Strengthlab on Jan 31st 2010 StrengthLab Thoughts
Recently, I’ve been quite intrigued at how much maintenance is required to keep our lives under control… relationships from growing distant… and everything working smoothly as it should. It doesn’t take long before the grass is overgrown, the paint needs some touching up and we’ve gained a few extra pounds without much notice. Large buildings (although quite small in the scheme of things) have entire maintenance staff just to keep things running smoothly day to day and year to year; without them the entire building would slowly but steadly become useless and even uninhabitable within a few short years. As soon as something new comes flying off the assembly line (including us) it’s working its way toward disrepair and being obsolete within a few short years as well. Things breakdown, fall out of alignment and grow to be no longer needed, that’s the natural cycle of things. So with this in mind… to be successful and really alive we need to fight this cycle of decay. We need to work hard to shore up things in our life that aren’t quite right… because the natural slippery slope of time will take us to standards that we should NOT be willing to accept. We need to keep our minds strong with positive thoughts, with new ideas and novel books that we’ve been meaning to get to. We need to organize our lives and be better friends while perhaps working for the paycheck a bit less and getting just a bit more sleep, play and relaxation. In short, we need to fix the things that need fixing and keep up the maintenance on things that matter.
Strengthlab on Jan 27th 2010 Jerrod's Upcoming Event
White Tank Mountain Regional Park Sonoran Loop Competitive Track, Waddell, AZ. Taking I-10 westbound of Phoenix, exit at Cotton Lane/303 (exit #124). Go North on Cotton Lane or 303 to Olive where you take a left (west) which takes you into the Park. The Competitive Track is at the end of the park road. There is a $6 entry fee for each vehicle. See you there! Tailbone is fractured from 2 weeks ago, but will be able to ride the course with some resolve and care…
No crashes this time around and no flat tires… that’s a good result on any day. Now, I just need to get this tailbone mended so I can ride and train harder…
Strengthlab on Jan 10th 2010 StrengthLab Thoughts
My consistently favorite reading material outside of the Health and Fitness field (although it can and often does have health and fitness related information contained within it) is “The Economist” Magazine. This is a relatively expensive (typically over $100 per year subscription) weekly magazine packed full of national, as well as international news, science and technology, politics and book reviews. The title of the magazine is a bit misleading, so don’t let it scare you away. It not only reports clearly on the subject at hand, but offers its opinions and solutions as well.
http://www.economist.com/printedition/
Strengthlab on Jan 9th 2010 Jerrod's Upcoming Event
Sunday, January 10
XC (Cross Country) Mountain Bike Racing… at the McDowell Mountain Regional Park. Shea Blvd to Fountain Hills Blvd (into Fountain Hills). Follow Fountain Hills Blvd until it becomes McDowell Mountain Road and then continue 4 miles to the park entrance.
There is a $6 entry fee for each vehicle.
See you there!