There’s this old Jim Gaffigan joke about working out. I don’t remember which stand-up special it was on, but I remember the setup and the punchline. Gaffigan looks at this ripped guy at the gym and says, “What are you doing here? You’re done!” If you don’t know the joke, I’m sure it’s not that...Read More
When doing something hard, the hope is always that it leaves you better. Sometimes, that better is immediate — you know you’re different now after doing the thing. Other times it’s not so obvious. But with enough time and distance, we typically realize that completing the hard thing, however miserable at the time, transformed us...Read More
As we inch closer to Run Carry Ruck time, I’m going to continually hit you with tips to help you prepare. I want you to do as well as possible, so long as you don’t beat me. (I am a very sore loser.) We’ll start our tip series off with this here piece on rucking...Read More
George Herbert Leigh Mallory was a romantic. He was also a teacher, a WWI veteran, and graduate of Magdalene College. And if you know him at all, you likely don’t know him for any of those things, besides what his romanticism drove him to do. You might know him for something famous he...Read More
Folks are pumped for the RCR 313. They’re hopping on the pre-sale list and sending us messages and talking to us at the gym about how awesome the whole deal sounds. They’ve said they never heard of, or seen, an event like this before. And we reply, “That’s right, friend-o, because there ain’t another that...Read More
There was a man named Joseph Campbell. I’ve known about him for most of my life, but recently I learned something about him that surprised me. He was the man that popularized the hero’s journey that we all hear so much about these days. His book A Hero with a Thousand Faces inspired George Lucas...Read More
There’s a silly, old Goodwrench commercial featuring Stephen Colbert. He walks around a GM Goodwrench garage interviewing the different fellas that work there in a sly effort to tout the lengths to which the company goes to improve their service. At the end of the commercial, Colbert asks a mechanic, “If Mr. Goodwrench were a...Read More
If you’re looking for a free trial class, I want you to know that I understand where you’re coming from. Our lives are saturated with try-before-you-buy scenarios. We test-drive cars. We swing through Costco for a meal’s worth of free samples. Mobile apps offer free 7-day trials, as do TV streaming services (after they get...Read More
If you missed them, make sure to check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this series. Have you ever taken a bath? I mean as an adult, of course you did as a kid. I sure did. My mom would yell up the stairs to make sure I washed instead of...Read More
If you missed them, make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Have you ever noticed how cold a barbell can be even in warm weather? Leaning on it, the knurling digs a little into your forearms while the steel contrasts the warmth of your skin. It always...Read More
