Recovery & Sleep

I’m not a Doctor or a therapist; I can’t diagnose or prescribe treatment; but what I do have are a set of tools, tools I have acquired over a long career, and these tools can mean the difference between being injured (short term) and being hurt. I have a new tool: the Revo Smart cupping red light therapy Massager.

I’m just not able to recover like I used to. Back to back hard runs, hard workouts, and yoga sessions were depleting; seldom invigorating. Thats why I took the cold plunge. I filled the tank, inserted the chiller, distilled the water down to 44 degrees and stepped in. The water greeted me like a slap in the face. I fought back. I’d done this before. I made it 3 and a half minutes before being mercifully called out during my Wim Hof workshop. I stared at the clock; willing the seconds to pass.

It’s that time of year again. That time where you ask yourself, ‘what am I going to buy for the fitness freak in my life?’ Lucky for you I’ve got some ideas. But I have to ask… How much do you love this fitness freak?

Welcome to the best Holiday shopping list for the fitness nut in your life.  Three gifts; Three levels of commitment: Stocking stuffer- show someone you care but don’t break the bank Mid level- when you want to show you care with little more oomph. The Grand Gesture- you’re either in the dog house, or looking to make an impression.

It’s never free. Like famed leg breaker Rocky Balboa used to say ‘If you wanna dance, you pay the band, understand? You wanna borrow you gotta pay the man.’ Anything of value comes with a price. You want to get fit? There are costs. One cost: muscle soreness.

Happy Holidays and welcome to the Fit approved Holiday Fitness gift guide ’22 edition. This is the best place to find a great Holiday gift for the Fitness Freak on your shopping list.

Need to warm up? Foam roll. Feeling stiff after a hard workout? Foam roll. Hung over? Foam Roll (seriously).

You don’t understand what muscle soreness really is. You stack the bar with tons of weight, move it 6 inches, and claim you lifted it… don’t be that guy. You don’t wipe down gym equipment… You tell people to chillax… You tell people sit ups burn belly fat… You go as hard as you possibly can every time you step in the gym… Don’t be that guy.

Is sleep important as important as working out?  I could write a book on this, but given the confines of newsletter format I’ll share three interesting aspects of rest, and throw in some fun quotes about rest/recovery so the content doesn’t put you to sleep.  Ba-DUM-BUM!

Common wisdom says when you’re stressed to take a deep breath. Anxious? Deep breath. Nervous? Tired? Overworked? Running? Going to yoga? Take a deep breath. It seems like such sound, inarguably good advice. But what if it wasn’t the best advice. What if instead of breathing deeply we learned to breathe well.