In case you haven't noticed, we've got a lot of things in the works around Impossible HQ and the blog lately. We're releasing a fitness program in a few weeks, and over the weekend we murdered our servers from last week's post (thanks to Jeff for un-murdering them), but that's not all. Today we're announcing 2 new impossible things: you ready? This is going to be fun. --- The BackStory A key thread throughout everything we do here an HQ is focused on ...
How Bad Do You Want It?
For you new visitors, welcome! Check out what the sites about and subscribe via email here. -------------- Cause sometimes you just feel tired...you feel weak And when you feel weak you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you...you gotta find that inner strength And just pull that sh*t out of you and get that motivation to not give up And not be a quitter...no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face ...
34 Pounds In 8 Weeks: How I Got 6 Pack Abs and Dropped to 5.4% Body Fat Without Stepping Foot In a Gym
Get the exact protocol & programming I used to get six pack abs in 8 weeks here. UPDATE: If you'd like to see better photos than the "mirror" shots here, you can see a selection of the photos from our shoot here, which gives a much better overall view of how I looked when I finished this program. This past spring I started a fitness regimen where I lost 34 pounds in 8 weeks, dropped to 5.4% body fat and FINALLY got 6 pack abs in less than 30 ...
Plummet at the Summit 2012
Interested in coming along on some Impossible Adventures in the future? Sign up for future impossible adventures here. Plummet at the Summit 2011 was an unexpected success. I wanted to go skydiving and was too scared out of my mind to do it, so I committed to doing it and asked if anyone wanted to come with me. I thought I'd have 4 people or so to sign up with me and I ended up taking 41 adventurers along for the ride. It turned out to be fantastic ...
Six Pack Abs ≠ Impossible
For the last 3 months I've been quiet on the personal challenge front. It's not because I haven't been doing anything - in fact I've been rather busy - but I've been working on something that's taken a ton of focus. Fortunately, it's finally time for me to share. When I first started the list, one of the first things on it was Get a six pack and do a photo shoot to celebrate The Six Pack It's always been a little weird to have on the list as it's ...
How To Do Anything You Want
How To Do Anything I write a lot about physical related challenges. I realize not everyone is interested in them - and that's okay (you're certainly not required to read anything I write). But, the interesting thing about doing new and challenging things is that the the process of acquiring those skills and challenging yourself is the same whether you're trying to run a triathlon, get six pack abs, or learning to knit. While, I'm not going to write about ...
The Intensity Tradeoff
There's two ways to do almost anything impossible. Quick and hard. Slow and easy(er). But no matter which way you choose, almost all results come down to this formula. Intensity Allotted x Time Allocated = Results Realized In everything I've done, I've found this formula to be bulletproof. You can lower the intensity of your work, but it's going to take more time. Conversely, you can raise your intensity and often accomplish things much quicker than ...
Your Physical Limits Reveal Your Mental Limits
You might have noticed that around Impossible HQ we talk about physical limits a lot. Triathlons are undenaibly physical. Cold Shower Therapy is an undeniably physical experience. A good 50% or more of things on my impossible list are physical. There's a reason for it (and it's only going to go moreso in that direction). And for someone reason I've learned that whenever you start to do something - people want you to do something else and lately I've ...
Jordan Seems Like An Adventure
By the time you're reading this, I'll be on a plane to Jordan. Well, technically, depending on when you're reading this, I'll be on a plane to NYC and then Jordan, but those are details. The important thing is we're going to Jordan (the country, not Michael's house). If you have to look it up on a map, here it is. It's home to Petra, one of the seven wonders of the world, the Dead Sea, the Red Sea and a bunch of adventures we're setting out to experience. ...
Silos, Ladders, and the First Step
Last week, we did the first photo shoot since we launched Impossible HQ. I've been in the midst of an incredible fitness regimen as I knock another thing off my impossible list so we decided to do a fitness shoot to celebrate. The focus is "no excuses, no equipment, just results" so we wanted to find an empty warehouse to reflect those themes throughout the shoot. Over the last few weeks, I searched for abandoned warehouses and buildings where we could do ...