Ideas and research on living a great life and having a huge impact
Heart rate and Heart Rate Variability — work stress, whoop project One of the great opportunities we have today is to not only understand how to maximize human performance and happiness, but also to become highly specialized. More and more technology and research is beginning to demonstrate what our bodies are doing in certain moments. To that end, Continue Reading
My study of the human body and finding paths for excellence with technology + research One of the great opportunities we have today is to not only understand how to maximize human performance and happiness, but also to become highly specialized. More and more technology and research is beginning to demonstrate what our bodies are Continue Reading
Persevering in the face of struggle, challenge, and physical demands. Training to be healthier, fitter, and to compete puts us in tough moments. We call these the dark places when training — those hard moments where your mind is screaming nothing but negativity and pessimism. Equally challenging are those moments on long workouts and or endurance efforts. Deep Continue Reading
I wasn’t born with a negative mindset, and neither were you. Over time though life happens, people’s baggage becomes your baggage, and the crowds you surround yourself with begin to influence you. These aren’t permanent behaviors, but they are learned and so to unlearn them like everything it takes effort. That effort begins because you Continue Reading
It is funny how much our impression on the world begins to matter as we go through life. The measure of finances becomes irrelevant (beyond giving us basic safety) and replaced is the effect of our presence in it. We look at our community, at our friends, and beyond to see how we can put Continue Reading
Time flies, and as you get older it seems to only accelerate. This is a refrain I hear from 22 year olds and 50 year olds alike, time it seems doesn’t discriminate. The recognition of the finite quantity of time hits us all differently. The single truth though is that time is all that matters Continue Reading
We chase our dreams so hard and never want to fail for our friends and teammates. All our passions, life events, encounters we have in person, electronic notifications, physical training, and even the speed at how we live is stress. Stress ebbs and flows, and individually they provide our bodies and minds with the stimulus Continue Reading
Peace in your mind, freedom in your soul, alive in your body. We chase our dreams so hard and never want to fail for our friends and teammates. So much so that, at times, we exceed what our body should handle. Should Handle vs. Can Handle Our bodies are made up of millions of organisms all working Continue Reading
I had this amazing moment last night working on skills to prepare me for the mission trip Rwanda at the hospital I am helping build. I saw a number of people working on skills and passionately and actively working on them. An interesting moment occurred about 45 mins in — one of the individuals was clearly getting Continue Reading
One of the challenges in life is the unknown and the consequences of what can happen. It is interesting to see how fear reveals itself and where in life this happens. Fear, though a primal emotion, is a choice. As a father, coach, and human I experience these fears as much as anyone. My perspective Continue Reading