Rules to live by

  80 Ideas, thoughts and rules to live by.

For those who want to be strong, healthy, fit and get the most out of life.  

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• Do something memorable with family, kids, wife/husband, parents
• Train 3-5 days a week
• Play with your kids as often and as long as possible

• Enjoy a good wine on a summer day with someone
• Try something new. Snow shoeing, climbing, instrument…
• Don’t procrastinate
• Figure out what you want to do when you grow up and work towards it
• Eat clean. Start looking here for good recipes
• Don’t be an A$$ H#$%

• Bless a stranger with something unexpected
• Do something very hard/challenging (mental/physical)
• Stop doing endless amounts of aerobics and lift weights to lose fat

( ladies don’t worry about getting too bulky or big, you have a better chance of getting eaten by a shark in Spokane)

• Like to run and lose fat and gain muscle, sprinting is the ticket
• Read a book to better yourself; nonfiction
• Get plenty of sleep

• The glass is half FULL
• Stop doing crunches for 6pack
• Make at least one person laugh or a least smile everyday
• Tuck your children in every night and make sure they know how much you love them
• Get JACKED. For the guys who want to have rugged strength

• Eat more protein
• Drink more water
• Enjoy a cold beer with great friends watching a sporting event
• Want strength and size LIFT HEAVY OBJECTS!!!

• Say your prayers; you never know when your time is up
• Visit an old friend
• SLOW DOWN; Life isn’t a race it’s a journey and its short one
• “I want it now” will be the death of America; you earn it and work for it.

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• Be honest
• Live with integrity
• Belly Laugh everyday
• Fail fast and learn from your mistakes
•  Your freedom isn’t free someone sacrificed a lot for it, so don’t take it lightly.

• Do mobility work everyday
• Don’t care about what people think of you
• Push, pull and carry heavy objects often

• Train smart; you can’t train how you did 15, 20, 30yrs ago
• As you change, priorities change also and that is OK
• You are entitled to what your worth and contribute to the world

• Sometimes more is less; take time off/deload, you will be stronger and healthier
• Affliction T-shirts don’t mean you are tough

• Take care of your shoulders; do band work
• Have a lot of tools in your training tool box; CrossFit is one tool (a multi tool, but one tool)
• Eat breakfast every day; 30gm of protein within 30min of waking (no matter what)
• Use your fitness outside; what’s the point if you don’t apply it to life

• Hug and kiss your wife/husband and kids every morning
• Grip and neck need to be worked too
• Have your kids watch: Goonies, Indiana Jones, ET, Farris Bueller’s Day Off.  Maybe it will inspire  them to get outside, be active and use their imaginations

• Foam roll daily
• Carbs in the morning and post workout
• Top 3 supplements to take: Glucosamine/Chondroitin, Fish oil, Multi vitamin
• Top 3 sports Supplements:  quality Whey protein, Glutamine, Creatine

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• Don’t stop trying to be better at anything
• Simplify your life; more isn’t always better
• Every movement has a full optimal range of motion; strive to reach it every rep
• “Give Finkle some Dinkle” “Do it, Do it”

• WARM UP.  Not a few arm circles then go bench ; Think General Physical Preparedness
• Test yourself weekly or monthly
• Your kids should see you exercise and being active; make it a part of your life and theirs
• Take Action!
• Fat bar deadlift and towel pullups = strong grip and big forearms

• If you’re a coach/trainer; attend at least one cert/seminar/course per year and one online or ebook every 6 months minimum.
• If you’re at a desk a lot do scapula pushups and pass-throughs a few times a day

• Strong core = strength, Power and Speed; you can’t have any of them with out it
• Use a training journal
• Who gives a crap about what people think of you; be yourself and do what you love (as long as; refer to earlier post)
• I you’re out of shape or over weight, it’s no accident or anyone’s fault but your own; it’s up to you to fix it and you can

• When you get knocked down (you should and you will), you get back up and try again
• Take naps when possible

• Being weak SUCKS
• Strong people are more useful
• Functional fitness isn’t standing on a BOSU ball with 10lb DB’s

• Functional fitness is using you fitness powers for good
• Watch “300” 10 times

• Good Squats are good for the knees
• Bad squats are bad for the knees
• Women can be strong and feminine

• It’s kind of fun to do the impossible – Walt Disney
• Go to church and get right with God
• What will you be remembered for when you’re gone?

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This by no means is the end of the list, but a good place to start.

Please post any questions comments or other USEFUL ideas.