2. The key to a happy life is balance; in health, wealth, and relationships.
3. Observe the law of diminishing returns. To create a strong balance, improve each aspect of your life until you hit that point.
4. Once you have lived a few decades, you have hurt others and been hurt. Forgive those who hurt you, and forgive yourself for the wrongs you have done others.
5. Always strive to free yourself from the ugliness of petty thoughts. Think in a higher way, and you shall find a higher path.
6. There's only one thing to be certain, after about 27 years your body doesn't regenerate like it used to. Take care of it properly from here on, your mama won't do it for you.
7. Realize there is a fine line between fun and escapism. It's not always clear which is which, just try and be aware of the fact.
8. Face your fears, and conquer them.
9. My favourite quote and one I will always have with me: "Vulnerant omines, ultima nectat, memento mori" - Every hour hurts, the last one kills, remember your mortality.
10. Paleo diets are largely snake oil and marketing. We have no way to really re-create what paleolithic man ate, and why should we? There. I said it.
11. In addition, extremes are generally to be avoided, and eating a varied diet is good. Even the occasional poison, read: sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and/or your stimulant of choice (with the obvious exceptions) can be beneficial to the body in small doses.
12. Game of Thrones is one of my favourite stories of all time.
13. Combining kettlebell and bodyweight training is a very good idea.
14. Read for at least 30 minutes every day, whatever you want: audiobooks count as well.
15. Everything has a label. In fitness, people like to do "yoga" or "pilates" or "crossfit". What we are all doing is basically movement, whatever label you put on it.
16. The squat is a resting postion; the original chair.
17. Demonstrating strength and building strength are two very separate things.
18. If you do something you like, don't shy away, stand tall and be proud. Avoiding praise and acknowledgement is as stupid as being overly demanding of it.
19. In doing so, learn how to accept a compliment.
20. Often, how a person does anything is how they do everything.
21. When you argue, even if you win, you lose.
22. When dealing with people, remember that the most interesting thing to that person is themself. Try to see the world from their eyes and find out what they really want.
23. Training, mobility, and physical self-maintenance is a continuous, neverending process. It is not a magical pill-like cure-all you do once. Once you accept this, everything will be much easier.
24. Strive to develop strong personal boundaries without becoming an uptight, stubborn asshole. Try everything once. Then make an opinion.
25. Riding bikes, wakeboarding, and jogging, although strenuous, do not count as purposeful, strengthening, injury-preventing training forms.
26. Lifestyle choices (like diet, sleep, and stress management) should come before fitness choices.
27. Training is a stress to the body. It is catabolic in nature. Rest and correct nutrition will strengthen you by allowing an adaptation to occur. Training is pointless without rest. This is important and you need to PLAN rest days just like you plan training days
28. Aging gracefully doesn't mean having to sit still, wear boring clothes, and never play, train, dance, or love. You can, and should do all those things and you can wear whatever you want, it's your life.
29. There are 29,220 days in 80 years. Seize the goddamn day already!
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| Try my Exploding Turtle Pose to facilitate the seizing of days |
