I have to rant for a minute. I’ve been hearing ads for Planet Fitness everywhere lately. I’m hanging out in a bunch of coffee shops these days and for some reason - they are plastering the radio with their ads (and somehow showing up in my instagram feed too). I hate Planet F—king fitness. They are everything wrong with the fitness industry. They purport to be a judgement-free-zone (registered trademark). What they are is a call to ...
Introducing: The Initation
Today, I want to introduce you to the first training program that I’ve released in 5 years. It’s a 6 week fitness bootcamp designed to kick your butt, get you out of your head and into your body and restart your 2018 - so you don’t just keep on drifting through the year. It’s not exclusive, but it is selective. The best part is that people select themselves. And with that - here’s the thing I want to get to today: People think inclusive ...
Permission To Quit?
“Oh, is that what you want? Permission to quit?” Good luck with that. Lisa from Gym Jones posted that the other day. I love it. I get people to ask me all the time: What should I do to lose weight / get a six pack / get stronger? I'll write them a program or give them a plan? At least 50% of the time, someone will immediately ask me: "I know this say X, but can I do Y?" I really like donuts, I can't give up donuts. My schedule is ...
The Pact
I have a pact with my brothers. If one of us ever gets overweight, we’re have full permission to call each other out, hold their feet to the fire, and go full drill sergeant on the other one until they’re “unfat.” The other day - I looked my brother and nodded - he knew what I meant. Maybe some people would call that mean. But I’m not just some random dude on the internet slinging insults at him – I’ve got his trust and permission to hold him ...
2018 IS HALF OVER (What are you doing about it?)
One of the favorite twitter accounts I follow is @year_progress. When you see the year passing - it wakes you up. I have another time on the Gyroscope app. It counts your life up by a milli-second. You want a wakeup call? See your self marching slowly towards death. By the milli-second. All that time you’re wasting? That’s called LIFE. You don't waste time. You spend it. And then, it's gone. Forever. So here’s your wake up call. 2018 is HALF ...
IMPOSSIBLE Podcast 016: Steve Tidball, CEO of Vollebak
Steve Tidball, the co-founder of Vollebak joins the Impossible Podcast to discuss his adventures as an athlete, ultra and adventure runner and how he started Vollebak - the coolest adventure apparel company on earth. 01:07 On the show is Steve Tidball, co-founder of one of the coolest adventure apparel companies on the planet, Vollebak 05:01 Steve Tidball's background: how he got into adventure sports, and his introduction to the world of ...
How to Win a Copy of “Living with the Monks” (I’m giving away 10 of them)!
If you didn't know by now, I'm a bit of a fan of Jesse Itzler. If you don't know why, a brief look at his life resume includes: Founding Marquis Jets Investing in Zico Water. He invited Goggins to live with him for 30 days and wrote a book on it. He likes to host events where you run up a hill until you want to throw up. We even built the 7th school from the 777 Project together. Basically, if you like IMPOSSIBLE, you'll like ...
IMPOSSIBLE Podcast 015: 3 Ways To Combat Head Trash + an Update on the 777 Project School Builds
This is a slightly different two-part episode. In the first part, I talk about some of the head trash I've been dealing with lately and 3 steps I've been using to combat it. In the second part of the podcast, I get to share about the progress the 777 Project and Pencils of Promise school builds are making (you're gonna want to listen to the end - it's incredible. Let me know what sort of head trash you deal with. Let me know in the comments ...
The “Flip a Coin” Workout Bonus
Every once in a while, someone sends me a workout challenge that I love so I much I have to steal it. Reader Ed, wrote in about his recent "coin flip" workout bonus. It's basically Two-Face's challenge with the Joker in the dark night, but with fitness. In the words of the Joker, its a way to "introduce a little anarchy" into your workout. Here it is: An example: I was in Greece in April, with my wife's family, it's warm but the Med is cold, ...
Are you too comfortable to be happy?
Are you too comfortable to be happy? Do 100 burpees. You’ll be tired as hell, but you’ll be satisfied. Peter Thiel likes to ask the question: > What important truth do very few people agree with you on? It’s a good question and I one I explored more in this post. But here’s my answer: Most people are too comfortable to be happy. Modern life is just really damn comfortable. But unfortunately, that shields you from many discomforts that the ...
