Short answer, no. It's not. But we should dive in and explain why it's not, and what makes it seem so complicated to hopefully free up your mental space and perspective on it, so you can start getting after it without the worry of, "am I doing this wrong?" It's pretty wild to think that at your fingertips you have the knowledge of the entire world with the tap of a sensory enabled screen. I won't go down this path right now, but with a bite taken out of an apple on the back of my phone, and access to endless knowledge (actually, there is an end because all of this definitely isn't from God), it seems far too similar to a story in the Bible that we all know, but I will save that for another post. I know that, if you've connected with me, surely you are following other fitness-type accounts, therefore you have a plethora of information coming at you daily in context to exercise. Health and Wellness is a 4.9 TRILLION Dollar industry (can we just take half of that to reduce our national debt, please?..anything would help the 35 Trillion) and it's growing, so we know knowledge isn't the issue when it comes to getting people to set their beer down and get up off the couch. Having coached hundreds of clients over the years, the most common answer I get to the question, "why don't you exercise consistently?" is, "I just don't know what to do." The keyword in that question is consistently. I know that almost every has tried to workout in some form or fashion at least once in their life. We've all taken gym class, or P.E. Surely you've jumped rope, ran, been inside a weight room, or stepped foot on an athletic field/court, yeah? You know what exercise is, but maybe you don't understand how to string it all together. Let's start with, what I believe, is the ultimate goal should be for every Dad out there: General Physical Preparedness (GPP). GPP is very much what is sounds like: a readiness for any situation that life may throw at you. That encompasses running, lifting, throwing, pushing, pulling, jumping, and having the range of motion necessary to complete these tasks without injury. If we were to break all of that down into a workout program, we'd get something that looks similar to CrossFit, which is the methodology they stand on: Constantly varied, functional movements, done at high intensity.

What's up, DUDES! I moved the daily workouts into the Classroom, so that you can access the entire history of them over time, and it'll tidy up the community page, as well. I will also do this with the Blog Posts, as well. I did make it to where you have to unlock to Level 3 to get there. So get engaged, do the course work, watch the videos, and encourage each other. That's what we are here for. This won't work unless we do!

My Friends! Would y'all want to get together on Zoom sometime soon and have a coffee hour? No specific agenda for this one, but to get to know each other better and discuss what comes up? I'd love to start meeting regularly, so this gives us a good opportunity to try it out. What time/day would work best? I was thinking Saturday at 6am Central. Answer this poll for me, and share with some of your buddies our Skool community link, so we can bring more dudes into this and build this thing out!

Clearly, I am a coach. Goal setting is wired into my DNA, and it’s a must to establish vision for who you desire to be. Whether a weight loss goal, financial goal, leadership goal, productivity goal, it doesn’t matter the subject, goals are steppingstones toward an ultimate vision of our desired selves. But there is a problem with goal setting that most people experience, and it’s keeping you from you ultimately leaping off that notepad that you wrote it down on, and making it a reality. We’ll call it the New Year’s Resolution Paradox. You know what I’m talking about. December rolls around and we all get fat and happy with the Holiday treats, time off, and memorable moments that are created during this wonderous time of year. And then December 26 rolls around and we are hit with the reality that life is about to pick back up again, and we better start making plans to get out of celebratory slothfulness. See, whether we are aware of it or not, we are rhythmic people. It’s created within us to work and rest, and if we don’t do it intentionally, life, or our own bodies, will do it for us. It’s good we come to the end of the year and take a break. As Christians, our weary world rejoices every year we come to celebrate the birth of Jesus, our savior. Oh, how we’ve longed for that saving grace, and need to be reminded of it often. The issue is how we go about “starting over”. Because that’s how we see it right? We are starting anew. A new shot at finally losing the weight. A fresh beginning to finally create that budget and live below our means. But just because the calendar rolls over and we come upon the next numeral post Christ’s birth, that doesn’t mean we start from ground zero. We should always be progressing, if anything, in maturity. Sure, it isn’t linear, but the trajectory should be climbing every year. With all of that aside, the main point here is that people get fired up to set a new goal. Karen write down in big, bold, purple marker, “LOSE 50 POUNDS!” circles it, and puts it on her fridge by way of her adorable “time for cat nap” magnet. She signs up for weight watchers (they have a new system, ya know? It will actually work WITH her this time, not against her). She buys new LuLu leggins, a size smaller, to motivate her even more, of course. Gym membership? Check!

Guys, I was pondering this last night as I was reading one of my books for my seminary course. This is what I wrote down, and I thought I'd share it with y'all: We long for a return to the garden. We can even experience it through a seemingly fogged glass, but we cannot see fully through it just yet. Our sin, and our emotions tied to a false belief of how we are experience life, keeps us far from it. Our longings, though, turn to action, and that action we take can bring us success in whatever it is the Lord has blessed us with, letting us almost smell the air of Eden; this creates in us a joy and epace we can barely grasp, like a floundering fish caught during starvation. It's at this point we swell with pride, and say, "it is I who did this magnificent thing!" and forget to thank God for what we've experienced, those longings finally satiated, that we are thrust from our temporary encounter with the garden, and are brought back to the glass, our faces pressed tightly as if only we could just taste and see again, perhaps our loneliness, anger, depression, anxiety, pain, sorry, etc. will finally go away. Oh, how we needed saving from this. Initial thoughts?