The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 24

This is my 23rd day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 8 (out of 10)

Workout: Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, slow walk on paseo path

Total Time: 45 minutes

Comments: I had a calm day today. I did what I needed to do. Worked around the house in my office. Watched the Vikings-Saints game with my son. Nice long walk at leisure pace--nothing hard today.

Making it Happen, -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 23

This is my 23rd day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 8-9 (out of 10)

Workout: Taught my KB 101: Intro to Kettlebells workshop for corporate clients which includes going over my Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, many additional shoulder mobility drills, a little Z-Health, and quite a few CNS lockout drills too plus the basic KB exercises Dead Lift, Goblet Squat, Swing. I also did a few extra minutes of walking later that night.

Total Time: 30+ minutes

Comments: I love what I do. I help others be WELL--primarily through being Fit and Strong by igniting their fighting spirits. On the physiology side, I'm getting more and more efficiency out of the corrective strategies that I use because more and more I'm tapping into the CNS-Central Nervous System. The nervous system is the fastest system in the body--things rock when you can tweak the master control system. I get stoked watching a group of people walk in with all sorts of dysfunctions in movement then walking out less than three hours later with SIGNIFICANT improvements and enhanced quality of movement...which also means SAFER movements...a big deal in "corporate" wellness Comrades. It was a great day today. I am reminded that the struggles are worth it in proving corporate wellness when you see what is on the other end...lives are changed...America regains some strength--that is good. The future is STRENGTH! There is no future in weakness and disease.

Making it Happen, -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 22

This is my 22nd day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

"When it comes to eating right and exercising,
there is no 'I'll start tomorrow' Tomorrow is disease."
--V.L. Allineare

Mood: 6-7

Workout: Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, Z-Health, Double kettlebell clean & press with 16kg

Total Time: 35 minutes

Comments: I was chatting with someone doing the 30X30 and reminded that it's NOT easy to do 30 days in a row of exercise...with NO EXCUSES! Days go by then weeks then months then years and now even a decade plus for me in wellness...time slips away and health even faster if you don't kick your own ass and work for it. It's EASY to make excuses about why you don't have time to exercise...but again...who is really winning if you don't take the time for vehicle maintenance? Yeah...a few days here and there if better than nothing. The question is will it be enough in the moment of truth? So today I was digging out myself after a couple of stressful days. Today was stressful too, but I felt my spirits lift in the cold garage one rep at a time. Cold iron. Cold air. Warming spirit Comrades.

Making it Happen, -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 21

This is my 21st day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 3 if that...

Workout: Slow walk in cold rain

Total Time: 30 minutes

Comments: What goes up--comes crashing down. Today was not a good day for me. Way too stressful. Trying to get tax stuff organized I didn't even know was due in a few days...five years on the road working out of state has come full circle in the form of crushing stress. I became overwhelmed and went for a walk in the rain storm--fortunately I could at least find my wax sealed hiking hat in all this moving box mess around here! The walk took the edge off my anger and kept me from totally imploding--barely. This was another example of how I think some very SIMPLE exercise has kept me alive. The crap is still staring me in the face, but at least I mellowed out enough to survive another day. It's 11:30 PM. I just finished the tax filing I can stomach for one day. Tomorrow more filing...and another 30 minutes of exercise!

Making it Happen, -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 20

Rest break on the 101 outside Santa Barbara...Z ya!

This is my 20th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 6-7

Workout: Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, Z-Health, KB Turkish Get Ups with 16kg, KB Arm Bars, TRX stretches

Total Time: 30 minutes

Comments: I was pretty wasted by the time I got home after about a five hour drive in horrendous weather. Major rain storms today along the CA 101 as I returned to SoCal from the central coast area. That kind of driving takes a lot out of you. I was thankful to be home with the family, but alas, my daily 30 beckoned, so it was right out to the garage in the cold with the rain outside the open door. Felt good though. Really needed to work on my body after sitting so much in my car. People sit too damn much today! I refuse to buy into that all this sitting is okay. The LEAST we can do is move 30 minutes per day...the LEAST!!!

Making it Happen, -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 19

This is my 19th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 9

Workout: Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, Z-Health, Double Kettlebells tonight! Double snatches, cleans, presses, plus some arm bars and other stuff too.

Total Time: 45 minutes or more...lost count because of all the pain and fun...

Comments: There are not many things in my life better than working out in the garage with my friends. Tonight, I was at Luke's with the new kettlebell upgrades I got from the Pavel workshop last weekend. We had a righteous workout! Got a great pump with many corrective benefits as well. Cranked some heavy metal for even more mood enhancement...that plus KB Hardstyle...it just doesn't get much better. The SIMPLE things in life...money cannot buy--just SWEAT and very hard WORK.

In SWEAT and ACTION, -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 18

This is my 18th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 3 which upgraded to 7

Workout: Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, Z-Health, KB TGUs, strength stretching

Total Time: 30+ minutes

Comments: Today started bad with major stress then I got in the car for a three plus hour drive to my next job...arghhh. I finally got into the gym around 6:30 I think. I warmed up then did some Turkish Get Ups with my 16kg kettlebell and a little stretching too. I was surprised at my mood improvement! I'm glad I hit the workout because I went to bed with less mental baggage...tomorrrow is another day to start again...

In MOVEment, -Coach RJ