Be A Cut Above the Rest

So this article has made the rounds on Facebook, in case you missed...

Jason Ferruggia has 39 suggestions for you to not to be like the average Joe Schmoe.

Here's a taste (some of my favorites, which I plan on implementing myself):

20) Keep a training journal. Record everything. Always try to improve, slowly, over time. Not necessarily workout to workout but over months and years.

21) Train outside more often. Fresh air and natural Vitamin D production are very underrated.

22) Do hill sprints.


23) Pick up and carry or drag heavy shit.


24) Get at least 20 minutes of sunlight per day without sunscreen.


25) Floss daily.


26) Eliminate excess clutter and bullshit from your life. Minimalism…


27) Have sex three times per week, minimum. Preferably with hot chicks.


28) Never allow yourself to get too fat.


29) Never allow your conditioning to slip too much. Always stay in shape.


30) Meditate.

Read the rest of them here.

Keep the Faith

(Reposted from RepairKylesAchilles.blogspot.com)

Screw what the doctors, the experts, and all those fancy specialistis with appellations and suffixes to their names.  They make a living on making you feel small.  Have faith in yourself and your body's ability to heal itself.  Watch this man's remarkable transformation from obese paraplegic to conditioned athlete.

Arthur Boorman was a disabled Gulf War veteran, who injured his knees and back from paratrooping and thought his life as he knew it was over.  Then he took his life into his own hands and starting being proactive.  He started doing yoga even though he had to wear knee braces and was falling over while doing it.

My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me.

-Lao Zi

In 10 months, he lost 140 lbs.  

Thanks to Serdar for posting this on Facebook.  When I watched this last night there was only around 4,000 views.  This morning, I saw shared on FB by a few of my FB buddies and the count was up to 200,000.  Now it's 409,000!  It's spreading like wildfire.

(It's always nice when something uplifting and inspiring like this becomes viral rather than a video of some douche getting kicked in the nuts... It'll probably be put on Reddit soon, if it's not already on there.)

I don't have "Shazam" because I don't have a smart phone.  Can someone tell me who sings this moving version of "Fix You" by Coldplay?