (Hint: It’s Not What You Think)
[powerpress] In this episode, I sit down with Patrick "MUSCLES" Hitches to talk about massive fat loss using unconventional techniques that no one is really talking about. Don't worry - there aren't any supplements, strange routines, or special products to buy. In fact, this stuff is really, really basic - so basic that most people overlook it. Patrick shares his story about how stripping out complexity and focusing on the basics made it easier than ...