Subjective Data
If you haven’t been following Andrew Huberman, PhD, I suggest you hop on the bandwagon. His Huberman Lab podcast - https://hubermanlab.com/category/podcast-episodes/ - is a fascinating mix of science, fitness, wellness, aging [...]
Kogalla
What's Kogalla you ask? Well - as Fall and Winter shorten the daylight hours, it's critical to have an excellent light source when running, hiking or doing other activities when [...]
Accountability
I’ve been thinking a lot about accountability lately. Why it works. Why it doesn’t. How can we create and introduce a feature/function in the app that really helps people reach [...]
What I’ve Learned from 2 Weeks of 16/8 Fasting
Fasting has become an increasingly popular topic of late, and after listing to the Over 50 Health & Wellness Podcast with Kevin English - episode 96 (https://silveredgefitness.com/episode96/) featuring Laurie Lewis, [...]
To be Great, You Need to be Average
This is an interesting concept I discovered reading "Endure" by Cameron Hanes. While the book may not be for everyone, there's a lot of valuable takeaways, not to mention the [...]
Joy in Accomplishment
If you follow Christopher McDougall on Twitter (@ChristopherMcDougall), did you happen to catch his tweet this morning as he opened the very first copy of his “Born to Run 2” [...]
Fitness = Saying “Yes”
These days I'm more interested in being "fit" - generally really fit - than I am interested in anything super specific - like running a fast 5k, maxing out [...]
The 5 Hills
There's a 7 mile trail loop by our home that I've been running for years. It's one of the many routes I run in the area as I am [...]
3 Things Every Day
I recently read Atomic Habits by James Clear. I highly recommend it. It's one of the most tangible and actionable (not just theory) books on habits I have read. One of [...]
We Need a New Event
We need a new event. Sure - we have the CrossFit games, Deka Fit, Ironmans, Decathlons, etc. But we need something for the home "Hybr3d" athlete - something to [...]
Toughness
I have this fascination with TOUGHNESS. I think a lot of athletes and fitness fanatics do. We have to be tough to excel. We have to be tough to [...]
Vitamin & Supplement Webinar Recap
I attended a short webinar yesterday, "Are Vitamins and Supplements Worth the Cost" - hosted by HealthDay News, with guest Thunder Jalili, Ph.D., professor of nutrition and integrative physiology [...]
Lessons from the Gym
We've all seen some wacky shit at the gym. Heck, I see weird stuff every week when I leave the home gym and workout with my wife at her [...]
Your Very Best Effort
I was reading thru some older material of mine, a blog post from 10 years ago titled "100 Tips About Life." - a bulleted list of nuggets I've picked [...]
Mantra
Do you have a mantra? Something you repeat during a workout or a race when it's grind time? There's a lot of evidence that using mantras during meditation, anxious/stressful moments, [...]
Draw the Line
Among the bookshelves in my home and those in my office, I have hundreds and hundreds of books that I cherish. They range from science, history and math - [...]
A Kid at Christmas
Excitement. Genuine excitement and enthusiasm... seems to be something we tamper down as adults. Corporate life or just life itself kind of beats it out of us. Got to [...]
Do What You Like (mostly)
I had a grueling 20 mile run a few weeks ago. I hit the wall early, but suffered through it - literally hating every step of the way, from [...]
The Power of a Hike
I had an easier training week this week. Lots of things on my mind. Lots of work to do. I really felt I needed to focus my physical and [...]
Starting with a bow
One of my favorite recent books is "Be Water, My Friend" by Shannon Lee. It captures many of the teachings of her father, Bruce Lee, and how they may [...]
Pride Ages Well
Hear me out 🙂 Pride... being proud - can definitely go too far. Being #1 on the seven deadly sins list will tell you all you need to know [...]
Real Connecting
Met with my business coach this morning, who also happens to be an Iron Age athlete, a former triathlete who is still going hard every day - and a [...]
Re-Thinking Your Identity
One of the best habit books I have read is "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. One of the really interesting insights I took from the book was his concept [...]
The 5 Best Books About Running
Born to Run by Christopher McDougal The book that started the minimal/barefoot revolution is as good as the hype that surrounds it. The history, the science, the crazy cast of [...]