This is a common conversation I’ve been having with a lot of people lately. What is discipline? Where does discipline come from? Is discipline something that an outside force imposes upon you, or something that you impose upon yourself? Or, should it just come naturally? I believe that discipline works best as a pull (yourContinue reading “Personal Discipline”
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Make & Eat Food That You Like & Suits Your Goals
I just wrote a series of wordy, thinky blogs over the past week. Now it’s time to rely on my most popular and easy blog category: food pictures. My purpose in posting food photos is threefold: To encourage you to cook and eat your own food at home To reaffirm that healthy food can alsoContinue reading “Make & Eat Food That You Like & Suits Your Goals”
CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 7
This is the final article in my series responding to the October 2002 CrossFit Journal, now 17 years since I read it for the first time in the fall of 2003. You can read all the other articles here: CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 1 CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 2 CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 3 CrossFitContinue reading “CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 7”
CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 3
This blog series is not so much a series of lessons about the history of CrossFit, but more like a history of the lessons I learned from doing CrossFit. (Read pt.1 here and pt. 2 here). To be absolutely fair, I have to credit Greg Glassman’s ideas about fitness with inspiring me and exciting meContinue reading “CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 3”
CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 2
Yesterday, I began a series of articles responding to Greg Glassman’s original CrossFit Journal. It’s 18 years later and I think we should have learned a few things by now. CrossFit’s First Fitness Standard This is the model of the 10 general physical skills, which Greg picked up from Dynamax. There’s a lot of controversyContinue reading “CrossFit History Lessons, Pt. 2”
Why Do I Mess With Yoga?
Every day, I post up photos of my whiteboard on Instagram (@nicnakis). These are my workout logs, and sometimes they say something about Yoga. What do I get out of Yoga and why have I been practicing it for 25 years? Mental Practice I guess it starts with learning: learning strange names and words andContinue reading “Why Do I Mess With Yoga?”
Do I Need to Learn to Use Myofascial Release Tools?
If you’re doing it right, you won’t have to learn how to use this. Here’s a common question that I get: “Should I buy a foam roller?” And the answer, of course, is, “It depends.” For most of my clients, I would say no, they don’t need to buy a foam roller. If they’re sleepingContinue reading “Do I Need to Learn to Use Myofascial Release Tools?”
7 Questions to Set Intentions
I spend a lot of time working to get better at my job. I’ve found that coaching is all about asking the right questions. This series of blogs laid out 7 questions that you can use as tools to refine your own intentions and create a plan of action. The 7 Most Important Questions (InContinue reading “7 Questions to Set Intentions”
3 Big Problems, 3 Big Solutions
Dealing with all the events of this year led me to some observations about what’s wrong in the world and how to fix it. A handful of blogs explored my ideas about these ‘3 big problems’ and ‘3 big solutions’. 3 Big Problems and 3 Big Solutions Be Your Authentic Self Live Your Most Vigorous Life Eat YourContinue reading “3 Big Problems, 3 Big Solutions”
Fitness Mindset
This is a goldmine. Blogs about that fitness mentality. Get your head right and then you can get your body right. Take some time to read these ones, they’ll be worth it. Where To Start? 1 Push-Up a Day “I’m not losing any weight right now, but I guess that’s ok.” Permission to Change Applied Metaphysics ReasonsContinue reading “Fitness Mindset”
SMART, FIT, AND CLEAN 