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06/16/2026

Two seemingly equal ways to restrict our lives in an attempt to stress our systems and thus make a change.
One of these, however, seems to leave the practitioner a whole lot less enjoyment out the experience whether it be a dietary change or a new training habit.

I think there is room in our lives and in our minds for pleasure to be good and to enjoy ourselves in a traditional sense, but to also embrace the suffering that we go through, chosen or otherwise.

Making your own pre or intra workout carbs is pretty easy.The foundation of this recipe is 1:1 ratio of sugar to Maltode...
06/04/2026

Making your own pre or intra workout carbs is pretty easy.
The foundation of this recipe is 1:1 ratio of sugar to Maltodextrin (or cluster dextrin if you’re fancy and like research) followed by a 2:1 ratio of these carbs to liquid

Example:
150g of carbs as
75g sugar
75g maltodextrin
Mixed with
75g lemon juice

Pour into a soft flask and enjoy.

If you mess around with different liquid (coffee, maple syrup etc) you can get different flavors, or if you order your carb powder from you can customize the flavor there which makes the flavor options nearly limitless. This is a cheap and sustainable way to make carb gels and it doesn’t leave and gel wrappers on the side of the road or in the woods.

06/01/2026

Everesting is the processing of climbing up (and, by nature, down) a total of 29,029 vertical feet.

Over the course of the month of May, I set out, without telling anyone, to struggle through this challenge. With May being mental health awareness month, spending it repetitively climbing hills, and some mountains, seemed a fitting metaphor for anyone going through these struggles.

Go up, go down, repeat. To what end?

On the last climb which so happened to be summiting Mt Shasta with very good friends, I realized something obvious. We are all scared and afraid and going through our own struggles in our own ways, but if we are there for each other, to help in whatever way we can, we can “climb any mountain.”
Together.

Given the recent temps and the weather today and tomorrow, it seems fighting to remind us all of the benefits of heat tr...
05/19/2026

Given the recent temps and the weather today and tomorrow, it seems fighting to remind us all of the benefits of heat training for working, exercising and living in hot environments.
Those first few hot days are always the worst, so drink plenty of fluids and if you’re sweating a lot, replace those lost electrolytes as well.
Stay hot and adapt!

05/14/2026

Not just for running, but really for doing any hard thing.

We spend the vast majority of our time filling our time, this is likely the reason you are even seeing this video. You had a second picked up your phone and filled that time with scrolling.

While I’m not sure how this behavior pans out for us, what I do know is filling your brain space with music or podcasts leaves a weak point in your minds ability to cope with the discomfort of doing something hard or doing something for a long time.

Just as we need to train the muscles of our body to create meaningful force over and over again, we must also train the mind to be present, focus, and deal with the emotional ups and downs that come with doing hard things.

Next time you are working out or going for a run or bike, leave the head phones and home and see how much better (or worse) that experience is. You may have found your weakness.

Metabolism. Mitochondria. Glucose. Lactate. Nuclear Breeding Reactors.Turns out the burning feeling in your muscles does...
05/12/2026

Metabolism. Mitochondria. Glucose. Lactate. Nuclear Breeding Reactors.

Turns out the burning feeling in your muscles doesn’t have to do with lactate after all, and it just might be the super fuel our body needs to get the most energy out of breaking down sugar.

This one gets a little nerdy, so be warned.

05/07/2026

Do we really need to be worried about organic vs nonorganic or how much pesticides are or aren’t in our fruits and vegetables if we aren’t eating them in the first place?
Reports like EWG’s Dirty Dozen continue to confuse and complicate something that should be simple. They do not help solve the problem with the dietary habits in the Standard American Diet, yet people are drawn to them and I am making a post about it.
We need less information and more action, so go lift some weights, go for a walk or run outside, eat some protein and fruit (whether it’s in their list or not). If you do this long enough, I can’t promise you you’ll live longer, but I can promise you you’ll live better.

05/04/2026

Classic Dynamic Effort Lower body. Work capacity, force development, training volume, all in one workout. Nothing better than getting out of breath while lifting weights!
I was always a “slow” lifter, so these days we’re very important for me to learn to move fast. Grinding through every hard lift was a solution, but it wasn’t sustainable, and these speed days helped that.
If you want to get faster, you need to move faster.

04/28/2026

“Get comfortable being uncomfortable”
You’ve heard it before but what does it really mean?
There’s a hardline I can drawn during my race this past weekend where comfort ended and uncomfort began, but unlike the idea of pushing through, once this fatigue stabilized, it didn’t get worse or better, I just got more comfortable with it.

When we are faced with that line ourselves, often we have a choice to make between staying comfortable, or growth. I hope you make the best choice.

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